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Question: About the Gray or Grey family which attempted to take the english throne after the death of Henry the Eighth!?
Are they decendents of the same family as the widow lady Elizabeth Grey who Married King Edward during the wars of the Roses!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


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Yes!. Lady Jane Grey was a descendant of one of the sons of Elizabeth Woodville and her first husband, Sir John Grey!. (Elizabeth W was King Edward IV's wife and also mother to Elizabeth of York who married Henry VII!.)

http://womenshistory!.about!.com/od/medbri!.!.!.
http://www!.absoluteastronomy!.com/topics/!.!.!.

Jane's father:
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Henry_Grey,!.!.!.

Jane's grandfather:
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Thomas_Grey!.!.!.

Jane's great-grandfather:
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Thomas_Grey!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com