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.
Monarchs of England (to 1603)
Pre-conquest NameDeathPlace of burialImageEgbert839Old Minster, WinchesterBones now thought to be in one of the six mortuary caskets in Winchester CathedralÆthelwulf855Steyning Church, then the Old Minster, WinchesterBones now thought to be in one of the six mortuary caskets in Winchester CathedralÆthelbald860Sherborne Abbey, DorsetÆthelbert866Æthelred I871 Wimborne Minster, DorsetAlfred the Great899Originally Old Minster, WinchesterMoved to New Minster then Hyde AbbeyHis remains were lost after the ruin of the abbey following the English ReformationEdward the Elder924New Minster, WinchesterMoved to Hyde AbbeyHis remains were lost after the ruin of the abbey following the ReformationÆthelstan939Malmesbury Abbey, WiltshireHis remains were lost after the ruin of the abbey following the Reformation. The tomb and effigy survived.Edmund I946Glastonbury AbbeyEadred955Old Minster, WinchesterBones now thought to be in one of the six mortuary caskets in Winchester CathedralEadwig (Edwy)959Bones now thought to be in one of the six mortuary caskets in Winchester CathedralEdgar975Glastonbury AbbeyEdward the Martyr978Shaftesbury Abbey, DorsetBones reputed to be his now reside in the Church of St. Edward the Martyr, Brookwood.Æthelred the Unready1016Old St Paul's CathedralTomb lost in the Great Fire of London, referenced as such on a plaque outside the crypt of the present church.Edmund Ironside1016Glastonbury AbbeySweyn Forkbeard1014Roskilde Cathedral, DenmarkCnut the Great1035Old Minster, WinchesterBones now thought to be in one of the six mortuary caskets in Winchester CathedralHarold Harefoot1040St Clement Danes, LondonHarthacnut1042Bones now thought to be in one of the six mortuary caskets in Winchester CathedralEdward the Confessor1066Westminster Abbey. Edward was the first king buried in the church. In the 13th century, Henry III had his remains transferred to a shrine in the rebuilt abbey, in the new chapel named after him.. Harold Godwinson1066Waltham Abbey, Essex (by repute)
Post-conquest NameDeathPlace of burialImagesWilliam I1087Abbaye-aux-Hommes, Caen, NormandyHis remains were destroyed in 1562 & 1793. The tomb survived.William II1100Winchester CathedralHenry I1135Reading Abbey, Berkshire His remains were lost after the ruin of the abbey following the Reformation. Stephen1154Faversham Abbey, KentThe abbey was demolished after the Reformation in 1538 and Stephen's grave and remains were destroyed, reportedly thrown into the nearby Faversham Creek when the abbey was demolished.Matilda1167Rouen Cathedral, Normandy, France Remains transferred from Bec Abbey in Normandy following the French Revolution.Henry II1189Fontevraud Abbey, Anjou, FranceThe graves no longer exist and their remains were probably destroyed during the French Revolution. Their tombs and effigies survived.Richard I1199John1216Worcester CathedralHenry III1272Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster AbbeyWestminster Abbey Website (accessed 30 April 2015)Edward I1307Edward II1327Gloucester CathedralEdward III1377 Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster AbbeyWestminster Abbey Website (accessed 30 April 2015)Richard II1400 King's Langley Priory (reburied Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey 1413)Henry IV1413Canterbury CathedralHenry V1422Westminster AbbeyHenry VI1471Windsor Castle (reburied in St George's Chapel 1484)Edward IV1483St George's Chapel at Windsor CastleEdward V1483?Traditionally believed to have been murdered and buried secretly in the Tower of London. Bones presumed to be his and those of his brother Richard, Duke of York were unearthed in the Tower in 1674 and re-buried in Westminster Abbey four years later.Richard III1485Leicester CathedralOriginally buried across the street in Greyfriars, but the original tomb was lost when the friary was demolished in 1538.An account arose that when the tomb was destroyed, Richard's bones were thrown into the River Soar. This was disproven following the recovery and identification of Richard's remains in 2012. The remains of Richard III were recovered by an archaeological dig in 2012 and re-interred in 2015.Henry VII1509Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster AbbeyAbbey Tour - The Lady Chapel Westminster Abbey website (accessed 20 June 2007)Henry VIII1547St George's Chapel at Windsor CastleEdward VI1553Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster AbbeyJane1554St Peter ad Vincula, Tower of LondonMary I1558Henry VII Lady Chapel, Westminster AbbeyElizabeth I1603
