The English noblewoman Lady Jane Grey was arrested in 1553 on the orders of Queen Mary I and subsequently charged with high treason. She was executed by beheading at the Tower of London on February 12, 1554.

The real Lady Jane Grey was born in 1537 in Bradgate, Leicestershire, England, and was a great-niece of Henry VIII. She was depicted as an intellectually curious teenager who loved languages and theology.

Historically, her marriage to Guilford Dudley was arranged to secure his son’s position when Jane ascended the throne, despite Jane’s opposition. Edward VI wanted Jane, a Protestant, as his successor to prevent his Catholic sister Mary from ruling.

Jane was executed on February 12, 1554, after speaking out against Mary’s Catholic reforms and becoming a potential figure for rebellion. The TV series “My Lady Jane” depicts Lady Jane Grey being forced into marriage and unexpectedly finding herself as the Queen of England.

Jane and her family find themselves penniless after the death of Jane’s father, who had left the entire estate to an uncle with old-fashioned ideas about women. Jane, however, is not interested in conforming to traditional gender roles.

The series is filled with betrayal, daring exploits, high-stakes drama, and a fantasy element involving Ethians, people who can transform into animals. These Ethians are oppressed and outcast by the Verity, normal humans who rule everything and harbor bigoted opinions about their sometimes furry counterparts.

The series features tropes like enemies to lovers, marriage of convenience, and forbidden love.