St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Burials== The chapel has been the site of many royal funerals and interments. People interred in the Chapel include: ===Altar=== * [[George Plantagenet, Duke of Bedford]], on 22 March 1479; son of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville * [[Mary of York]], in 1482; daughter of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville * [[Edward IV of England|Edward IV]], King of England, in 1483 * [[Henry VI of England|Henry VI]], King of England, in 1484 (reburial from [[Chertsey Abbey]]) * The coffins of two unidentified children suggested to be the [[Princes in the Tower]] ([[Edward V of England|Edward V]], King of England and [[Richard of Shrewsbury, Duke of York]]); sons of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville * [[Elizabeth Woodville]], Queen of England, on 12 June 1492; wife of Edward IV * Princess Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, in 1832; niece of [[Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen]]<ref name="Burials1805">{{Cite web | title = Royal Burials in the Chapel since 1805 | work = College of St George | date = 2017 | access-date = 2018-05-19 | url = https://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/about-st-georges/royal-connection/royal-burials/royal-burials-chapel-since-1805/ }}</ref> * [[Edward VII]], King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India, on 20 May 1910 (originally interred in the Royal Vault)<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Alexandra of Denmark]], Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India, on 28 November 1925 (originally interred in the Royal Vault); wife of Edward VII<ref name="Burials1805"/> ===Quire=== * [[Jane Seymour]], Queen of England, in 1537; third wife of Henry VIII * [[Henry VIII]], King of England and Ireland, in 1547 * [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], King of England, Scotland and Ireland, in 1649 * Stillborn son of [[Anne, Queen of Great Britain]] and [[Prince George of Denmark]], in 1698 ===Royal Vault=== * [[Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom]], in 1810; daughter of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Augusta of Great Britain]], Duchess of Brunswick-Lünenburg, in 1813; daughter of [[Frederick, Prince of Wales]] and [[Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha|Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg]]<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796–1817)|Princess Charlotte of Wales]], in 1817; daughter of George IV and [[Caroline of Brunswick|Caroline of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel]]<ref name="Burials1805"/> * Stillborn son of Princess Charlotte of Wales and [[Leopold I of Belgium|Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], in 1817<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover, in 1818; wife of George III<ref name="Burials1805"/> * Stillborn daughter of [[Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover]] and [[Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz]], in 1818 * [[George III]], King of the United Kingdom and Hanover, in 1820<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn]], in 1820; father of [[Queen Victoria|Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom]]<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Prince Alfred of Great Britain]], in 1820 (reburial); son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Prince Octavius of Great Britain]], in 1820 (reburial); son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Elizabeth of Clarence]], in 1821; daughter of William IV and Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany]], in 1827; son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[George IV]], King of the United Kingdom and Hanover, in 1830<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[William IV]], King of the United Kingdom and Hanover, in 1837<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Augusta Sophia of the United Kingdom]], in 1840; daughter of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen]], Queen of the United Kingdom and Hanover, in 1849; wife of William IV<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[George V of Hanover|George V]], the last [[King of Hanover]], in 1878; grandson of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz<ref name="Burials1805"/> * Baroness Victoria von Pawel-Rammingen, in 1881; daughter of Princess Frederica of Hanover and [[Baron Alphons von Pawel-Rammingen|Alphons, Baron von Pawel-Rammingen]]<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge]], Duchess of Teck, in 1897; daughter of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge and Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel, mother of [[Mary of Teck]]<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Francis, Duke of Teck]], in 1900; father of Mary of Teck<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Frederica of Hanover]], Baroness von Pawel-Rammingen, in 1926; daughter of George V, King of Hanover, and [[Marie of Saxe-Altenburg]]<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge]], in 1930 (reburial); son of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Augusta of Hesse-Kassel]], Duchess of Cambridge, in 1930 (reburial); wife of Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge<ref name="Burials1805"/> ===Near West Door=== * [[George V]], King of the United Kingdom and Emperor of India, in 1936 (originally interred in the Royal Vault)<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Mary of Teck]], Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India, in 1953; wife of George V<ref name="Burials1805"/> ===King George VI Memorial Chapel=== {{Main|King George VI Memorial Chapel}} * [[George VI]], King of the United Kingdom, Emperor of India and Head of the Commonwealth, on 26 March 1969 (originally interred in the Royal Vault on 15 February 1952, and moved to the chapel following its construction) * [[Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon]], in 2002; daughter of George VI and Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon (ashes buried here following cremation in [[Slough]])<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother|Elizabeth]] (née Bowes-Lyon), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India, in 2002; wife of George VI<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh]], in 2022 (originally interred in the Royal Vault in 2021 and moved to the chapel upon his wife's death); husband of Elizabeth II<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Elizabeth II]], Queen of the United Kingdom and Head of the Commonwealth, in 2022<ref name="Burials1805"/> ===Albert Memorial Chapel=== * [[Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany]], in 1884 (originally interred in the Royal Vault); son of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and [[Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]]<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale]], in 1892 (originally interred in the Royal Vault); son of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark<ref name="Burials1805"/> ===Gloucester Vault=== * [[Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh]], in 1805; son of Frederick, Prince of Wales and Augusta of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Maria Walpole|Maria]] (née