Monarchs of Scotland (to 1603) NameDeathPlace of burialImageKenneth MacAlpin858Iona AbbeyDonald I862Constantine I877Áed878EochaidUnknownUnknownEochaid & Giric Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007)Giric889Iona AbbeyDonald II900Constantine II952Culdee monastery at St Andrews (probable)Malcolm I954Iona AbbeyIndulf962Dub967Cuilén972Kenneth II995Constantine III997Kenneth III1005Malcolm II1034Duncan I1040Macbeth1057Lulach1058Malcolm Canmore1093Tynemouth, then moved to Dunfermline AbbeyMalcolm III Canmore Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007)Donald IIIafter 1097Iona AbbeyDuncan II1094Dunfermline AbbeyEdgar1107Alexander I1124David I1153Malcolm IV1165William I1214Arbroath AbbeyWilliam I Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007)Alexander II1249Melrose AbbeyAlexander II Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007)Alexander III1286Dunfermline AbbeyMargaret, Maid of Norway1290Christ's Kirk, BergenJohn Balliol1313France?John Balliol Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007)Robert the Bruce1329Body interred at Dunfermline AbbeyHis heart was removed, taken on Crusade, then buried at Melrose AbbeyDavid II1371Holyrood Abbey, EdinburghRobert II1390Scone AbbeyRobert II Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007)Robert III1406Paisley AbbeyJames I1437Perth Charterhouse, PerthJames II1460Holyrood Abbey, EdinburghJames III1488Cambuskenneth AbbeyJames III Undiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007)James IV1513Probably displayed at Monastery of Sheen, LondonAfterwards unknownJames IVUndiscovered Scotland (accessed 20 June 2007)James V1542Holyrood Abbey, EdinburghMary I1587Peterborough Cathedral (1588–1612) then Westminster Abbey
Native princes of Wales (to 1283)
NameDeathPlace of burialImageOwain Gwynedd1170Bangor CathedralDafydd ab Owain Gwynedd (prince of north Wales only)1203England?The Lord Rhys (prince of south Wales only)1197St. David's Cathedral Llywelyn ab Iorwerth1240Body interred at Aberconwy AbbeyLater (apparently) removed to Maenan Abbey; sarcophagus now found at parish church of LlanrwstDafydd ap Llywelyn1246Body interred at Aberconwy Abbey;current whereabouts unknownLlywelyn ap Gruffudd1282Cwmhir AbbeyDafydd ap Gruffudd1283Hanged, drawn and quartered at Shrewsbury
Monarchs since 1603 (of England, and Scotland (1603–1707); of Great Britain (1707–1801); of United Kingdom (1801–present)) NameDeathPlace of burialImageJames VI and I1625Henry VII Chapel, Westminster AbbeyCharles I1649St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
Interregnum As Lords Protector the Cromwells served as heads of state and exercised monarchical power NameDeathPlace of burialImageOliver Cromwell (Protector)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 (Protector) 1712All Saints Church, Hursley, Hampshire
Restored monarchy
NameDeathPlace of burialImageCharles II1685Henry VII Chapel, Westminster AbbeyJames II and VII1701Chapel of St Edmund, Church of the English Benedictines, Rue St. Jacques, Paris (lost at the French Revolution)See main article on James: Miller, 240; Waller, 401; MacLeod, 349. MacLeod and Waller say all of James's remains were lost in the French Revolution. The English Illustrated Magazines article on St. Germain from September 1903 says parts of his bowel interred at the parish church of St. Germain-en-Laye were rediscovered in 1824 and reburied. Hilliam, 205. Hilliam disputes that his remains were either scattered or lost, stating that when revolutionaries broke into the church, they were amazed at the body's preservation and it was put on public exhibition where miracles were said to have happened. Hilliam states that the body was then kept "above ground" until George IV heard about it and ordered the body buried in the parish church of St Germain-en-Laye in 1824.Mary II1694Henry VII Chapel, Westminster AbbeyWilliam III and II1702Anne1714George I1727Chapel of Leine Castle in Hanover, Germany; moved from the crypt to the at Herrenhausen on 5 December 1957.Helmut Knocke and Hugo Thielen (2007). Mausoleum, in Dirk Böttcher, Klaus Mlynek (Eds.) Hannover Kunst- und Kultur-Lexikon. Handbuch und Stadtführer. Springe: zu Klampen Verlag. (p.92) He was the last British monarch buried outside of the British Isles.George II1760Henry VII Chapel, Westminster AbbeyGeorge III1820St George's Chapel, Windsor CastleGeorge IV1830William IV1837Victoria1901Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore, WindsorEdward VII1910St George's Chapel, Windsor CastleGeorge V1936Edward VIII1972Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore, WindsorGeorge VI1952King George VI Memorial Chapel, St George's Chapel, Windsor CastleElizabeth II2022
Jacobite pretenders NameDeathPlace of burialImageJames Stuart ("Old Pretender")
Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie")
Henry Benedict Stuart1766
1788
1807St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican (see also Monument to the Royal Stuarts)
Other Royal burials (by place)