Marie Antoinette - Version 2

MARIE ANTOINETTE

Born in 1755, Marie would grow up to become a symbol of extreme extravagance. The daughter of the Empress of Austria, Marie was married at age fifteen to the French dauphin Louis XVI. In 1774 she became Queen of France when her husband inherited the throne.

To ease the boredom of French royal life and the marital neglect she suffered, Marie surrounded herself with young friends and dove into a life of pleasure, hosting lavish parties and theatrical events and wearing outrageously expensive gowns and hairstyles. Scandals surrounded her activities, and her wild spending was ruinous as the common people fell deeper and deeper into financial despair.

Revolution soon followed and the royal court was overthrown. Both Marie and her husband were tried for crimes against their country. Although tried separately and months apart, they were both were found guilty and sentenced to death. On October 16, 1793 the former Queen was hauled alone in a dilapidated cart to the scaffold in Paris where she was beheaded by the guillotine.

ABOUT THE DOLL

Marie is a reworked large vinyl doll who stands 23" tall. She is dressed in a beautiful full-length gown of white patterned satin brocade over a lace-trimmed powder blue satin underskirt. The sides of her gown opening are trimmed with lace and blue ruffle with delicately hand-sewn golden beads and faux pearls. Her dress is edged with blue braid trim and lace and adorned with small ribbon bows and flowers.

Around what is left of her neck is a white satin ribbon choker with a large pendent and a string of faux pearls with a small heart-shaped ornament. She wears a beautifully styled blonde wig with feathers, flowers, and pearl hair ornaments. She also wears several beaded bracelets on her wrist.

Her face is hand-painted in a porcelain tone with brightly colored lips and small black decorative patches, as was fashionable during the height of her royal days, and her severed head is attached to her hand. Her large eyes are clouded over in a death-stare. The neck stump and above the shoulders are both cut cleanly to resemble the wound inflicted by the guillotine. Blood, spinal column bone, and muscle tissue is visible from both wounds.

This doll does not have bendable parts and was made to be displayed in a standing position.

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Raziya Sultan

Known as the first woman to rule India, Raziya was appointed by Muslim sultan Altamesh as his official successor instead of of his many sons who were all known to behave badly. However, after his death the nobility refused to honor his request and placed his eldest son on the throne in Delhi, who ruled for a disastrous six months before being removed from power and executed. Raziya was then given the throne that she had previously been denied.

Raziya proved to be a very capable leader both in political and military matters and winning the support of both the people and the army. Her downfall began when she begun an ill-received affair with an Assyrian slave, whom the nobles severely disapproved of. Raziya was soon overthrown and imprisoned by Altunia, the governor of Bhatinda who promptly had her lover put to death. So save her own life, Raziya agreed to marry Altunia.

In 1240 Raziya marched with her husband to reclaim power in Delhi, where Raziya's brother had been named Sultan. They were defeated on the battlefield and Raziya was put to death along with her husband*. It is widely speculated that the couple would have succeeded in their campaign had Altunia allowed Raziya to plot out the war strategy.

*Please note that information we found on Raziya Sultan's death was very sketchy in the details. Going off of execution methods that were popular in India at the time she died, it is likely that she was bludgeoned to death with clubs.

ABOUT THE DOLL

Raziya is a reworked vinyl doll that stands approx. 14" tall and is dressed in a suit of bright red dupioni silk with golden metal beads for buttons. Around her neck is a large beaded necklace with a floral cloisonné ball ornament, as although she was said to prefer to appear in men's clothing she still fancied jewels and wore them beneath her attire. Her long black hair has been left unbound and uncovered to suggest her further defiance against the traditional roles of a female.

The details of Raziya's execution are sketchy in history books, but it has been suggested that both she and her husband were bludgeoned to death. This doll has deep, bloodied gashes across the cheek and forehead to simulate such mortal blows. Her brown eyes are clouded over in a death stare, and her nose and lips have also been bloodied as a result of her ordeal.

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Mary Stuart - Version 3

Better known as simply Mary, Queen of Scots, Mary was crowned queen before she was even a year old in 1542. At an extremely young age she was betrothed to Edward, Henry VIII's only son, but by the time she reached five years of age the Scots had decided to avoid such an arrangement with England and sent Mary to France with the intent of having her marry Francis, the four-year-old Dauphin who was heir to the French throne.