Walpole), Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, in 1807; wife of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh]], in 1834; son of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh and Maria Walpole<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Sophia of Gloucester]], in 1844; daughter of Prince William Henry, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh and Maria Walpole<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Mary, Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh|Princess Mary of the United Kingdom]], Duchess of Gloucester and Edinburgh, in 1857; daughter of George III and Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, wife of Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh<ref name="Burials1805"/> ===Others=== * [[William Hastings, 1st Baron Hastings]], in the north aisle of St George's Chapel; close friend of Edward IV * [[Anne St Leger, Baroness de Ros|Anne Manners]] (née St Leger), Baroness de Ros, in the private Rutland Chapel; niece of Edward IV and [[Richard III of England|Richard III]] * [[George Manners, 11th Baron Ros|George Manners, 11th Baron de Ros]], in the private Rutland Chapel; husband of Anne St Leger<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stgeorges-windsor.org/archives/blog/?p=662|title=The Roos Monument in the Rutland Chantry Chapel|work= College of St George|date=10 September 2010}}</ref> * [[Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk]], in 1545; second husband of [[Mary Tudor, Queen of France|Mary Tudor]] * [[Christopher Villiers, 1st Earl of Anglesey]], in 1631 * [[Henry Somerset, 1st Duke of Beaufort]] and his ancestors in the private Beaufort Chapel (the original monument by [[Grinling Gibbons]] was moved to [[St Michael and All Angels Church, Badminton]] in 1878) * [[Peniston Booth]], [[Dean of Windsor]] * Lieutenant-General [[John Elley|Sir John Elley]], in the north quire aisle; commoner who distinguished himself at the [[Battle of Waterloo]] * [[Ethiopian aristocratic and court titles#Dejazmatch|''Dejazmatch'']] [[Prince Alemayehu|Alemayehu Tewodros]], on 21 November 1879; son of [[Tewodros II|Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia]]<ref name="Burials1805"/> ===Former burials=== * [[Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld]], Duchess of Kent and Strathearn, in 1861; mother of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom – moved to the [[Duchess of Kent's Mausoleum]] later that year<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]], Prince Consort, in 1861; husband of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom – moved to the [[Royal Mausoleum, Frogmore|Frogmore Royal Mausoleum]] in 1862<ref name="Burials1805"/> * Prince Harald of Schleswig-Holstein, in 1876; son of Princess Helena of the United Kingdom and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein<ref name="Burials1805"/> – moved to the [[Royal Burial Ground, Frogmore|Frogmore Royal Burial Ground]] in 1928 * [[Prince Francis of Teck]], in 1910; brother of Mary of Teck – moved to the Frogmore Royal Burial Ground in 1928<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Alexander Duff, 1st Duke of Fife]], in 1912; husband of Louise, Princess Royal and father of [[Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife]] – moved to [[St Ninian's Chapel, Braemar]] later that year<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia]], Duchess of Connaught and Strathearn, in 1917; wife of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn – moved to the Frogmore Royal Burial Ground in 1928<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein]], in 1917; husband of Princess Helena of the United Kingdom – moved to the Frogmore Royal Burial Ground in 1928<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Lord Leopold Mountbatten]] (formerly Prince Leopold of Battenberg), in 1922; son of Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom and [[Prince Henry of Battenberg]] – moved to the Frogmore Royal Burial Ground in 1928<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Helena of the United Kingdom]], Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, in 1923; daughter of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – moved to the Frogmore Royal Burial Ground in 1928<ref name="Burials1805"/> * Lieutenant-Colonel [[Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge]] (formerly Adolphus, Duke of Teck), in 1927; brother of Mary of Teck – moved to the Frogmore Royal Burial Ground in 1928<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Rupert Cambridge, Viscount Trematon]] (formerly Prince Rupert of Teck), in 1928; son of Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone (formerly Prince Alexander of Teck) and [[Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone|Princess Alice of Albany]] – moved to the Frogmore Royal Burial Ground later that year<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Louise, Princess Royal]] and Duchess of Fife, in 1931; daughter of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark – moved to St Ninian's Chapel, Braemar later that year<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Victoria of the United Kingdom]], in 1935; daughter of Edward VII and Alexandra of Denmark – moved to the Frogmore Royal Burial Ground in 1936<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Prince Arthur of Connaught]], in 1938; son of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia – moved to the Frogmore Royal Burial Ground in 1939<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll|Princess Louise of the United Kingdom]], Duchess of Argyll, in 1939 (ashes); daughter of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – moved to the Frogmore Royal Burial Ground in 1940<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn]], in 1942; son of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – moved to the Frogmore Royal Burial Ground in 1942<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Prince George, Duke of Kent]], in 1942; son of George V and Mary of Teck – moved to Frogmore Royal Burial Ground in 1968<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom]], Princess Henry of Battenberg, in 1944; daughter of Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha – moved to [[St Mildred's Church, Whippingham]] in 1945<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein]], in 1948; daughter of Princess Helena of the United Kingdom and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein – moved to the Frogmore Royal Burial Ground in 1948<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Marie Louise of Schleswig-Holstein]] (formerly Princess Aribert of Anhalt), in 1956; daughter of Princess Helena of the United Kingdom and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein – moved to the Frogmore Royal Burial Ground in 1957<ref name="Burials1805"/> * Major-General [[Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone]] (formerly Prince Alexander of Teck), in 1957; brother of Mary of Teck – moved to the Frogmore Royal Burial Ground later that year<ref name="Burials1805"/> * [[Princess Alice of Battenberg]], Princess Andrew of Greece and Denmark, in 1969; mother of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh – moved to [[Church of Mary Magdalene]] in [[Jerusalem]], in 1988<ref name="Burials1805"/> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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