Burial sites of European monarchs and consorts
Main burial sites of European Kings include: |
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the Wawel Cathedral for Kings of Poland |
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the Roskilde Cathedral for Kings of Denmark |
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the Westminster Abbey for Kings of England |
El Escorial for Kings of Spain |
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the Basilica of St Denis for Kings of France |
This list contains all European emperors, kings and regent princes and their consorts as well as well-known crown princes since the Middle Ages, whereas the lists are starting with either the beginning of the monarchy or with a change of the dynasty (e.g. England with the Norman king William the Conqueror, Spain with the unification of Castile and Aragon, Sweden with the Vasa dynasty, etc.). In addition, it contains the still-existing principalities of Monaco and Liechtenstein and the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg.
Albanien
[edit]Kingdom from 1928 until 1943 (1939–1943 in personal union with Italy)
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Zog I | 1895–1961 | Cimetière parisien in Thiais, Val-de-Marne, nearby Paris. Re-buried in November 2012 in Tirana. |
Geraldine Apponyi de Nagy-Appony | 1915–2002 | Sharra cemetery in Tirana |
Österreich
[edit]Empire under the Habsburg monarchy from 1804 until 1918. All emperors, with the exception of Charles I, were buried in the Imperial Crypt (Kaisergruft), at the Capuchin Church, in Vienna. Their hearts are buried in the Herzgruft (Crypt of the Hearts) at the St. Augustine Church at the Imperial Palace, in Vienna. Their viscera are buried in the Ducal Crypt at the Stephansdom, in Vienna.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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Emperor Francis I | 1768–1835 | Francis’ Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; Heart: Augustinerkirche |
Elisabeth of Württemberg | 1767–1790 | Francis’ Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; Heart: Augustinerkirche |
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily | 1772–1807 | Francis’ Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este | 1787–1816 | Francis’ Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; Heart: Augustinerkirche |
Caroline Augusta of Bavaria | 1792–1873 | Francis’ Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
Emperor Ferdinand I | 1793–1875 | Ferdinand's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; Heart: Augustinerkirche |
Maria Anna of Savoy | 1803–1884 | Ferdinand's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
Emperor Francis Joseph I | 1830–1916 | Franz Joseph's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
Elisabeth of Bavaria | 1837–1898 | Franz Joseph's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
Crown Prince Rudolf | 1858–1889 | Franz Joseph's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
Stephanie of Belgium | 1864–1945 | Pannonhalma Benedictine Archabbey, Hungary |
Archduke Franz Ferdinand | 1863–1914 | Artstetten Castle, Lower Austria |
Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg | 1868–1914 | Artstetten Castle, Lower Austria |
Emperor Charles I | 1887–1922 | Church of Nossa Senhora do Monte in Funchal (Madeira, Portugal); heart: Muri convent, Switzerland |
Zita of Bourbon-Parma | 1892–1989 | The Crypt Chapel in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; heart: Muri convent, Switzerland |
Bavaria
[edit]Kingdom from 1806 until 1918. The Bavarian kings of the house of Wittelsbach were buried in four churches in Munich, whereas the hearts used to be buried in Altötting.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Maximilian I | 1756–1825 | Crypt in the Theatinerkirche in Munich; heart in the Chapel of the Miraculous Image (Gnadenkapelle) in Altötting |
Augusta Wilhelmine of Hesse-Darmstadt | 1765–1796 | Crypt in the Stadtkirche in Darmstadt |
Caroline of Baden | 1776–1841 | Crypt in the Theatinerkirche in Munich; heart in the Chapel of the Miraculous Image (Gnadenkapelle) in Altötting |
King Ludwig I | 1786–1868 | Side chapel in St. Boniface's Abbey in Munich; heart in the Chapel of the Miraculous Image (Gnadenkapelle) in Altötting |
Therese of Saxe-Hildburghausen | 1792–1854 | Side chapel in St. Boniface's Abbey in Munich |
King Maximilian II | 1811–1864 | Side chapel in Theatinerkirche in Munich; heart in the Chapel of the Miraculous Image (Gnadenkapelle) in Altötting |
Marie of Prussia | 1825–1889 | Side chapel in Theatinerkirche; heart in the Chapel of the Miraculous Image (Gnadenkapelle) in Altötting |
King Ludwig II | 1845–1886 | Crypt in the St. Michael's Church in Munich; heart in the Chapel of the Miraculous Image (Gnadenkapelle) in Altötting |
King Otto I | 1848–1916 | Crypt in St. Michael's Church in Munich; heart in the Chapel of the Miraculous Image (Gnadenkapelle) in Altötting |
Prince Regent Luitpold | 1821–1912 | Crypt in the Theatinerkirche in Munich; heart in the Chapel of the Miraculous Image (Gnadenkapelle) in Altötting |
Auguste of Austria | 1825–1864 | Crypt in the Theatinerkirche in Munich; heart in the Chapel of the Miraculous Image (Gnadenkapelle) in Altötting |
