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Royal consorts and heirs from the
House of Tudor who were born or died in London
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Born
at
Westminster
Palace
in 1466, Elizabeth
of York married Henry
VII in 1486 and was Queen until her death during childbirth at
the Tower
of London
in
1503. She is buried in Westminster
Abbey
and
was the mother of Henry
VIII.
Elizabeth
of York
Henry
VII
Westminster
Abbey
Westminster
Palace
Tower
of London
Royal
consorts buried at Westminster Abbey
Arthur,
Prince of Wales, the eldest son and heir to the throne of
Henry VII, married Catherine of Aragon at St
Paul's Cathedral
in 1501. He died the following year and in 1509 his widow became the
first of six wives of his younger brother, the newly crowned Henry
VIII.
St
Paul's Cathedral
Accused
of adultery Henry
VIII's second wife Anne
Boleyn was beheaded
privately on Tower Green at the Tower
of London
in
1536.
She is buried in the chapel there.
Queen since 1533 when they had been secretly married, she gave birth
to the future Elizabeth
I
the same year.
Anne
Boleyn
Henry
VIII
Elizabeth
I
Anne
Boleyn
Tower
of London
Famous
people imprisoned at the Tower of London
Henry
VIII's fifth wife Catherine
Howard became queen in 1540 but was beheaded in 1542 on Tower
Green at the Tower
of London.
She is buried in the chapel there.
Catherine
Howard
Henry
VIII
Tower
of London
Famous
people imprisoned at the Tower of London
Guilford Dudley, husband of - and for nine days consort to - Lady Jane Grey was imprisoned with his wife at the Tower of London on the orders of Mary I in 1553. He was executed publicly on Tower Hill on the same day as Lady Jane in 1554. He is buried with her in the chapel there.
Lady
Jane Grey
Tower
of London
Famous
people imprisoned at the Tower of London
Anne
of Cleves died in 1557 at Chelsea. In
1540 she had become Henry
VIII's fourth wife but in the same year the marriage was annulled
and Henry remarried. She had survived Henry and all his other five
wives and was buried in Westminster
Abbey.
Anne
of Cleves
Henry
VIII
Westminster
Abbey
Royal
consorts buried at Westminster Abbey  |
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