The Grey Women: Lady Jane, Her Mother & Sisters

What happens when women are born too close to the throne?

In this episode of Heroine City, Lynsey Shaw is joined by historian and bestselling author Leanda de Lisle to uncover the lives of the Grey women - Lady Jane Grey, Katherine Grey, Mary Grey, and their mother, Frances Brandon.

Often reduced to a single tragic headline, Jane’s story is only the beginning. Together, the Grey sisters’ lives reveal a far more complex and deeply human story of ambition, love, constraint, and survival in the high-stakes world of the Tudor court.

From Jane’s short and reluctant reign to Katherine’s secret marriage and imprisonment, and Mary’s often overlooked resilience, this episode explores what it meant to be a woman with royal blood in a world that offered power, but at a devastating cost.

Drawing on Leanda’s groundbreaking research, we move beyond myth to meet the real women behind the history - and ask why their stories still matter today.

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