King Ludwig III | 1845–1921 | Crypt in the Cathedral of our Blessed Lady in Munich; heart in the Chapel of the Miraculous Image (Gnadenkapelle) in Altötting |
Maria Theresia of Austria-Este | 1849–1919 | Crypt in the Cathedral of our Blessed Lady in Munich; heart in the Chapel of the Miraculous Image (Gnadenkapelle) in Altötting |
Belgien
[edit]Kingdom since 1830. All Belgian kings were buried in the royal burial place in Laeken.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Leopold I | 1790–1865 | Royal crypt in the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels |
Charlotte Auguste of Wales | 1796–1817 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Louise of Orléans | 1812–1850 | Royal crypt in the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels |
King Leopold II | 1835–1909 | Royal crypt in the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels |
Marie Henriette of Austria | 1836–1902 | Royal crypt in the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels |
Blanche Zélia Joséphine Delacroix | 1883–1948 | Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris |
King Albert I | 1875–1934 | Royal crypt in the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels |
Elisabeth of Bavaria | 1876–1965 | Royal crypt in the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels |
King Leopold III | 1901–1983 | Royal crypt in the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels |
Astrid of Sweden | 1905–1935 | Royal crypt in the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels |
Lilian Baels | 1916–2002 | Royal crypt in the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels |
Prince Regent Charles | 1903–1983 | Royal crypt in the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels |
King Baudouin I | 1930–1993 | Royal crypt in the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels |
Fabiola de Mora y Aragón | 1928–2014 | Royal crypt in the Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels |
Bohemia
[edit]Kingdom since 1198, as from 1526 in personal union with Austria.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Ottokar I | 1155–1230 | Saxon Chapel in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Adelaide of Meissen | 1160–1211 | Meissen Cathedral |
Constance of Hungary | 1181–1240 | Porta coeli Convent in Předklášteří, Southern Moravia |
King Wenceslaus I | 1205–1253 | St Agnes convent in Prague |
Kunigunde of Hohenstaufen | 1200–1248 | St Agnes convent in Prague |
King Ottokar II | 1233–1278 | Saxon Chapel in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Margaret of Austria | 1204–1266 | Lilienfeld Abbey, Lower Austria |
Kunigunda of Halych | 1246–1285 | St Agnes convent in Prague |
King Wenceslaus II | 1271–1305 | Zbraslav Monastery in Prague |
Judith of Habsburg | 1271–1297 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Elizabeth Richeza of Poland | 1286–1335 | Cistercian convent in Brno |
King Wenceslaus III | 1289–1306 | Zbraslav Monastery in Prague |
Viola of Teschen | 1290–1317 | Rožmberk Abbey nearby Vyšší Brod, Southern Bohemia |
King Rudolph I | 1282–1307 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Blanche of France | 1285–1306 | Minoritenkirche in Vienna |
Elisabeth Richeza of Poland | 1286–1335 | Cistercian convent in Brno |
King Henry of Carinthia | 1265–1335 | Collegiate Church in Stams in Tirol, Austria |
Anne of Bohemia | 1290–1313 | Carinthia |
Adelaide of Brunswick-Lüneburg | 1300–1320 | ? |
Beatrice of Savoy | 1310–1331 | ? |
King John I | 1296–1346 | first in the Altmünster abbey in Luxembourg; since 1946 in the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg |
Elisabeth of Bohemia | 1292–1330 | Zbraslav Monastery in Prague |
Beatrice of Bourbon | 1320–1383 | first in the basilica of St-Denis nearby Paris, then in the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg |
Emperor Charles IV | 1316–1378 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Blanche of Valois | 1317–1348 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Anne of Bavaria | 1329–1353 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Anna von Schweidnitz | 1339–1362 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Elizabeth of Pomerania | 1347–1393 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
King Wenceslaus | 1361–1419 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Joanna of Bavaria | 1356–1386 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Sophia of Bavaria | 1376–1425 | St Martins' Cathedral in Bratislava (grave does no longer exist) |
Emperor Sigismund | 1368–1437 | Oradea Cathedral, Romania |
Mary of Hungary | 1370–1395 | Oradea Cathedral, Romania |
Barbara of Cilli | 1391–1451 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
King Albert II | 1397–1439 | Székesfehérvár Basilica, Hungary |
Elisabeth of Bohemia | 1409–1442 | Székesfehérvár Basilica, Hungary |
King Ladislas the Posthumous | 1440–1457 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
George of Poděbrady | 1420–1471 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Kunigunde of Sternberg | 1425–1449 | Parish church at Poděbrady, Central Bohemia |
Joanna of Rožmitál | ?-1475 | ? |
King Vladislaus II | 1456–1516 | Székesfehérvár Basilica, Hungary |
Barbara of Brandenburg | 1464–1515 | ? |
