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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.
This list contains all European emperors, kings and regent princes and their consorts as well as well-known crown princes since the Middle Ages, whereas the lists are starting with either the beginning of the monarchy or with a change of the dynasty (e.g. England with the Norman king William the Conqueror, Spain with the unification of Castile and Aragon, Sweden with the Vasa dynasty, etc.).
See also: Burial sites of European monarchs and consorts. Subcategories. ... Burial sites of English royal houses (9 C, 1 P) Burial sites of French royal families (8 C)
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an Anglican church in the City of Westminster, London, England.Since 1066, it has been the location of the coronations of 40 English and British monarchs and a burial site for 18 English, Scottish, and British monarchs.
This category contains a comprehensive list of all monarchs of the British Isles since the Norman Conquest to be buried abroad. See also: British monarchs; Burial places of monarchs in the British Isles
Honouring individuals buried in Westminster Abbey has a long tradition. Over 3,300 people are buried or commemorated in the abbey. [1] For much of the abbey's history, most of the people buried there besides monarchs were people with a connection to the church – either ordinary locals or the monks of the abbey itself, who were generally buried without surviving markers. [2]
The chapel was commissioned by Elizabeth II in 1962 as a burial place for her father, George VI and for herself after her death in 2022, it was completed in 1969. It contains the final resting places of King George VI , Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother , Queen Elizabeth II , Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh , and the ashes of Princess Margaret .
Pages in category "Burial sites of English royal houses" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Faversham Abbey