Burial places of British royalty


These burial places of British royalty record the known graves of monarchs who have reigned in some part of the British Isles, as well as members of their royal families.

Native princes of Wales (to 1283)

NameDeathPlace of burialImage
Owain Gwynedd1170Bangor Cathedral
Dafydd ab Owain Gwynedd 1203England?
The Lord Rhys 1197St. David's Cathedral
Llywelyn ab Iorwerth1240Body interred at Aberconwy Abbey
Later removed to Maenan Abbey; sarcophagus now found at parish church of Llanrwst
Dafydd ap Llywelyn1246Body interred at Aberconwy Abbey;
current whereabouts unknown
Llywelyn ap Gruffudd1282Cwmhir Abbey
Dafydd ap Gruffudd1283Hanged, drawn and quartered at Shrewsbury

Monarchs since 1603

; of Great Britain ; of United Kingdom )
NameDeathPlace of burialImage
James VI and I1625Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey
Charles I1649St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

Interregnum

As Lords Protector the Cromwells served as heads of state and exercised monarchical power
NameDeathPlace of burialImage
Oliver Cromwell 1658Tyburn, 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 1712All Saints Church, Hursley, Hampshire

Restored monarchy

NameDeathPlace of burialImage
Charles II1685Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey
James II and VII1701Chapel of St Edmund, Church of the English Benedictines, Rue St. Jacques, Paris
Mary II1694Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey
William III and II1702Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey
Anne1714Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey
George I1727Chapel of Leine Castle in Hanover, Germany; moved from the crypt to the at Herrenhausen on 5 December 1957. He was the last British monarch buried outside of the British Isles.
George II1760Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey
George III1820St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
George IV1830St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
William IV1837St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Victoria1901Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, Windsor
Edward VII1910St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
George V1936St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Edward VIII1972Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, Windsor
George VI1952King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Elizabeth II2022King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle

Other Royal burials (by place)

Cemetery locationCemetery imageName of royals buried thereGrave image
York MinsterWilliam of Hatfield
Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum, FrogmorePrincess Victoria, Duchess of Kent
Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore
St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle
Royal burial ground, Frogmore-
St Ninian's Chapel, Braemar
AlthorpDiana, Princess of Wales
Westminster Abbey
Peterborough CathedralCatherine of Aragon
St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of London
Sudeley CastleCatherine Parr
St Mildred's Church, Whippingham, Isle of WightPrincess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenberg
St Mary Magdalene Church, Sandringham, NorfolkPrince John
Vadstena Abbey, SwedenQueen Philippa of Denmark, Norway and Sweden
The Royal Cemetery, Solna, SwedenCrown Princess Margareta of Sweden
Ypres Town Cemetery and Extension, Ypres, Belgium.Prince Maurice of Battenberg
Brunswick Cathedral, Braunschweig, Germany.Caroline of Brunswick
Convent of the Visitations, Chaillot, near ParisMary of Modena
Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon, PortugalCatherine of Braganza
Basilica of St Denis, Paris, FranceFrancis II of France Henrietta Maria of France
El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, SpainPhilip II of Spain
Holyrood Abbey, Edinburgh, ScotlandHenry Stuart, Lord Darnley
Church of St John, Mirow, GermanyPrincess Augusta of Cambridge
Old Minster, WinchesterÆlfgifu
Emma of Normandy
Canterbury CathedralEdward the Black Prince
Tewkesbury AbbeyEdward of Westminster, Prince of Wales
Worcester CathedralArthur, Prince of Wales
New Minster, WinchesterEalhswith
Shaftesbury AbbeyÆlfgifu of Shaftesbury
Abbey of Sainte-Trinité, Caen, FranceMatilda of Flanders
Le Mans Cathedral, Le Mans, FranceGeoffrey V of Anjou
Faversham AbbeyMatilda I, Countess of Boulogne Eustace IV, Count of Boulogne
Rouen Cathedral, Normandy, FranceHenry the Young King
Crusader Cathedral of TyreMargaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary
Fontevraud Abbey, Chinon, FranceEleanor of Aquitaine Isabella of Angoulême
L'Épau Abbey, Le Mans, FranceBerengaria of Navarre
Amesbury PrioryEleanor of Provence
Christ Church GreyfriarsMargaret of France, Queen of England Isabella of France
Greyfriars, Stamford, LincolnshireJoan of Kent
Couvent des Célestins, Paris, FranceIsabella of Valois
Canterbury CathedralJoan of Navarre, Queen of England
Angers CathedralMargaret of Anjou
Nieuwe Kerk, Delft, The NetherlandsAnne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange
Ludwigsburg Palace, GermanyCharlotte, Princess Royal
Church of Peace, Potsdam, GermanyVictoria, Princess Royal
All Saints' Church, HarewoodMary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood Henry Lascelles, 6th Earl of Harewood George Lascelles, 7th Earl of Harewood
St Baglan's Church, LlanfaglanAntony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon
Akershus Fortress, Oslo, NorwayMaud of Wales