Beatrice of Naples | 1457–1508 | ? |
Anne of Foix-Candale | 1469–1506 | Székesfehérvár Basilica, Hungary |
King Matthias Corvinus | 1443–1490 | Székesfehérvár Basilica, Hungary |
Beatrice of Naples | 1457–1508 | S. Pietro Abbey in Naples |
King Louis II | 1506–1526 | Székesfehérvár Basilica, Hungary |
Mary of Austria | 1505–1558 | 9th chapel of the pantheon of the infants in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Bulgarien
[edit]Empire from the 7th century to 1018, 1185 to 15th century. Kingdom from 1908 until 1945.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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Emperor Samuil | d. 1014 | Church of St Achillios in Lake Prespa, Greece |
Emperor Kaloyan | 1168/1169-1207 | SS. Forty Martyrs Church in Veliko Tarnovo |
Emperor Michael Shishman | d. 1330 | Church of St George in Staro Nagoricane, Macedonia |
Prince Alexander I | 1856–1893 | Battenberg Mausoleum in Sofia |
Johanna Loisinger, Countess of Hartenau | 1865–1951 | St. Leonhard Cemetery in Graz, Austria |
King Ferdinand I | 1861–1948 | St Augustin Church in Coburg, Germany |
Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma | 1870–1899 | Catholic Cathedral of St Louis of France in Plovdiv |
Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz | 1860–1917 | Boyana Church in Sofia |
King Boris III | 1894–1943 | Heart in the Rila Monastery; it is uncertain what happened to the body |
Giovanna of Italy | 1907–2000 | Basilica of San Francesco d'Assisi in Assisi, Italy |
Kroatien
[edit]Kingdom from 1941 until 1943
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Tomislav II | 1900–1948 | Basilica di Superga in Turin |
Irene of Greece | 1904–1974 | Basilica di Superga in Turin |
Dänemark
[edit]One of the oldest kingdoms in Europe, established in the 11th century. The lists starts with the dynasty of Folkung in 1376. For the last 500 years, almost all monarchs have been interred in Roskilde Cathedral. Many earlier monarchs were interred in the Church of St. Bendt in Ringsted, and a few in Sorø monastery church.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Gorm the Old | 908/18-958 | Jelling |
Thyra | ?-935 | Jelling |
King Harald I Bluetooth | 935–985/6 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Sweyn Forkbeard | 960–1014 | in England, later Roskilde Cathedral |
King Harald II | ?–1018 | ? |
King Cnut the Great | 985/95–1035 | Winchester Cathedral |
Emma of Normandy | 985–1052 | Winchester Cathedral |
King Canute III | 1020–1042 | Winchester Cathedral |
King Sweyn II | 1019–1074/6 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Gyda of Sweden | ?–1048/49 | Gudhem Convent |
King Harald III | 1040–1080 | Dalby Abbey |
King Canute IV | 1042–1086 | St. Canute's Cathedral |
King Olaf I | 1050–1095 | ? |
King Eric I | 1060–1103 | Paphos, Cyprus |
Boedil Thurgotsdatter | ?–1103 | St. Mary's Church, Joseph's Valley, Mount of Olives, Jerusalem |
King Niels | 1065–1134 | ? |
Margaret Fredkulla | 1080s–1130 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Eric II | 1090–1137 | Ribe Cathedral |
King Eric III | 1125–1157 | St. Canute's Abbey, Odense |
King Sweyn III | 1120–1146 | first at Gradehede, then Viborg Cathedral |
King Canute V | 1129–1157 | ?Roskilde |
Helena of Sweden | 1130s – fl. 1158 | Vreta Abbey |
King Valdemar I | 1131–1182 | Ringsted Abbey |
Sophia of Minsk | 1140–1198 | Ringsted Abbey |
King Canute VI | 1163–1202 | Ringsted Abbey |
Gertrude of Bavaria | 1152/55-1197 | Wå Gårds Harde? |
King Valdemar II | 1170–1241 | Ringsted Abbey |
Dagmar of Bohemia | 1186–1212/3 | Ringsted Abbey |
Berengaria of Portugal | 1190s–1221 | Ringsted Abbey |
junior-King Valdemar the Young | 1209–1231 | Ringsted Abbey |
Eleanor of Portugal | 1211–1231 | Ringsted Abbey |
King Eric IV | 1216–1250 | Ringsted Abbey |
King Abel | 1218–1252 | first at Schleswig Cathedral, then in a soggy grave outside Gottorf Castle |
Matilda of Holstein | 1220/25–1288 | Varnhem Abbey in Sweden |
King Christopher I | 1219–1259 | Ribe Cathedral |
Margaret Sambiria | 1230?–1282 | Doberan Abbey |
King Eric V | 1249–1286 | Viborg Cathedral |
Agnes of Brandenburg | ?–1304 | Ringsted Abbey |
King Eric VI | 1274–1319 | Ringsted Abbey |
Ingeborg Magnusdotter of Sweden | 1277–1319 | Ringsted Abbey |
King Christopher II | 1276–1332 | Convent Church at Sorø |
Euphemia of Pomerania | 1285–1330 | Convent Church at Sorø |
King Valdemar IV | 1320–1375 | first at Vordingborg Castle, then Convent Church at Sorø |
Helvig of Schleswig | ?-1374 | Esrum Abbey |
King Olav II | 1370–1387 | Convent Church at Sorø |
Queen Margrethe I | 1353–1412 | first in the Convent Church at Sorø, then in the Roskilde Cathedral |
King Haakon VI of Norway | 1341–1380 | St Mary Church in Oslo |
King Eric VII | 1382–1459 | Our Lady Church at Darlowo, Poland |
Philippa of England | 1394–1430 | Convent Church at Vadstena nearby Lidköping, Sweden |
King Christopher III | 1416–1458 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Christian I | 1426–1481 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Dorothea of Brandenburg | 1430–1495 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Hans | 1455–1513 | first in Gråbrødre Church, then in Saint Canute's Cathedral |
Christina of Saxony | 1461–1521 | first in Gråbrødre Church, then in Saint Canute's Cathedral in Odense |
