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European Executions

England, Scotland, Ireland

'For my mother, who at the age of three did hear the words of her dying mother,

wistful she was throughout her life as she knew something about her heritage;

then modern-day technology shines a light on her mother and father,

those cherished words many can only hope to hear, yet those words rise up,

"you are of kings!"

 

Unbeknownst to my mother, who spoke fondly of the singer, Gordon Lightfoot,

she would soon learn her relationship to him personally tells a greater tale close to those words of, 'being of Kings',

 the waves of Lake Superior reveal, with help of modern day technology,

the 'Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald'.

 

... t'was truth so deemed...

the losses of the Fitzgerald should ring forth for all eternity once again through a song about the

SS Edmund Fitzgerald

Lost in a storm on November 10, 1975, with all 29 crew members

'Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald' by: Gordon Lightfoot

 

'Modern day technological recording of data and fevor of wanting to know who is who descended from the kings and queen's of history shed light more of struggles of the Family of Fitzgerald's'.

Losses during tumultuous 'Kingly times', with at least four beheadings as they attempted to take possession of the crown.

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Lady Jane Grey Dudley

Birth:

'Queen of England'

1st Reign:

'Queen of England'

10 July 1553 - 19 July 1553 (disputed)

2nd Reign:

'Queen of Ireland' [Protestant]

Abdicated Crown:

Abdicated Date:

Abdicate Favored:

Imprisoned Location:

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Children

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Lord Guildford Dudley

Birth:

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Leicestershire

England

Death:

c. 1535

Death:

12 February 1554

London

England

Burial Location:

Church of St. Peter and Vincula

Cause of death:

Beheaded

12 February 1554

London

England

Burial Location:

Cause of death:

Beheaded

Illegitimate Children

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By support of Lady Jane Grey to be Queen, her father-in-law, the 'Duke of Northumberland', John Dudley, was accused of treason and executed in less than a month of Lady Jane Grey being Crowned.

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