When Edward died, Warwick was instrumental in getting the nobles to agree, briefly, to accept Jane as Queen, but Mary I of England managed to rouse enough support to defeat Warwick's plans.
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland
Also known as Warwick, he was the Lord Protector when Edward VI was a minor, and he arranged for the marriage of Lady Jane Grey to his son, Guildford Dudley, just before the death of Edward VI.
John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1501 - 1553)
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