Burial places of monarchs in the British Isles

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A record of the burial places of monarchs who have reigned in some part of the British Isles (currently includes only the monarchs of Scotland, England or Great Britain, and the United Kingdom).

Contents

[edit] Monarchs of England (to 1603)

[edit] Pre-conquest

Name Death Place of burial Image
Egbert 839 Old Minster, Winchester bones now in Winchester Cathedral Winchester Cathedral
Æthelwulf 855 Steyning Church, then the Old Minster, Winchester

bones now in Winchester Cathedral

 Ethelwulf's tombstone, from St Andrew's Church, Steyning
Æthelbald 860 Sherborne Abbey, Dorset Sherborne Abbey
Æthelbert 866 Sherborne Abbey, Dorset
Æthelred I 871 Wimborne Minster, Dorset Wimborne Minster
Alfred the Great 899 originally Old Minster, Winchester

moved to New Minster then Hyde Abbey
Edward the Elder 924 New Minster, Winchester

moved to Hyde Abbey
Æthelstan 939 Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire (now empty) tomb of King Athelstan in Malmesbury Abbey
Edmund I 946 Glastonbury Abbey Glastonbury Abbey
Edred 955 Old Minster, Winchester bones now in Winchester Cathedral
Eadwig (Edwy) 959 Winchester Cathedral
Edgar 975 Glastonbury Abbey
Edward, the Martyr 978 Shaftesbury Abbey, Dorset
Ethelred the Unready 1016 Old St Paul's Cathedral Old St Paul's
Edmund Ironside 1016 Glastonbury Abbey Glastonbury Abbey
Svein, Forkbeard 1014 Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark Roskilde Cathedral
Canute the Great 1035 Old Minster, Winchester now in Winchester Cathedral
Harold Harefoot 1040 St Clement Danes, London
Harthacanute 1042 Winchester Cathedral
Edward the Confessor 1066 Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey
Harold Godwinson 1066 Waltham Abbey, Essex Waltham Abbey

[edit] Post-conquest

Name Death Place of burial Image
William I (the Conqueror) 1087 Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, Normandy Men's abbey, St Etienne church, chevet
William II (Rufus) 1100 Winchester Cathedral Winchester Cathedral
Henry I 1135 Reading Abbey, Berkshire Reading Abbey
Stephen 1154 Faversham Abbey, Kent
Empress Matilda 1167 Rouen Cathedral, Normandy, France
Henry II 1189 Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France Fontevraud Abbey
Richard I 1199 Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France

(His heart was buried at Rouen)

 Tomb of Richard I and Isabella of Angoulême
John 1216 Worcester Cathedral
Henry III of England 1272 Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey[1] Tomb in Westminster Abbey Gold effigy from tomb
Edward I 1307 Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey[2]
Edward II 1327 Gloucester Cathedral Gloster Cathedral
Edward III 1377 Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey[3] Effigy in Westminster Abbey
Richard II 1400 Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey[4]
Henry IV 1413 Canterbury Cathedral Canterbury Cathedral
Henry V 1422 Westminster Abbey
Henry VI 1471 Windsor Castle (reburied in St George's Chapel 1484) St George's Chapel
Edward IV 1483 St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
Edward V ?1483 traditionally believed murdered

and buried secretly in the Tower of London
Richard III 1485 tomb at Leicester Cathedral, body lost
Henry VII 1509 Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey[5] deathmask in Westminster Abbey
Henry VIII 1547 St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
Edward VI 1553
Lady Jane Grey 1554 St Peter ad Vincula (London), Tower of London St Peter ad Vincula - resting place of those executed for treason
Mary I 1558 Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey[6]
Elizabeth I 1603 Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey[7]

[edit] Monarchs of Scotland (to 1603)