In 1558 she married Francis and was considered to be the most beautiful princess in Europe. During that year, Queen Mary I of England passed away and Henry II of France encouraged his daughter-in-law to assume the royal arms of England. It was widely believed that Mary Stuart was the next in line for the English throne. This did not sit well with Elizabeth I, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, who was crowned Queen of England after her half-sister's death.

The following year, Mary and her husband were crowned King and Queen of France upon the death of Henry II, although their royal happiness was short-lived. Mary's mother and husband both died shortly afterwards, and Mary returned to rule over Scotland. A fair queen, Mary was loved by the common people but loathed by the nobles.

In 1565 she married Henry Stuart, a royal cousin, whom she wed in matrimony but did not name as King. He would later become jealous of her power and attempt to kill her. They did produce an heir, James VI of Scotland. This was also unsettling to Elizabeth I, who was unwed and without an heir.

In 1586 the final showdown between Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I would take place as Mary was brought to trial for plotting to kill the Queen of England and assume the throne. The trial was simply a formality, the verdict having been decided well before the proceedings, and Mary was found guilty and sentenced to death. She was beheaded on February 8, 1587. Her small dog was found hidden in the fabric of the deceased Queen's gown immediately after her execution.

ABOUT THE DOLL

Mary Stuart is a vinyl doll that stands approx. 10" tall. She wears an underskirt of cream silk with a rose-patterned black lace overlay. Golden cream silk is also used for her sleeves and bodice front. Her overdress is a deep purple jacquard with lavender trim and hand-sewn faux pearls. Her dress has large draping sleeves are made of brown faux fur. There is a gold and rhinestone ornament at her waist, and a strand of faux pearls with a sterling silver cross around her neck.

Jane's severed head has striking hand-painted green eyes and she wears her chestnut brown hair gathered beneath a matching headdress with a black lace veil. Her neck has an additional gash from the first blow of the axe.

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Mary Stuart - Version 2

Better known as simply Mary, Queen of Scots, Mary was crowned queen before she was even a year old in 1542. At an extremely young age she was betrothed to Edward, Henry VIII's only son, but by the time she reached five years of age the Scots had decided to avoid such an arrangement with England and sent Mary to France with the intent of having her marry Francis, the four-year-old Dauphin who was heir to the French throne.

In 1558 she married Francis and was considered to be the most beautiful princess in Europe. During that year, Queen Mary I of England passed away and Henry II of France encouraged his daughter-in-law to assume the royal arms of England. It was widely believed that Mary Stuart was the next in line for the English throne. This did not sit well with Elizabeth I, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, who was crowned Queen of England after her half-sister's death.

The following year, Mary and her husband were crowned King and Queen of France upon the death of Henry II, although their royal happiness was short-lived. Mary's mother and husband both died shortly afterwards, and Mary returned to rule over Scotland. A fair queen, Mary was loved by the common people but loathed by the nobles.

In 1565 she married Henry Stuart, a royal cousin, whom she wed in matrimony but did not name as King. He would later become jealous of her power and attempt to kill her. They did produce an heir, James VI of Scotland. This was also unsettling to Elizabeth I, who was unwed and without an heir.

In 1586 the final showdown between Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I would take place as Mary was brought to trial for plotting to kill the Queen of England and assume the throne. The trial was simply a formality, the verdict having been decided well before the proceedings, and Mary was found guilty and sentenced to death. She was beheaded on February 8, 1587. Her small dog was found hidden in the fabric of the deceased Queen's gown immediately after her execution.

ABOUT THE DOLL

This commemorative mannequin of Mary of Scots stands approx. 30" tall with stand and weighs about 20 pounds. The mannequin is 30" wide from elbow to elbow. Mary is dressed in a simple red silk gown similar to the one she has been described as wearing for her execution. The neckline and sleeves are trimmed with narrow red lace. In her right hand she holds a strand of white beads and metal discs that ends with a small cross composed of ruby gemstones.

She holds her battered severed head in her left arm, bits of straw and grit still remain on her face and hair where her head struck the scaffold floor after the executioner's bungle. Her hair is grey and is cut short, and her glassy eyes are fringed with blood-matted lashes. The severed areas reveal both spinal bone and esophagus with slight displacement to reflect on the two blows of the axe needed to decapitate her.

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Mary Stuart - Version 1

Better known as simply Mary, Queen of Scots, Mary was crowned queen before she was even a year old in 1542. At an extremely young age she was betrothed to Edward, Henry VIII's only son, but by the time she reached five years of age the Scots had decided to avoid such an arrangement with England and sent Mary to France with the intent of having her marry Francis, the four-year-old Dauphin who was heir to the French throne.

