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On 23 December 1497 a fire destroyed most of the wooden buildings. Henry rebuilt it and named the new palace "Richmond" Palace after his title of Earl of Richmond. The earldom was seated at Richmond Castle, Yorkshire, from which it took its name.
Henry V restored it and, after a disastrous fire in 1497, Henry VII rebuilt it on the grand scale, giving it his own title of Richmond. Mary used it frequently and Elizabeth died there, but during the civil wars it fell into decay.
Contact Information. Richmond Palace was built on the site of the old royal residence of Sheen (named from the Old English word for a 'beauty spot') in Surrey along the banks of the Thames. The royal family had taken up residence at Sheen for Christmas of 1498, but a fire broke out on December 21 and destroyed the old building, along with many ...
Apr 27, 2018 · Richmond Palace was rebuilt by Henry VII on the site of the old royal palace and manor of Sheen, once embellished by Edward III, where Richard II’s beloved queen, Anne of Bohemia, died in 1394...
Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond (c. 1430 – 3 November 1456, also known as Edmund of Hadham), was the father of King Henry VII of England and a member of the Tudor family of Penmynydd. Born to Sir Owen Tudor and the dowager queen Catherine of Valois, Edmund was the half-brother of Henry VI of England.
The palace was rebuilt by Edward III, who died here in 1377. It was frequently used by Richard II, and here his wife Anne of Bohemia died, upon which he cursed the place and "caused it to be thrown down and defaced."
In 1501 King Henry VII celebrated the rebuilding of his palace at Shene by renaming it – and the village – Richmond.