King Christian II | 1481–1552 | first in Gråbrødre Church, then in Saint Canute's Cathedral in Odense |
Isabella of Austria | 1501–1525 | first at St Peter Church in Gent, then in Saint Canute's Cathedral in Odense |
King Frederik I | 1471–1533 | St Peter's Cathedral in Schleswig |
Anna of Brandenburg | 1487–1514 | Convent Church in Bornesholm |
Sophie of Pomerania | 1498–1568 | St Peter's Cathedral in Schleswig |
King Christian III | 1503–1559 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg | 1511–1571 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Frederik II | 1534–1588 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Sofie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1557–1631 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Christian IV | 1577–1648 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Anne Catherine of Brandenburg | 1575–1612 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Kirsten Munk | 1598–1658 | Saint Canute's Cathedral in Odense |
King Frederik III | 1609–1670 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Calenberg | 1628–1685 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Christian V | 1646–1699 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel | 1650–1714 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Frederik IV | 1671–1730 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow | 1667–1721 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Anne Sophie Reventlow | 1693–1743 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Christian VI | 1699–1746 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach | 1700–1770 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Frederik V | 1723–1766 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Louise of Great Britain | 1724–1751 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | 1729–1796 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Christian VII | 1749–1808 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Caroline Matilda of Great Britain | 1751–1775 | Stadtkirche St. Marien in Celle |
King Frederik VI | 1768–1839 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Marie of Hesse-Kassel | 1767–1852 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Christian VIII | 1786–1848 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Charlotte of Mecklenburg | 1784–1840 | Campo Santo Teutonico in Vatican City |
Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg | 1796–1881 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Frederik VII | 1808–1863 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Vilhelmine of Denmark | 1808–1891 | Mausoleum in Glücksburg cemetery |
Caroline of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1821–1876 | Old Crypt at Johanniterkirche in Mirow |
Louise Christine Rasmussen | 1815–1874 | in the park of Jægerspris Palace nearby Frederikssund |
King Christian IX | 1818–1906 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Louise of Hesse-Kassel | 1817–1898 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Frederik VIII | 1843–1912 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Louise of Sweden | 1851–1926 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Christian X | 1870–1947 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1879–1952 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Frederik IX | 1899–1972 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Ingrid of Sweden | 1910–2000 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Henri de Laborde de Monpezat | 1934–2018 | Ashes in garden of Fredensborg Palace |
England
[edit]See also Great Britain
Kingdom since the 9th century. The lists starts with the dynasty of the Normans in 1066. For a long period, Westminster Abbey was the most important burial place of the English monarchs, whereas early kings were also interred in other parts of England and in their French territories of Anjou and the Normandy.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King William I | 1028–1087 | Church of Saint-Étienne in Caen |
Matilda of Flanders | 1031–1083 | Church of Saint-Trinité in Caen |
King William II | 1060–1100 | Winchester Cathedral |
King Henry I | 1068–1135 | Reading Abbey |
Matilda of Scotland | 1069–1118 | Westminster Abbey in London |
Adeliza of Louvain | 1104–1151 | Abbey church in Affligem, Belgium |
King Stephen | 1096–1154 | Faversham Abbey |
Matilda of Boulogne | 1103–1152 | Faversham Abbey |
Empress Matilda | 1102–1167 | first in the Collegiate Church of Bec, then in Rouen Cathedral |
Henry V, Holy Roman Emperor | 1086–1125 | Speyer Cathedral |
Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou | 1113–1151 | Cathedral of Le Mans |
King Henry II | 1133–1189 | Fontevraud Abbey |
Eleanor of Aquitaine | 1122–1204 | Fontevraud Abbey |
Henry the Young King | 1155–1183 | Rouen Cathedral |
Margaret of France | 1158–1197 | Crusader Cathedral of Tyre |
King Richard I | 1157–1199 | Fontevraud Abbey |
Berengaria of Navarre | 1163–1230 | Cathedral of Le Mans |
King John | 1166–1216 | Worcester Cathedral |
Isabella, Countess of Gloucester | 1176–1217 | Canterbury Cathedral |
Isabella of Angoulême | 1188–1246 | Fontevrault Abbey |
