Was Guilford Dudley a king consort or a prince consort?
He was a son of the Duke of Northumberland, who had plotted to put Jane on the throne in the hope of ruling through her husband. Jane, in her very brief reign, refused to make him King. She would make him a Duke (of Clarence), but not a King. So he was neither. Apparently he became quite tearful at this. However, it was not to last long, as Mary Tudor shortly afterwards became Queen of England and, after a time in the Tower of London, the young couple were executed. http://www.ladyjanegrey.org/nine_days/in… http://englishhistory.net/tudor/relative… “Jane was a Tudor herself, as proud of her royal background as she had a right to be. The Dudleys, that arrogant, pretentious family, had no right to exploit her. She told those assembled that she would gladly make Guildford a duke, but he would never be king. Guildford was present