In 1558 she married Francis and was considered to be the most beautiful princess in Europe. During that year, Queen Mary I of England passed away and Henry II of France encouraged his daughter-in-law to assume the royal arms of England. It was widely believed that Mary Stuart was the next in line for the English throne. This did not sit well with Elizabeth I, the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, who was crowned Queen of England after her half-sister's death.

The following year, Mary and her husband were crowned King and Queen of France upon the death of Henry II, although their royal happiness was short-lived. Mary's mother and husband both died shortly afterwards, and Mary returned to rule over Scotland. A fair queen, Mary was loved by the common people but loathed by the nobles.

In 1565 she married Henry Stuart, a royal cousin, whom she wed in matrimony but did not name as King. He would later become jealous of her power and attempt to kill her. They did produce an heir, James VI of Scotland. This was also unsettling to Elizabeth I, who was unwed and without an heir.

In 1586 the final showdown between Mary Stuart and Elizabeth I would take place as Mary was brought to trial for plotting to kill the Queen of England and assume the throne. The trial was simply a formality, the verdict having been decided well before the proceedings, and Mary was found guilty and sentenced to death. She was beheaded on February 8, 1587. Her small dog was found hidden in the fabric of the deceased Queen's gown immediately after her execution.

ABOUT THE DOLL

Mary Stuart is a reworked vinyl doll that stands 18" tall and carries her severed head in her right hand. History has provided us with a well-detailed account of Mary's execution and the doll is dressed according to the description of her final outfit.

Mary wears a bright silk blouse made of dupioni silk and a red velvet petticoat beneath a long gown of plush black velvet adorned with lace at the neckline. A long string of acrylic pearls with an ornate sterling silver cross dangles from her waist. Her hair is graying and cut short, and a cream silk cloth with lace trim sits on her head as was used to blind her from the executioner's axe.

The neck stump and beneath the chin both reveal the terribly crushed spinal column and awkward cut of the two axe blows needed to decapitate her. Blood, bone, and muscle tissue is visible from both wounds. Her eyes are clouded over in a death-stare.

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Misha'al bint Fahd al Saud

Known simply as Princess Misha of Saudi Arabia, little else is publicly known about the life of this young member of the royal Saudi family. But the tragic circumstances of her death became a widely-known scandal that was immortalized in the 1980 documentary film "Death of a Princess".

Misha was executed on the orders of her grandfather to preserve the family honor because she ran off to elope with her lover whom was considered to be an unsuitable husband for her. The young princess had fallen in love with a common man outside of the royal family and had been told that her marriage was arranged that would bind her to a much older man whom she had never met. Understandably distraught, Misha attempted to fake her own death by planting evidence to suggest she had drowned in the sea, and then disguised herself as a man in order to make her way out of the country.

After marrying in secret, she and her husband were arrested as they attempted to board a plane to leave Saudi Arabia. While the religious court and even the King himself refused to condemn the princess on the grounds that she had married her lover and therefore the law regarding adultery had not been broken, Misha's grandfather was adamant about restoring the honor that he believed she had tarnished.

In 1977, the young princess, along with her husband, were dragged to the traditional execution location where Misha was shot. Her husband was then beheaded by men in her grandfather's employ.

ABOUT THE DOLL

Princess Misha is a reworked vinyl doll that stands 14" tall and has hand-painted features. Her eyes are whitened in a death stare and rimmed with tears that streak down her cheek. A single bullet hole is visible in her temple. She is dressed in a simple powder blue satin dress covered by the traditional abaya and veiled headdress made with black velvet and semi-opaque veil fabric and is modestly adorned with pearl beads.

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Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus

Born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus in 37 AD, Nero was the son of the notorious Julia Agrippina and Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus. After his father died and Agrippina married Emperor Claudius, he was officially adopted by his stepfather and renamed Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus.

In 54 AD Claudius died and Nero, who was older than the emperor’s own son Britannicus, was installed on the Roman throne at just seventeen years of age. By all accounts, the first years of Nero’s reign were considered to be very good, his administrative practices benefiting the poor by cutting taxes and restricting fines. One sore point was that the Emperor remained under the influence of his mother and that caused some trouble with his advisors. However Nero began to worry about his step-brother Britannicus, believing that the boy might be considered as Claudius’s rightful heir once the boy reached adulthood, and so had him assassinated.