King Henry III | 1207–1272 | Confessor's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Eleanor of Provence | 1217–1291 | Abbey of St. Mary and St. Melor in Amesbury |
King Edward I | 1239–1307 | Confessor's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Eleanor of Castile | 1241–1290 | Confessor's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Margaret of France | 1282–1317 | Greyfriar's Church in Greenwich |
King Edward II | 1284–1327 | Gloucester Cathedral |
Isabella of France | 1292–1358 | Grey Friars Church in Newgate, London |
King Edward III | 1312–1377 | Confessor's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Philippa of Hainault | 1311–1369 | Confessor's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
King Richard II | 1367–1400 | Confessor's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Anne of Bohemia | 1366–1394 | Confessor's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Isabella of Valois | 1389–1409 | first at St-Saumer in Blois, then in the Convent des Céléstins in Paris |
King Henry IV | 1366–1413 | Canterbury Cathedral |
Mary de Bohun | 1369–1394 | Trinity Hospital in Leicester |
Joanna of Navarre | 1370–1437 | Canterbury Cathedral |
King Henry V | 1387–1422 | Confessor's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Catherine of Valois | 1401–1437 | Confessor's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
King Henry VI | 1421–1471 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Margaret of Anjou | 1429–1482 | Cathedral of Angers |
King Edward IV | 1442–1483 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Elizabeth Woodville | 1437–1492 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
King Edward V | 1470–1483 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
King Richard III | 1452–1485 | Leicester Cathedral |
Anne Neville | 1456–1485 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
King Henry VII | 1457–1509 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Elizabeth of York | 1466–1503 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
King Henry VIII | 1491–1547 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Catherine of Aragon | 1485–1536 | Peterborough Cathedral |
Anne Boleyn | 1501–1536 | St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London |
Jane Seymour | 1505–1537 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Anne of Cleves | 1515–1557 | Niche in the Sanctuary at Westminster Abbey in London |
Catherine Howard | 1520–1542 | St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London |
Catherine Parr | 1512–1548 | Sudeley Castle |
King Edward VI | 1537–1553 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Queen Jane (Lady Jane Grey) | 1537–1554 | St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London |
Lord Guildford Dudley | 1536–1554 | St Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London |
Queen Mary I | 1516–1558 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Philip II of Spain | 1527–1598 | Pantheon of the Kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Queen Elizabeth I | 1533–1603 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Etruria
[edit]Kingdom from 1801 until 1807 (covered the territory of the former grand-duchy of Tuscany)
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Louis I | 1773–1803 | 7th Chapel of the Pantheon of the Infants in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Maria Louisa of Spain | 1782–1824 | 7th Chapel of the Pantheon of the Infants in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King Charles Louis | 1799–1883 | Tenuta Reale in Viareggio nearby Lucca |
Maria Teresa of Savoy | 1803–1879 | Campo Verano cemetery in Rome |
Finnland
[edit]Was briefly an independent kingdom form 1918 to 1919.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Fredrik Kaarle | 1868–1940 | Schloss Friedrichshof, Kronberg im Taunus |
Margaret of Prussia | 1872–1954 | Schloss Friedrichshof, Kronberg im Taunus |
Frankreich
[edit]Kingdom since 814. Burial site of the French Royal Family is the Saint-Denis Basilica, where most of the kings were buried. The burial place of the Bonaparte family is the Chapelle Impériale in Ajaccio, but the two emperors were interred elsewhere.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Childeric I | 440–481 | Saint-Brice in Tournai |
King Clovis I | 466–511 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Theuderic I | 485–534 | Metz |
King Childebert I | 496–558 | Saint-Germain-des-Prés nearby Paris, later moved to Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Chlothar I | 498–561 | Saint-Médard Basilica in Soissons |
Aregund | 515–573 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Charibert I | 519–567 | Saint-Germain-des-Prés nearby Paris |
King Sigebert I | 535–575 | Saint-Médard Basilica in Soissons |
Brunhilda of Austrasia | 543–613 | Saint-Martin in Autun |
King Chilperic I | 539–584 | Saint-Germain-des-Prés nearby Paris |
Fredegund | 543–597 | Saint-Germain-des-Prés nearby Paris, later moved to Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Guntram | 532–592 | Saint-Marcel Basilica near Chalon-sur-Saône |
King Chlothar II | 584–629 | St Vincent in Paris |
Haldetrude | 575/594-604/629 | Saint-Pierre in Rouen |
Bertrude | 582–619 | Saint-Pierre in Rouen |
Sichilde | 590–627 | Saint-Pierre in Rouen? |
