Jane Dudley (née Guildford) Duchess of Northumberland (1508/1509 – 1555) was an English noblewoman the wife of John Dudley 1st Duke of Northumberland and mother of Guildford Dudley and Robert Dudley 1st Earl of Leicester. Having grown up with her future husband who was her father’s ward she married at about age 16. They had 13 children. Jane Dudley served as a lady-in-waiting at the court of Henry VIII and was a close friend of Queen Catherine Parr.
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birth date
1508-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
birth place
Kent
buried place
Chelsea Old Church
death date
1555-01-15, 1555-01-22
death place
London, Chelsea London
parent
Edward Guildford
spouse
John Dudley 1st Duke of Northumberland
title
Duchess of Northumberland, Countess of Warwick, Viscountess Lisle
