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Greenwich remained the principal royal palace for the next two centuries. The palace was the birthplace of Henry VIII in 1491, and it figured largely in his life. Following the king's marriage to Catherine of Aragon, Greenwich Palace was the birthplace of Mary I in 1516.
Henry VII, the first Tudor king, made the palace at Greenwich even larger. He covered the whole palace with a new facing of red brick. It became a favourite palace of the Tudors, partly because it was close to the royal shipyards on the River Thames.
The long lost Palace of Placentia in Greenwich, South East London was once the favourite royal residence of the Tudors. It was also the location where Sir Walter Raleigh placed his coat over the puddle to stop Queen Elizabeth’s feet from getting wet!
What became Greenwich Palace was originally built by Humphrey Duke of Gloucester. He was granted the manor of Greenwich in 1427 and laid out a hunting park there; ten years later he began a house which was completed around 1439. Greenwich Palace was a special kind of residence known as a pleasaunce.
Greenwich was the site of a major royal palace from the mid-15th century, and both Henry VIII and Elizabeth I were born here. The Queen's House meanwhile was originally designed in 1616 for James I’s queen, Anne of Denmark , but building stopped in 1618 when it was only one storey high.
The Queen’s House is the jewel in the crown of Greenwich's UNESCO World Heritage Site. This bright white villa was at the cutting edge of architecture and design when it was completed in the 1630s.
The Palace of Placentia, more commonly known as Greenwich Palace, was one of the most important palaces in Tudor England. It was built on the banks of the River Thames by Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, in 1443.
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