King Dagobert I | 603–639 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Charibert II | 608–632 | Basilica of Saint-Romain at Blaye |
King Sigebert III | 630–656 | cathedral at Nancy |
King Clovis II | 635–655 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Balthild of Chelles | 626–680 | Abbey of Chelles outside Paris |
King Chlothar III | 652–673 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Childeric II | 653–675 | Saint-Germain-des-Prés, near Paris |
Bilichild of Austrasia | 654–675 | Saint-Germain-des-Prés, near Paris |
King Childebert III | 670/683–711 | church of St Stephen at Choisy-au-Bac, near Compiègne |
King Chilperic II | 672–721 | Noyon |
King Pepin | 714–768 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Bertrada of Laon | 719–783 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Charlemagne | 742–814 | Aachen Cathedral in Aachen, Germany |
Desiderata of the Lombards | ?–776 | ? |
Hildegard of the Vinzgau | 758–783 | St. Arnulf Church in Metz |
Fastrada of Franconia | 765–794 | St. Alban Abbey nearby Mainz |
Luitgard of Sundgau | ?-800 | St. Martin in Tours |
King Louis I | 778–840 | St. Arnulf Church in Metz |
Ermengarde of Hesbaye | 780–818 | Angers |
Judith of Bavaria | 801–843 | St. Martin in Tours |
King Charles II | 823–877 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Ermentrude of Orléans | 830–869 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Richilde of Provence | 845–910 | ? |
King Louis II | 846–879 | Abbey Church St. Corneille in Compiègne |
Ansgarde of Burgundy | 826–? | ? |
Adelaide of Paris | 850–901 | Saint-Corneille Abbey, Compiègne |
King Louis III | 863–882 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Carloman II | 866–884 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Charles III | 839–888 | Reichenau Abbey in Mittelzell on the island of Reichenau |
Richardis | 850–901 | Andlau convent in Alsace |
King Odo | 856–898 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Charles III | 879–929 | St-Fursy in Péronne |
Frederuna | 887–917 | St. Remi-Basilica in Reims |
Eadgifu of Wessex | 902–955 | Saint-Médard in Soissons |
King Robert I | 866–923 | ? |
Adelis of Maine | ? | ? |
Beatrice of Vermandois | 870–931 | ? |
King Rudolph | 890–936 | Sainte-Colombe Abbey in Sens |
Emma of France | 894–934 | ? |
King Louis IV | 920–954 | Saint Rémi Basilica in Reims |
Gerberga of Saxony | 919–984 | Saint Rémi Basilica in Reims |
King Lothair I | 941–986 | Saint Rémi Basilica in Reims |
Emma of Italy | 948–? | ? |
King Louis V | 966–987 | Abbey Church St. Corneille in Compiègne |
Adelaide-Blanche of Anjou | 947–1026 | Convent of Montmajour nearby Arles |
King Hugh | 939–996 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Adelaide of Aquitaine | 945–1004 | Convent of St-Frambault in Senlis |
King Robert II | 972–1031 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Rozala of Italy | 945–1003 | Ghent |
Bertha of Burgundy | 967–1016 | ? |
Constance of Arles | 973–1032 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Hugh II | 1007–1025 | St. Corneille Abbey in Compiègne |
King Henry I | 1008–1060 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Matilda of Franconia | ?-1034 | Worms Cathedral |
Matilda of Frisia | ?-1044 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Anne of Kiev | 1036–1076 | Cistercian Church of La Ferté Abbey |
King Philip I | 1052–1108 | Collegiate Church of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire |
Bertha of Holland | 1055–1093 | ? |
Bertrade of Montfort | 1070–1117 | Royal Priory of Haute-Bruyère |
King Louis VI | 1081–1137 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Lucienne of Rochefort | 1088–1137 | ? |
Adelaide of Maurienne | 1092–1154 | Montmartre convent |
King Philip | 1116–1131 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Louis VII | 1120–1180 | Nôtre Dame-de-Barbeau in Melun |
Eleanor of Aquitaine | 1122–1204 | Fontevraud Abbey |
Constance of Castile | 1140–1160 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Adela of Champagne | 1140–1206 | Pontigny Abbey |
King Philip II Augustus | 1165–1223 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Isabella of Hainault | 1170–1190 | Notre Dame de Paris |
Ingeborg of Denmark | 1175–1236 | St. Jean-sur-l'Isle |
Agnes of Merania | 1180–1201 | Château Poissy |
King Louis VIII | 1187–1226 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Blanche of Castile | 1188–1252 | first in the Cistercian Abbey Maubuisson nearby Pontoise, then in Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris; heart: Lys Abbey nearby Melun |
King Louis IX | 1214–1270 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Margaret of Provence | 1221–1295 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Philip III | 1245–1285 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Isabella of Aragon | 1247–1271 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Maria of Brabant | 1254–1322 | Convent Church des Cordeliers in Paris |
King Philip IV | 1268–1314 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Joan I of Navarre | 1273–1305 | Convent Church des Cordeliers in Paris |
King Louis X | 1289–1316 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Margaret of Burgundy | 1290–1315 | Église des Frères Gris in Vernon |