Nero’s relationship with his mother Agrippina was a very sordid story. As Nero grew older he began to grow tired of his mother’s meddling, and Agrippina sensed that she was losing her son’s affections and resorted towards seducing him. Eventually Nero concluded that only death would free him from his mother, and so orchestrated a series of “accidents” for her to fall victim to. When those failed, he took a more direct approach and sent assassins to murder her outright.

The other woman who seemed to be cramping his style was his wife Octavia. He divorced her and sent her into exile, only to be faced with public protest. He was soon forced to allow her back into Rome and was being pressured into reuniting with her. However, Nero had already made plans to marry his mistress Poppaea, and so he arranged for Octavia to be murdered as well. Shortly after Octavia’s death the public grew very discontent with Nero and the Senate. As a response, Nero ordered many executions to silence anyone who dared speak against him. Later on in his reign, Nero developed a severe case of megalomania, which first amused and later terrified the Roman people. Considering himself to be the greatest patron of the arts, it soon became commonplace to see the Emperor performing in plays or singing to crowds of “admirers” who had often been bribed or intimidated into attending their performances.

Nero’s great claim to infamy was his persecutions of Christians, whom he accused of starting the Great Fire of Rome in July of 64 AD. It is widely rumored that Nero himself ordered the fire to be set, although it is known that he did rush back to Rome to begin relief efforts and that gained him a good amount of popularity with the common people. In need of a villain, Nero pointed at the Christians who were already considered to be a strange sect, and made sure that his public knew they were responsible for all the devastation. The mass executions of Christians were turned into public circus spectacles as victims were crucified, burned to death, and thrown into the arena with wild animals.

In 68 AD, the Senate had grown fearful of Nero and voted to replace him with Galba, who was then governor of Spain. Although still very popular with the public, Nero was then declared to be an enemy of Rome by the Senate and was condemned to be executed by literally being whipped to death. Horrified at his apparent fate, Nero decided to die rather by his own hand. Before he could be captured, he stabbed himself in the neck with a dagger. His last words were reported to have been “What an artist dies in me!”

ABOUT THE DOLL

Our version of the Emperor Nero is a very large reworked vinyl doll that is 30” tall and is able to stand upright without aid. A golden leaf crown sits atop his unruly blonde hair, and his eyes are glazed and teary.

Nero wears a white tunic with fancy gold accents over an authentically-wrapped toga of purple satin. In his right hand he holds a golden lyre, a tribute to the rumor that Nero played a ballad while Rome burned. (Contrary to popular belief, fiddles had not yet been invented.)

The gaping wound from the sword is clearly visible, and blood pours down his neck and stains his clothing. His beard is also matted with blood that he would presumably have spit up as a result of his injuries.

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Valeria Messalina

The third wife of the Roman Emperor Claudius. Valeria was married to Claudius at the time of his nephew Caligula's assassination and her husband was installed as the successor to the throne. She was only sixteen when their union took place in 38 AD, and bore him two children.

Valeria found great freedom and power in her role as Rome's empress, but was not particularly fond of her aging husband. She began numerous affairs behind his back, and at one point is said to have dressed as a prostitute and challenged the leading woman in the trade to a contest to see who could service the most men.

In 48 AD she turned her attention to her favorite lover, a well-connected man named Caius Silius, and decided that she would much rather have him at her side than her unpopular and dull husband. The two soon began a plot to murder the Emperor. Valeria convinced Claudius that a fortune-teller had forseen that her husband would die, and proposed a plan that he "temporarily" divorce her so that she could take another husband who would surely be victim of the fate. Claudius agreed to this, and Valeria staged a grand public marriage ceremony to Silius.

Word of his wife's true intentions soon reached the ear of Claudius, and though heart-broken, he ordered the execution of both his wife and her lover. It is said that Valeria was given the opportunity to commit suicide, but lacked the courage to do so and was promptly beheaded.

ABOUT THE DOLL

Messalina is a vinyl doll approx. 10" tall. She wears a red chiffon gown with gold cord trimmings. A gold metal and faux ruby ornament is worn on her chest, and strands of faux pearls and gold beads encircle her wrists and ankles as well as a cord that hangs from her belt.

Her headdress is made with metallic gold netting and accented with a strand of faux pearls around her hair.

