Find A Grave - St George's Chapel

Henry VIII b. June 28, 1491 d. January 28, 1547
King of England. Lord (later King) of Ireland, and claimant to the Kingdom of France. The son of King Henry VII, he became Prince of Wales upon the death of his elder brother Arthur and for political reasons married his brother's wife Catherine of Aragon. He ruled from 1509 until his death in 1547. Henry was known personally to be attractive, educated and accomplished, but as a ruler to be ruthless and extravagant. He ruled with absolute power and his wars and expenditures depleted the English...[Read More] (Bio by: Vincent Astor)
St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Plot: Quire
Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Sophia Charlotte Of b. May 19, 1744 d. November 17, 1818
British monarch, Queen consort of King George III. Daughter of Charles I, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz and Elizabeth of Saxe-Hildburghausen. She married George on September 8, 1761. Despite not having been his first choice of a wife and a general lack of feeling from her mother-in-law, their marriage blossomed. George is not known to have ever been unfaithful to her. Together they had 16 children, most of whom survived to adulthood. Charlotte stood by her husband even as he descended into...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Plot: Royal Vault
of Teck, Queen Mary b. May 26, 1867 d. March 24, 1953
British monarch, Queen consort of King George V. The daughter of the impoverished Francis, Duke of Teck and Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge, her full name and title at birth was Her Serene Highness Princess Victoria Mary Augusta Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Agnes of Teck, popularly known as Princess May. She was engaged to Prince Albert Victor, elder son of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) in 1891. She accepted his proposal only because it was expected of her. After the prince's...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Plot: Near West Door
Seymour, Jane b. 1509 d. October 24, 1537
Queen of England, third wife of King Henry VIII. Daughter of Sir John Seymour and Margaret Wentworth. She was quiet and meek, the opposite of her predecessor, Anne Boleyn, whom she served as a lady-in-waiting. She married Henry on 30 May 1536, about two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn. Jane gave the King his longed-for son and heir, Edward, in October of 1537. She attended her son's christening, but died a week later. Jane was placed in Henry's tomb at St. George's, and was the only...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Plot: Quire
William IV b. August 21, 1765 d. June 20, 1837
British Monarch. He was the third son of King George III and was not expected to become king after his brother, George IV, produced an heir. William joined the Royal Navy and served in various places including the Americas. He was made Duke of Clarence and St. Andrews and also Earl of Ulster. He lived with an actress called Mrs Dorothea Jordan with whom he had a family of 10 children who were given the family name of FitzClarence. In 1818 his niece Charlotte died which meant there was no heir...[Read More]
St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Plot: Royal Vault
Windsor, Elizabeth Angela Marguerite b. August 4, 1900 d. March 30, 2002
Born Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, on 4 August 1900, during the last months of the reign of Queen Victoria. She was the ninth child (fourth daughter) of the 14th Earl of Strathmore, a descendent of the Royal House of Scotland. She grew up at her parent's country estate in Hertfordshire, north of London, where she was educated at home. Although it was reported by biographers that she preferred James Stuart, the handsome and dashing son of a Scottish earl, she married the Duke of York in 1923 after a...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Plot: King George VI Memorial Chapel
Woodville, Elizabeth b. 1437 d. July 8, 1492
British monarch, Queen consort of King Edward IV. The eldest daughter of Sir Richard Woodville and Jacquetta of Luxembourg. She married John Grey, a Lancastrian knight, in 1452. She had two sons by this marriage. Grey was killed at St. Albans in 1461. She secretly married Edward, the Yorkist claimant to the throne, on May 1, 1464. She was crowned on 26 May 1465, the first commoner (though well-blooded) to become Queen. Elizabeth was beautiful, but selfish and calculating, demanding favors...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
St George's Chapel, Windsor, Berkshire, England
Plot: Altar

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