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Richmond Palace was a favourite home of Queen Elizabeth I, who died there in 1603. It remained a residence of the kings and queens of England until the death of Charles I of England in 1649. Within months of his execution, the Palace was surveyed by order of the Parliament of England and was sold for £13,000.
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Richmond Palace was one of Queen Elizabeth's favourite palaces. She often held court there and loved to hunt stags in the nearby park. Richmond Palace was also considered the warmest of the royal palaces and the Queen liked to spend winter there. As she got older, the Queen spent more time than ever at Richmond, and died there on 24 March 1603.
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Mar 24, 2022 · Important events involving key Tudors took place at Richmond Palace. Henry VII died here and in 1603, so did his granddaughter, Elizabeth I. Prince Henry, later Henry VIII nearly lost his life here and his eldest daugther, Mary, spent her honeymoon within its walls.
Jan 13, 2023 · Elizabeth died on 24 March 1603, at Richmond Palace, a royal residence on the River Thames in London, which was demolished in the 16th century. Her death was an occasion of universal mourning, and thousands of people turned out to see her funeral procession to Westminster Abbey on 28 April 1603.
Below you can read more about the Queen's amazing palaces, beginning with Greenwich Palace, where the Queen was born in 1533, and ending with Richmond Palace, where she died in 1603. GREENWICH PALACE. HATFIELD PALACE. ENFIELD PALACES. HAMPTON COURT. WHITEHALL PALACE. WINDSOR CASTLE. OATLANDS PALACE. TOWER OF LONDON.
Jul 12, 2016 · Five years after his ascension to the throne Edward IV gifted the palace to his wife, Queen Elizabeth Woodville, as her residence for life. She held and maintained the palace until 1487,...
Apr 21, 2021 · There are no less than nine confirmed occasions between 1598 and Queen Elizabeth’s death that the Lord Admirals played for the Royal Court at Richmond. Their last performance was on the 3rd February 1603, just weeks before Queen Elizabeth I’s death. One of the numerous assassination attempts on Elizabeth’s life came at Richmond in 1598.