Clementia of Hungary | 1293–1328 | St-Jacques in Paris |
King John I | 1316–1316 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Philip V | 1293–1322 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Joan II, Countess of Burgundy | 1291–1330 | Convent Church des Cordeliers in Paris |
King Charles IV | 1294–1328 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Blanche of Burgundy | 1296–1326 | Cistercian convent Maubuisson in Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône |
Marie de Luxembourg | 1305–1324 | Dominican Church in Montargis |
Joan of Évreux | 1310–1371 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Philip VI | 1293–1350 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Joan of Burgundy | 1293–1349 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Blanche of Navarre | 1333–1398 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King John II | 1319–1364 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Bonne of Luxembourg | 1315–1349 | Maubuisson Abbey |
Joan I, Countess of Auvergne | 1326–1360 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Charles V | 1338–1380 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Joanna of Bourbon | 1338–1378 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Charles VI | 1368–1422 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Isabeau of Bavaria | 1371–1435 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Charles VII | 1403–1461 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Marie of Anjou | 1404–1463 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Louis XI | 1423–1483 | Basilica Notre-Dame in Cléry-Saint-André nearby Orléans |
Margaret of Scotland | 1424–1445 | St. Laon-de-Thouars Abbey |
Charlotte of Savoy | 1445–1483 | Basilica Notre-Dame in Cléry-Saint-André nearby Orléans |
King Charles VIII | 1470–1498 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris; heart: basilica Notre-Dame-de-Cléry |
King Louis XII | 1462–1515 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Joan of France | 1464–1505 | Annuntiate Convent in Bourges |
Anne of Brittany | 1477–1514 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Mary of England | 1496–1533 | St. Mary's Church in Bury St Edmunds |
King Francis I | 1494–1547 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Claude of France | 1499–1524 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Eleanor of Austria | 1498–1558 | 9th Chapel of the infantes in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King Henry II | 1519–1559 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Catherine de' Medici | 1519–1589 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Francis II | 1544–1560 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Mary, Queen of Scots | 1542–1587 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
King Charles IX | 1550–1574 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Elisabeth of Austria | 1554–1592 | first in the Clarissine convent, since 1782 in the Ducal Crypt at St Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna |
King Henry III | 1551–1589 | first in St-Corneille, since 1610 in Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Louise of Lorraine | 1553–1601 | first in the Convent des Capucines, St. Honoré in Paris; since 1817 in Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Henry IV | 1553–1610 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Margaret of Valois | 1553–1615 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Marie de' Medici | 1573–1642 | first buried at Cologne Cathedral later brought to Saint Denis Basilica; heart Cologne Cathedral (lost) |
King Louis XIII | 1601–1643 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Anne of Austria | 1601–1666 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Louis XIV | 1638–1715 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Maria Theresa of Spain | 1638–1683 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Françoise d'Aubigné, Marquise de Maintenon | 1635–1719 | Parish Church of Saint-Cyr-l'École |
King Louis XV | 1710–1774 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Marie Leszczyńska | 1703–1768 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris; heart in Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours in Nancy |
King Louis XVI | 1754–1793 | first in the cemetery de la Madeleine, since 1815 in Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Marie Antoinette of Austria | 1755–1793 | first in the cemetery de la Madeleine, since 1815 in Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Louis XVII | 1785–1795 | first in the cemetery Ste-Marguérite, then in Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Emperor Napoleon I | 1769–1821 | first in St Helena, since 1840 in The Church of the Invalides in Paris |
Joséphine de Beauharnais | 1763–1814 | St Peter and St Paul Church in Rueil-Malmaison |
Marie Louise of Austria | 1791–1847 | New Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
Emperor Napoleon II | 1811–1832 | first in the Imperial Crypt in Vienna, since 1940 in The Church of the Invalides in Paris |
King Louis XVIII | 1755–1824 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Marie Joséphine of Savoy | 1753–1810 | first at Westminster Abbey, since 1811 in S. Luzifero Church in Cagliari |
