The perfect series to watch after 'Bridgerton' is on Prime Video: a reinvention of the Queen of the Nine Days

The story of Juana I of England, known as the Queen of the Nine Days, is one of the most tragic in royalty, but in this historical reinvention that premieres Prime Video, the young Tudor avoids the executioner's axe and has a fun and fulfilling life, full of romance and adventures.

That's what My Lady Jane proposes, a new period series set in the 16th century, which arrives to fill the void of Los Bridgerton fans with a sexy, fun, and epic story about romance and great adventures in an alternative universe.

Produced in Britain, Gemma Burgess, the author of the successful novel Chicas de Brooklyn, has been in charge of adapting the historical novels written by Brodi Ashton, Cynthia Hand, and Jodi Meadows for the screen, and has had Jamie Babbit (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) as the director.

'My Lady Jane'

In front of the cameras, Emily Bader (Charmed) leads the cast as Jane Grey (Charmed), accompanied by Edward Bluemel (Persuasion, Killing Eve) as Lord Guilford Dudley, Dominic Cooper (Preacher) as Lord Seymour, and Jordan Peters as Edward VI.

The real tragic story

Juana Grey, Juana I of England, also known as the Queen of the Nine Days due to her short reign, was a noblewoman and, de facto, queen of England and Ireland from July 10 to July 19, 1553.

Juana was a great-granddaughter of Henry VII through her maternal grandmother Mary Tudor, Duchess of Suffolk, and also a second niece of King Edward VI. She had an excellent humanist education and the reputation of being one of the most educated young women of her time.

In May 1553, Juana married Lord Guilford Dudley, the young son of Edward's first minister, John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland.

In June of the same year, King Edward VI made his will, naming Juana and her male heirs as successors to the throne, partly because his half-sister Mary was Catholic, while Juana was a fervent Protestant who would support the reform of the Church of England.

After Edward VI's death, Juana was proclaimed queen on July 10, 1553. However, support for Mary began to grow rapidly, and Juana was gradually abandoned by her supporters until she was overthrown by the Privy Council of England, which suddenly changed sides and proclaimed Mary queen on July 19 of the same year.

Juana was imprisoned in the Tower of London and accused of high treason in November. Although she initially avoided being executed, she began to be seen as a threat to the Crown when her father Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, became involved in Wyatt's Rebellion. Finally, both Juana and her husband were executed on February 12, 1554.

The imagined story

After Jane is "unexpectedly crowned queen overnight," she becomes the target of "nefarious villains" who want the crown... and her head.

My Lady Jane is "a radical version of the English royalty's story, where King Henry VIII's son, Eduardo, doesn't die of tuberculosis, Lady Jane Grey is not beheaded, nor is her scoundrel husband, Guildford."

*This article has been automatically translated using artificial intelligence