Name Death Place of burial Image
Kenneth MacAlpin 858 Iona Abbey[8] Iona Abbey
Donald I 862 Iona Abbey[9]
Constantine I 877 Iona Abbey [10]
Áed 878 Iona Abbey[11]
Eochaid Unknown Unknown [12]
Giric 889 Iona Abbey[13][14]
Donald II 900 Iona Abbey[15]
Constantine II 952 Culdee monastery at St Andrews (probable) [16]
Malcolm I 954 Iona Abbey[17]
Indulf 962 Iona Abbey[18]
Dub 967 Iona Abbey [19]
Cuilén 972 Iona Abbey
Kenneth II 995 Iona Abbey[20]
Constantine III 997 Iona Abbey[21]
Kenneth III 1005 Iona Abbey
Malcolm II 1034 Iona Abbey[22]
Duncan I 1040 Iona Abbey [23]
Macbeth 1057 Iona Abbey[24]
Lulach 1058 Iona Abbey[25]
Malcolm Canmore 1093 Tynemouth, then moved to Dunfermline Abbey[26] Dunfermline Abbey
Donald III after 1097 Iona Abbey[27]
Edgar 1107 Dunfermline Abbey[28]
Alexander I 1124 Dunfermline Abbey
David I 1153 Dunfermline Abbey[29]
Malcolm IV 1165 Dunfermline Abbey[30]
William I 1214 Arbroath Abbey[31] Arbroath Abbey
Alexander II 1249 Melrose Abbey[32] Melrose Abbey
Alexander III 1286 Dunfermline Abbey
Margaret, Maid of Norway 1290 Christ's Kirk, Bergen
John Balliol 1313 France?[33]
Robert the Bruce 1329 body interred at Dunfermline Abbey

His heart was removed, taken on Crusade, then buried at Melrose Abbey
David II 1371 Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh
Robert II 1390 Scone Abbey[34]
Robert III 1406 Paisley Abbey[35] Paisley Abbey
James I 1437 Carthusian Priory, Perth [36] [37]
James II 1460 Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh [38]
James III 1488 Cambuskenneth Abbey[39] The tomb of James III, funded by Queen Victoria
James IV 1513 probably displayed at Monastery of Sheen, London

afterwards unknown[40]
James V 1542 Holyrood Abbey Edinburgh
Mary, Queen of Scots 1587 Peterborough Cathedral (1588-1612) then Westminster Abbey a replica of Mary's tombstone in Westminster abbey at the Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

[edit] Monarchs since 1603

(of England, and Scotland (1603-1707); of Great Britain (1707-1801); of United Kingdom (1801-present))

Name Death Place of burial Image
James I and VI 1625 Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey[41]
Charles I 1649 St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
Charles II 1685 Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey[42]
James II and VII 1684 Chapel of St Edmund, Church of the English Benedictines, Rue St. Jacques, Paris

(lost at the French Revolution) [43]
Mary II 1694 Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey[44]
William II 1702 Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey[45]
Anne 1714 Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey[46]
George I 1727 Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Germany
George II 1760 Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey[47]
George III 1820 St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
George IV 1830 St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
William IV 1837 St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
Victoria 1901 Frogmore, Windsor Mausoleum in Frogmore Gardens, Windsor of Queen Victoria and her consort Prince Albert
Edward VII 1910 St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
George V 1936 St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
Edward VIII 1972 Royal burial ground at Frogmore, Windsor Edward is buried with the Duchess of Windsor, at Frogmore
George VI 1952 St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle

[edit] Jacobite pretenders

Name Death Place of burial Image
James Stuart ('Old Pretender')

Charles Edward Stuart ('Bonnie Prince Charlie')

Henry Benedict Stuart

 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"

monument to the Royal Stuarts, Rome

[edit] Other Royal burials (by place)

Name Image Whom interred
Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum, Frogmore Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum Princess Victoria (1861)
Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore Prince Albert (1861)
St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle

Queen Elizabeth Woodville (1492) Queen Jane Seymour (1537) Princess Amelia (1810) Princess Augusta (1813) Princess Charlotte (1817) Queen Charlotte (1818) Prince Edward (1820) Prince Frederick (1827) Princess Augusta (1840) Queen Adelaide (1849) Prince Leopold (1884) Prince Albert Victor (1892) Princess Mary Adelaide (1897) Prince Francis (1900) Queen Alexandra (1925) Prince Adolphus (1930) Princess Augusta (1930) Queen Mary (1953) Princess Margaret (ashes 2002) Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother (2002)
Royal burial ground, Frogmore Royal Burial Ground

Princess Helena Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught Princess Louise. Prince William of Gloucester (1972) Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester Prince George, Duke of Kent Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent Wallis Simpson (1986) Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone The Earl of Athlone Viscount Trematon Lady May Abel Smith Sir Henry Abel Smith
Althorp Diana, Princess of Wales (1997)
Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey