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Empress Dowager Liu

Although her full name is not known, Liu was the third and last empress of Shi Hu (Emperor Wu). Captured by his army as a child, she was first presented to him as a gift, became his consort, and after giving birth to his youngest son Shi Shi she was crowned as empress. After Shi Hu died, she became a regent empress for her young son, sharing power with Zhang Chai after having displaced Shi Hu’s older son Shi Zun

Shi Zun eventually returned to claim the throne and marched his army to seize the capital. He had Zhang Chai executed immediately and then forged a document to depose Shi Shi from the throne and turn it over to him. He granted Liu and Shi Shi the titles of Prince and Princess Dowager of Qiao. Shortly afterwards he had both Liu and her son executed*.

*Please note that information we found on Empress Liu's death was very sketchy in the details. Going off of execution methods that were popular in China at the time she died, it is likely that she was beheaded or that her head was severed and displayed after her execution.

ABOUT THE DOLL

Empress Liu is a reworked vinyl doll that stands 13" tall. Liu has been hand-painted to resemble a classic oriental doll, and her eyes have been left clear to complete the effect. She wears a long blue satin robe with floral print. Her torso band and inner sleeves are made with a gold dupioni silk. She also wears a cream-colored silk tunic under her robe. Around her neck hangs a beaded necklace with a large floral-printed pendant.

Her severed head wears its hair in a high style with beaded accents and a gold silk veil. The neck stump and above the shoulders are both neatly cut to resemble a swift sword blow, which is presumably how she met her end. Blood, spinal column bone, and muscle tissue is visible from both wounds.

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Catherine Howard - Version 2

The fifth wife of Henry VIII of England. Her ill-fated marriage to the king lasted less than two years before her husband had her arrested for adultery, which translated into treason under the law at the time. Barely out of her teens, the young queen had taken at least two lovers whom were arrested along with her. It is said that she watched them being executed in the courtyard from her window while imprisoned in the Tower of London. Her turn quickly followed, and she was beheaded by the axe on the morning of February 13, 1542.

Legend has it that on the night before her execution, Queen Catherine requested that the block be brought to her quarters and she practiced kneeling and placing her head on it so that she might go through her final ordeal as eloquently as was possible.

ABOUT THE DOLL

In the tradition of English beheadings, a life-sized replica of Queen Catherine's head is set out for display on a plush purple velvet pillow with thick gold tassels at the corners. The head is attached to the 14"x14" pillow base. The piece is approx 10" tall.

Over her brunette hair she wears a headpiece with a gold velvet band trimmed with copper and gold braiding. Faux rubies and pearls adorn the headband and a black satin veil drapes in the back.

Catherine's facial features are all hand-painted. Her deep brown eyes are glazed over in a cloudy and sickly death stare, framed by soft eyelashes. She is spattered with cast-off blood from the axe blow, and blood running from her mouth and nose. The neck reveals part of the crushed spinal column and severed trachea.

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Catherine Howard - Version 1

The fifth wife of Henry VIII of England. Her ill-fated marriage to the king lasted less than two years before her husband had her arrested for adultery, which translated into treason under the law at the time. Barely out of her teens, the young queen had taken at least two lovers whom were arrested along with her. It is said that she watched them being executed in the courtyard from her window while imprisoned in the Tower of London. Her turn quickly followed, and she was beheaded by the axe on the morning of February 13, 1542.

Legend has it that on the night before her execution, Queen Catherine requested that the block be brought to her quarters and she practiced kneeling and placing her head on it so that she might go through her final ordeal as eloquently as was possible.

ABOUT THE DOLL

Queen Catherine is a reworked vinyl doll that stands approx 12" tall and totes her severed head in her right hand. She is dressed in a long gown of plush black velvet with gold and white braided trimmings and matching headdress. A beaded strand with a large pearl ornament and a metal cross hangs from her waist.

The neck stump and beneath the chin both reveal the crushed spinal column and the awkward cut of the axe blow. Blood and muscle tissue is visible from both wounds and the splatter-marks ride high on the back of the head in accordance to where the heavy axe struck. Her eyes are slightly clouded and framed with wide painted eyebrows.

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Princess Élisabeth Philippine Marie Hélène - Version 2

Also known as Madame Elisabeth, she was the younger sister of King Louis XVI to whom she was very devoted, even refusing to marry so that she could remain with him. During the Revolution, she accompanied the king and his family as they attempted to escape the country and was arrested along with them and brought back to Paris. She remained with Marie Antoinette until the queen was taken to another prison and executed a few months later. The queen’s last letter, penned hours before her death, was addressed to Elisabeth although she never received it.

