Burial places of British royalty
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These burial places of British royalty record the known graves of monarchs who have reigned in some part of the British Isles (currently includes only the monarchs of Scotland, England, native princes of Wales to 1283, or monarchs of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom), as well as members of their royal families.
Monarchs of England (to 1603)
[edit ]Pre-conquest
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| Egbert | 839 | Old Minster, Winchester Bones now thought to be in one of the six mortuary caskets in Winchester Cathedral |
Winchester Cathedral |
| Æthelwulf | 855 | Steyning Church, then the Old Minster, Winchester Bones now thought to be in one of the six mortuary caskets in Winchester Cathedral |
Ethelwulf's tombstone, from St Andrew's Church, Steyning |
| Æthelbald | 860 | Sherborne Abbey, Dorset | Sherborne Abbey |
| Æthelbert | 866 | ||
| Æthelred I | 871 | Wimborne Minster, Dorset | Wimborne Minster |
| Alfred the Great | 899 | Originally Old Minster, Winchester Moved to New Minster then Hyde Abbey His remains were lost after the ruin of the abbey following the Reformation |
Hyde Abbey |
| Edward the Elder | 924 | New Minster, Winchester Moved to Hyde Abbey His remains were lost after the ruin of the abbey following the Reformation |
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| Æthelstan | 939 | Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire His remains were lost after the ruin of the abbey following the Reformation. The tomb and effigy survived. |
The (now empty) tomb of Athelstan in Malmesbury Abbey |
| Edmund I | 946 | Glastonbury Abbey | Glastonbury Abbey |
| Eadred | 955 | Old Minster, Winchester Bones now thought to be in one of the six mortuary caskets in Winchester Cathedral |
Winchester Cathedral |
| Eadwig (Edwy) | 959 | Bones now thought to be in one of the six mortuary caskets in Winchester Cathedral | Winchester Cathedral |
| Edgar | 975 | Glastonbury Abbey | Glastonbury Abbey |
| Edward the Martyr | 978 | Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorset Bones reputed to be his now reside in the Church of St. Edward the Martyr, Brookwood. |
Shrine of St. Edward the Martyr |
| Æthelred the Unready | 1016 | Old St Paul's Cathedral Tomb lost in the Great Fire of London, referenced as such on a plaque outside the crypt of the present church. |
Old St Paul's |
| Edmund Ironside | 1016 | Glastonbury Abbey | Glastonbury Abbey |
| Sweyn Forkbeard | 1014 | Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark | Roskilde Cathedral |
| Cnut the Great | 1035 | Old Minster, Winchester Bones now thought to be in one of the six mortuary caskets in Winchester Cathedral |
Winchester Cathedral |
| Harold Harefoot | 1040 | St Clement Danes, London | St Clement Danes |
| Harthacnut | 1042 | Bones now thought to be in one of the six mortuary caskets in Winchester Cathedral | Winchester Cathedral |
| Edward the Confessor | 1066 | Westminster Abbey. Edward was the first king buried in the church. In the 13th century, Henry III had his remains transferred to a shrine in the rebuilt abbey, in the new chapel named after him. | Westminster Abbey . |
| Harold Godwinson | 1066 | Waltham Abbey, Essex (by repute) | Waltham Abbey |
Post-conquest
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Monarchs of Scotland (to 1603)
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Native princes of Wales (to 1283)
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| Name | Death | Place of burial | Image |
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| Owain Gwynedd | 1170 | Bangor Cathedral | |
| Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd (prince of north Wales only) | 1203 | England? | |
| The Lord Rhys (prince of south Wales only) | 1197 | St. David's Cathedral | |
| Llywelyn ab Iorwerth | 1240 | Body interred at Aberconwy Abbey Later (apparently) removed to Maenan Abbey; sarcophagus now found at parish church of Llanrwst |
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| Dafydd ap Llywelyn | 1246 | Body interred at Aberconwy Abbey; current whereabouts unknown |
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| Llywelyn ap Gruffudd | 1282 | Cwmhir Abbey | |
| Dafydd ap Gruffudd | 1283 | Hanged, drawn and quartered at Shrewsbury |
Monarchs since 1603
[edit ](of England, and Scotland (1603–1707); of Great Britain (1707–1801); of United Kingdom (1801–present))
| Name | Death | Place of burial | Image |
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| James VI and I | 1625 | Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey [6] | |
| Charles I | 1649 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Interregnum
[edit ]As Lords Protector the Cromwells served as heads of state and exercised monarchical power
| Name | Death | Place of burial | Image |
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| Oliver Cromwell (Protector) | 1658 | Tyburn, London. Moved from Westminster Abbey in 1660 and dumped in a pit after posthumous execution. Reputed head buried at Sidney Sussex College in 1960. | |
| Richard Cromwell (Protector) | 1712 | All Saints Church, Hursley, Hampshire |
Restored monarchy
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Jacobite pretenders
[edit ]| Name | Death | Place of burial | Image |
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| James Stuart ("Old Pretender")
Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie") |
1766
1788 1807 |
St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican (see also Monument to the Royal Stuarts) | Tomb of James Francis Edward Stuart, Charles Edward Stuart and Henry Benedict Stuart, "grotte vaticane" |
Other Royal burials (by place)
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Sources
[edit ]- Burial Places of the Kings & Queens of Britain britannia.com (Accessed 20 June 2007 – NB contains errors)
References and notes
[edit ]- ^ "A search for bones of Henry I is planned in Reading". BBC News. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- ^ Westminster Abbey Website (accessed 30 April 2015)
- ^ Westminster Abbey Website (accessed 30 April 2015)
- ^ An account arose that when the tomb was destroyed, Richard's bones were thrown into the River Soar. This was disproven following the recovery and identification of Richard's remains in 2012.
- ^ Burns, John F. (26 March 2015). "Richard III Gets a Kingly Burial, on Second Try". The New York Times.
- ^ a b c d e f Abbey Tour - The Lady Chapel Westminster Abbey website (accessed 20 June 2007)
- ^ a b Eochaid & Giric Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007)
- ^ Ross, David R (2003). Passion for Scotland. Dundurn. p. 37. ISBN 1842820192.
- ^ Malcolm III Canmore Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007)
- ^ William I Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007)
- ^ Alexander II Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007)
- ^ John Balliol Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007)
- ^ Robert II Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007)
- ^ James III Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007)
- ^ James IVUndiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007)
- ^ See main article on James: Miller, 240; Waller, 401; MacLeod, 349. MacLeod and Waller say all of James's remains were lost in the French Revolution. The English Illustrated Magazine 's article on St. Germain from September 1903 says parts of his bowel interred at the parish church of St. Germain-en-Laye were rediscovered in 1824 and reburied. Hilliam, 205. Hilliam disputes that his remains were either scattered or lost, stating that when revolutionaries broke into the church, they were amazed at the body's preservation and it was put on public exhibition where miracles were said to have happened. Hilliam states that the body was then kept "above ground" until George IV heard about it and ordered the body buried in the parish church of St Germain-en-Laye in 1824.
- ^ Helmut Knocke and Hugo Thielen (2007). Mausoleum, in Dirk Böttcher, Klaus Mlynek (Eds.) Hannover Kunst- und Kultur-Lexikon. Handbuch und Stadtführer. Springe: zu Klampen Verlag. ISBN 978-3-934920-53-8 (p.92)
- ^ Weir, Alison (1996). Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy, Revised edition. Random House. pp. 272–276. ISBN 0-7126-7448-9.
- ^ Westminster Abbey Website (Accessed 1 December 2014)