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25 Apr 1284. Caernarfon, Gwynedd, Wales. Death. 21 Sep 1327 (aged 43) Berkeley, Stroud District, Gloucestershire, England. Burial. Gloucester Cathedral. Gloucester, City of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England Show Map. Memorial ID. 1956. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 5. Flowers 452. Memorials. Region. Europe. England.
Edward II's tomb at Gloucester Cathedral. Edward's body was embalmed at Berkeley Castle, where it was viewed by local leaders from Bristol and Gloucester. It was then taken to Gloucester Abbey on 21 October, and on 20 December Edward was buried by the high altar, the funeral having probably been delayed to allow Edward III to attend in person.
Nov 22, 2016 · The tomb of Edward II is spectacular. Edward's burial site at St Peter's Abbey, refounded as Gloucester Cathedral during the Reformation in the sixteenth century, sits under an arch on the north side of the Presbytery adjacent to the Ambulatory, up near the high altar.
Edward was ruthlessly murdered in Berkeley Castle later in 1327 and his body was buried in Gloucester Cathedral. Further reading. Queens Consort of Westminster Abbey. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2004
Edward I: 1307 Edward II: 1327 Gloucester Cathedral: Edward III: 1377 Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey: Richard II: 1400 King's Langley Priory (reburied Edward the Confessor's Chapel, Westminster Abbey 1413) Henry IV: 1413 Canterbury Cathedral: Henry V: 1422 Westminster Abbey: Henry VI: 1471 Windsor Castle (reburied in St George ...
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On 20 December 1327, King Edward II (1284-1327 AD) who had died at Berkeley Castle (in suspicious circumstances) was buried at Gloucester Cathedral. The Tomb of King Edward II was later to become an important pilgrimage site.
They are all buried in a vault in the south aisle with just simple inscriptions on small stones. The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots is also in this aisle. Boy king Edward VI lies just in front of the altar. George II was the last monarch to be buried in the Abbey, in a vault under the central aisle of this chapel, with his queen Caroline.
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