Seven months after Marie’s death, Elisabeth herself was taken to stand trial before the Tribunal on charges of assisting the king’s flight, providing funds to royalists, and other assorted crimes. The completely outrageous charge of molesting her nephew, the royal Dauphin, was also brought against her. Although the accusation was meant to defame her and inspire hatred in the people's attitude towards her, the public in general believed the charge was false and greatly sympathized with Elisabeth. However she was found guilty of the other charges and faced the guillotine on May 10,1794.

ABOUT THE DOLL

Madame Elisabeth is a vinyl doll that stands approx. 11" tall. She wears a sky blue silk underskirt beneath a colorful peachy-pink silk gown trimmed with wide white lace and floral garland trim. The bodice is also trimmed around the waist and neckline with a ruffled white lace.

Elisabeth's severed head has hand-painted blue eyes and wears her beautiful long chestnut hair gathered up on top of her head and pinned with a headpiece of floral garland and long white feathers.

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Élisabeth Philippine Marie Hélène - Version 1

Also known as Madame Elisabeth, she was the younger sister of King Louis XVI to whom she was very devoted, even refusing to marry so that she could remain with him. During the Revolution, she accompanied the king and his family as they attempted to escape the country and was arrested along with them and brought back to Paris. She remained with Marie Antoinette until the queen was taken to another prison and executed a few months later. The queen’s last letter, penned hours before her death, was addressed to Elisabeth although she never received it.

Seven months after Marie’s death, Elisabeth herself was taken to stand trial before the Tribunal on charges of assisting the king’s flight, providing funds to royalists, and other assorted crimes. The completely outrageous charge of molesting her nephew, the royal Dauphin, was also brought against her. Although the accusation was meant to defame her and inspire hatred in the people's attitude towards her, the public in general believed the charge was false and greatly sympathized with Elisabeth. However she was found guilty of the other charges and faced the guillotine on May 10,1794.

ABOUT THE DOLL

Elisabeth is a reworked vinyl doll that stands approx. 20" tall. She has hand-painted features and beautiful long and curled auburn hair. She wears a gold floral brocade gown with wide lace edging trimmed with spring green ribbon and adorned with hand-sewn acrylic pearls and small satin flowers. Her underskirt is made with a silky lavender satin and trimmed with lace. Around her shoulders she wears a sheer mauve shawl with fancy lace edging and pearl ornaments.

Her severed head is attached to her hand with an acrylic pearl bracelet.. Her clouded eyes peer from beneath her unruly hair. The neck stump and just above the shoulders are both cut cleanly to resemble the wound inflicted by the guillotine. Blood, spinal column bone, and muscle tissue is visible from both wounds.

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Jane Grey - Version 3

Born in October of 1547 to Frances Brandon & Henry Grey, Jane was the great-granddaughter of Henry VII. She inherited the throne on account of being named as heir-apparent by Edward VI who did not want his Catholic sister to come to power, although the Act of Succession established by Henry VIII would crown Edward's sister Mary as the next ruler of England. Asides from the great controversy it ignited, fifteen-year-old Lady Jane was very hesitant to assume her place as Queen of England. She is famously known as the "Nine Days Queen", as her ill-fated career as ruler is noted as having lasted between July 10 - July 19 in 1553.

Jane's rule ended when the authorities revoked her proclamation and Princess Mary took the throne. Jane and her husband Guildford Dudley were imprisoned in the Tower of London. Though Queen Mary understood that Lady Jane had not desired the crown and therefore did not want to execute her, the Queen also knew that because Jane had in fact worn the crown she would always be a threat to her own rule with the constant threat of rebellion.

On Feb. 12,1554 Jane watched her husband's execution from a window in the tower. She was then led out to the scaffold to face her own death and was beheaded by the axe. She was only sixteen years old at the time of her execution.

ABOUT THE DOLL

Lady Jane Grey is a vinyl doll that stands approx. 10" tall. She wears a gold silk underskirt beneath a beautiful emerald green silk gown lined with white lace and hand-sewn faux pearls. The bodice is also trimmed around the neckline with a strand of faux pearls.

Jane's severed head has hand-painted eyes and wears her beautiful long blonde hair gathered beneath a matching headdress with a gold net veil.

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