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The last effigy known to have been carried at an Abbey funeral is that of Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham who died in 1743. Her son Robert Sheffield, Marquess of Normanby is the only effigy of a child in the collection.
Henry’s tomb is below his elaborate chantry chapel in Westminster Abbey. His funeral armour and the effigy of his wife, Catherine de Valois, can be seen in the Abbey Galleries.
Feb 19, 2024 · When Catherine of Valois died in 1437, she received an equally respectful and solemn funeral with a painted wooden funeral effigy robed in magnificent fabrics and fur. Her coffin was placed in the Lady Chapel of Westminster, and not next to that of her first husband, because of her remarriage.
At her funeral in the Abbey in 1437, her painted wooden effigy was carried on her coffin, lavishly dressed in robes and a crown. The effigy is on permanent display our museum, The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries - one of twenty royal funeral effigies in our collection.
The wooden funeral effigy which was carried at Catherine's funeral still survives at Westminster Abbey, and was previously on display in the Westminster Abbey Museum in the Undercroft. It is now displayed in the new Queen's Diamond Jubilee Gallery in the abbey triforium.
Jul 23, 2016 · Catherine de Valois wooden funeral effigy. Catherine de Valois was the daughter of a king, the wife and then widow of a king and, finally, the mother of, arguably, the greatest dynasty in English history. Her father, Charles VI of France, despite the fact that he was insane for much of the last thirty years of his life, managed to sire twelve ...
May 1, 2023 · On the right we have the effigy and On the left added hair. We have often heard of how attractive Mary was in her younger years – here is what she may have looked like as a child: (sans makeup of course) As a young adult: And how she would have looked as an old lady: Catherine of Valois
Sep 14, 2022 · As Museum Crush says, effigies of other monarchs — like Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham, Henry VII, Mary I, Queen Anne, Edward III, Catherine de Valois, Elizabeth of York, and more — also reside in the galleries. These effigies often came with regal clothing, worn since their creation, but some of these pieces have either been damaged or lost.
The wooden effigy which was carried at Catherine's funeral still survives at Westminster Abbey and is on display in the Undercroft Museum. Her tomb was originally surmounted by an alabaster memorial, but this was destroyed during extensions to the abbey in the reign of her grandson, Henry VII.
On October 5, Catherine joined the extensive procession of mourners for Henry in Rouen. By early November, the funeral cortege finally reached Calais and crossed the channel. After a funeral in St. Paul 's Cathedral, London, Henry was buried on November 7, in Westminster Abbey.
