Prince Edward. The story as related in the ballad is historically inaccurate, but apparently reflects the popular view at the time of the events surrounding her death. The historical fact is that Prince Edward was born naturally, and that his mother succumbed to infection and died 12 days later. Most versions of the song end with the contrast between the joy of the birth of the Prince and the grief of the death of the Queen. A setting of the ballad to a tune by Irish musician Dáithí Sproule was included on the Bothy Band's 1979 album After Hours (Live in Paris), on the 1995 album Trian II by Trian (Sproule, Liz Carroll, and Billy McComiskey), and the Bothy Band's 2008 album Best of the Bothy Band. The song also appears on Loreena McKennitt's 2010 album The Wind That Shakes the Barley, and on Dáithí Sproule's 2011 album Lost River: Vol. 1; and it was performed by Oscar Isaac in the Coen brothers' 2013 film Inside Llewyn Davis. Footnotes Sources External links A quick overview of Jane's life, with a good portrait gallery as well A more in-depth historical look at Jane's life and times A geo-biography tour of the Six Wives of Henry VIII on Google Earth The text of the ballad The Death of Queen Jane 2015 Irish Examiner article |- 1508 births 1537 deaths 16th-century English women Burials at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Deaths in childbirth English Roman Catholics English royalty House of Tudor Irish royal consorts Ladies of the Privy Chamber Jane Wives of Henry VIII Household of Anne Boleyn Household of Catherine of Aragon