Matilda of Scotland (1118) Anne Neville (1485) Anne of Cleves (1557) Elizabeth of Bohemia (1662) Caroline of Ansbach Prince George of Denmark Anne of Denmark (1619) Elizabeth of York Catherine of Valois Anne of Bohemia Philippa of Hainault Eleanor of Castile Edith of Wessex (1079) [48]
St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London St Peter ad Vincula is the resting place of those executed in the Tower

Catherine Howard (1542) Anne Boleyn (1536)
St Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of Wight

Princess Beatrice (1944) and Prince Henry of Battenberg (1896)

[edit] Sources

Burial Places of the Kings & Queens of Britain britannia.com (Accessed June 20th 2007 - NB contains errors)

[edit] References and Notes

  1. ^ Abbey Tour - Edward the Confessor's Chapel Westmenster Abbey Website (accessed 20th June 2007)
  2. ^ Abbey Tour - Edward the Confessor's Chapel Westmenster Abbey Website (accessed 20th June 2007)
  3. ^ Abbey Tour - Edward the Confessor's Chapel Westmenster Abbey Website (accessed 20th June 2007)
  4. ^ Abbey Tour - Edward the Confessor's Chapel Westmenster Abbey Website (accessed 20th June 2007)
  5. ^ Abbey Tour - The Lady Chapel Westminster Abbey website (accessed June 20th 2007)
  6. ^ Abbey Tour - The Lady Chapel Westminster Abbey website (accessed June 20th 2007)
  7. ^ Abbey Tour - The Lady Chapel Westminster Abbey website (accessed June 20th 2007)
  8. ^ Findagrave.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  9. ^ Findagrave.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  10. ^ Findagrave.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  11. ^ Findagrave.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  12. ^ Eochaid & Giric Undiscovered Scotland (accessed June 20th 2007)
  13. ^ Findagrave.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  14. ^ Eochaid & Giric Undiscovered Scotland (accessed June 20th 2007)
  15. ^ Findagrave.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  16. ^ Constantine II Undiscovered Scotland (accessed June 20th 2007)
  17. ^ Findagrave.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  18. ^ Findagrave.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  19. ^ Findagrave.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  20. ^ Findagrave.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  21. ^ Findagrave.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  22. ^ Findagrave.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  23. ^ Findagrave.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  24. ^ Findagrave.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  25. ^ Findagrave.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  26. ^ Malcolm III Canmore Undiscovered Scotland (accessed June 20th 2007)
  27. ^ Findagrave.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  28. ^ EdgarUndiscovered Scotland (accessed June 20th 2007)
  29. ^ David I Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20th June 2007)
  30. ^ Malcolm IV Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20th June 2007)
  31. ^ William I Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20th June 2007)
  32. ^ Alexander II Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20th June 2007)
  33. ^ John Balliol Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20th June 2007)
  34. ^ Robert II Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20th June 2007)
  35. ^ findagrave.com (accessed 20th June 2007)
  36. ^ the peerage.com (accessed June 20th 2007)
  37. ^ His Queen, Jaon Beaufort, and Margaret Tudor are also buried there.find a grave.com (accessed 20th June 2007)
  38. ^ the peerage.com (accessed June 20th 1007)
  39. ^ James III Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20th June 2007)
  40. ^ James IVUndiscovered Scotland (accessed 20th June 2007)
  41. ^ Abbey Tour - The Lady Chapel Westminster Abbey website (accessed June 20th 2007)
  42. ^ Abbey Tour - The Lady Chapel Westminster Abbey website (accessed June 20th 2007)
  43. ^ James' body was not actually buried - but remained in a coffin for a transfer to Westminster Abbey that never happened. His brain went the Scots College in Paris, his heart to the Convent of the Visitandine Nuns at Chaillot, and his bowels to the English Church of St. Omer and the parish church of St. Germain-en-Laye. All the body parts were lost during the French Revolution except the praecordia which as rediscovered in 1824 at the parish church of St. Germain-en-Laye, where it still remains. James II and VII, The Jacobite Heritage (accessed June 20th 2007)
  44. ^ Abbey Tour - The Lady Chapel Westminster Abbey website (accessed June 20th 2007)
  45. ^ Abbey Tour - The Lady Chapel Westminster Abbey website (accessed June 20th 2007)
  46. ^ Abbey Tour - The Lady Chapel Westminster Abbey website (accessed June 20th 2007)
  47. ^ Abbey Tour - The Lady Chapel Westminster Abbey website (accessed June 20th 2007)
  48. ^ Westminster Abbey Website (Accessed June 20th 2007)
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