Saturday 24 November 2012

Update on Dead Kings (and Queens)

Just in case any of you were wondering how we're getting on with our dead Kings . . . .

Pretty good after visiting Westminster :-)

Here's Marks "exacting" presentation - a pity the Blog fonts and colours suck. As you can see - when we get to Normandy and Brittany (after our aborted attempt in July), and after we go to Windsor we'll have nailed just about all of them.

The question remains . . . how dedicated are we . . . should we plan a trip to Copenhagen for Sven Fork Beard???


In Quest of Dead Kings – Progress update

The key:

Nothing to visit – completely destroyed
Site visited, but nothing remains
At least some reference to Monarch but not the tomb
Tomb visited
Not yet visited


Pre-conquest
Name
Death
Place of burial
King Rædwald
629
Sutton Hoo – OK so, not official, but we’re claiming him
Egbert
839
Old Minster, Winchester then Winchester Cathedral
Æthelwulf
855
Old Minster, Winchester then Winchester Cathedral
Æthelbald
860
Sherborne Abbey, Dorset
Æthelbert
866
Sherborne Abbey, Dorset
Æthelred
871
Wimborne Minster, Dorset
Alfred the Great
899
Old Minster, then New Minster, then Hyde Abbey
Edward the Elder
924
New Minster, Winchester moved to Hyde Abbey
Æthelstan
939
Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire
Edmund I
946
Glastonbury Abbey
Edred
955
Old Minster, Winchester then 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
Edmund Ironside
1016
Glastonbury Abbey
Svein, Forkbeard
1014
Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark
Canute the Great
1035
Old Minster, Winchester then Winchester Cathedral
Harold Harefoot
1040
St Clement Danes, London
Harthacanute
1042
Winchester Cathedral
Edward the Confessor
1066
Westminster Abbey
Harold Godwinson
1066
Waltham Abbey, Essex

Post Conquest

Name
Death
Place of burial
William I (conqueror)
1087
Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, Normandy
William II (Rufus)
1100
Winchester Cathedral
Henry I
1135
Reading Abbey, Berkshire
Stephen
1154
Faversham Abbey, Kent
Empress Matilda
1167
Rouen Cathedral, Normandy, France
Henry II
1189
Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France
Richard I
1199
Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, France(heart buried at Rouen)
John
1216
Worcester Cathedral
Henry III
1272
Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey
Edward I
1307
Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey
Edward II
1327
Gloucester Cathedral
Edward III
1377
Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey
Richard II
1400
Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey
Henry IV
1413
Canterbury Cathedral
Henry V
1422
Westminster Abbey
Henry VI
1471
Windsor Castle (reburied in St George's Chapel 1484)
Edward IV
1483
St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
Edward V
?1483
?Murdered and buried secretly in the Tower of London
Richard III
1485
Tomb at Leicester Cathedral, body lost (maybe now found)
Henry VII
1509
Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
Henry VIII
1547
St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
Edward VI
1553
Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
Lady Jane Grey
1554
St Peter ad Vincula (London), Tower of London
Mary I
1558
Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
Elizabeth I
1603
Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey

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

Name
Death
Place of burial
James I
1625
Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
Charles I
1649
St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
Charles II
1685
Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
James II
1701
Chapel of St Edmund, Church of the English Benedictines, Rue St. Jacques, Paris (lost at the French Revolution)
Mary II
1694
Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
William III
1702
Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
Anne
1714
Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
George I
1727
Herrenhausen Palace, Hanover, Germany, flattened by Bomber Command in a single night during WWII
George II
1760
Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster Abbey
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
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
George VI
1952
St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle


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