King Charles X | 1757–1836 | Kostanjevica Abbey in Nova Gorica, Slovenia |
Maria Theresa of Savoy | 1756–1805 | Imperial Mausoleum besides Graz Cathedral, Austria; the heart: in Santa Chiara in Naples |
King Louis XIX | 1775–1844 | Kostanjevica Abbey in Nova Gorica, Slovenia |
Marie-Thérèse of France | 1778–1851 | Kostanjevica Abbey in Nova Gorica, Slovenia |
King Henry V | 1820–1883 | Kostanjevica Abbey in Nova Gorica, Slovenia |
Maria Theresa of Austria-Este | 1817–1886 | Kostanjevica Abbey in Nova Gorica, Slovenia |
King Louis Philippe I | 1773–1850 | first at Weybridge, since 1876 in the Orléans Mausoleum in the Royal Chapel at Dreux |
Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily | 1782–1866 | first at Weybridge, since 1876 in the Orléans Mausoleum in the Royal Chapel at Dreux |
Emperor Napoleon III | 1808–1873 | first in St. Mary's Church at Chislehurst, since 1888 in the St Michael's Abbey in Farnborough |
Eugénie de Montijo | 1826–1920 | St Michael's Abbey in Farnborough |
Georgien
[edit]Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Bagrat III | c. 960–May | Bedia Cathedral at Agubedia |
Martha | - | - |
King George I | 998 or 1002–1027 | Bagrati Cathedral at Kutaisi |
Mariam of Vaspurakan | died between 1072 and 1103 | - |
Alda of Alania | - | - |
Great Britain
[edit]The kingdoms of England and Scotland were unified with the accession of James I of England and VI of Scotland in 1603. The Act of Union uniting the parliaments took place in 1707, with the United Kingdom formally coming into existence in 1801. Since the 18th century, sovereigns and their spouses have been buried at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, with the exception of Queen Victoria and Edward VIII, who are interred with other members of the Royal family at Frogmore. Victoria and Albert are interred in the Royal Mausoleum there.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King James VI and I | 1566–1625 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Anne of Denmark | 1574–1619 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
King Charles I | 1600–1649 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Henrietta Maria of France | 1609–1669 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Charles II | 1630–1685 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Catherine of Portugal | 1638–1705 | first in the Jerónimos Monastery, then in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon |
King James II and VII | 1633–1701 | Church of Saint-Germain-en-Laye |
Anne Hyde | 1637–1671 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Mary of Modena | 1658–1718 | Ste-Marie Abbey in Chaillot |
Queen Mary II | 1662–1694 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
King William III and II | 1650–1702 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Queen Anne | 1665–1714 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Prince George of Denmark | 1653–1708 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
King George I | 1660–1727 | Mausoleum in the garden of Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover |
Sophia Dorothea of Celle | 1666–1726 | St Mary Church in Celle |
King George II | 1683–1760 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
Caroline of Ansbach | 1683–1737 | Henry VII's Chapel at Westminster Abbey in London |
King George III | 1738–1820 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1744–1818 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
King George IV | 1762–1830 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Maria Anne Smythe | 1756–1837 | St John the Baptist Church in Brighton |
Caroline of Brunswick | 1768–1821 | Brunswick Cathedral in Brunswick |
King William IV | 1765–1837 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen | 1792–1849 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Queen Victoria | 1819–1901 | Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore |
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | 1819–1861 | Royal Mausoleum at Frogmore |
King Edward VII | 1841–1910 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Alexandra of Denmark | 1844–1925 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
King George V | 1865–1936 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Mary of Teck | 1867–1953 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
King Edward VIII | 1894–1972 | Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore |
Wallis Warfield | 1896–1986 | Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore |
King George VI | 1895–1952 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon | 1900–2002 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Queen Elizabeth II | 1926–2022 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | 1921–2021 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Diana Spencer | 1961–1997 | Althorp in West Northamptonshire |
Griechenland
[edit]Kingdom from 1832 until 1973. The kings from the house of Glücksburg are all buried at Tatoi nearby Athens, the first king from the house of Wittelsbach is interred in Munich, Bavaria.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Otto I | 1815–1867 | Crypt in the Theatinerkirche in Munich |
Amalia of Oldenburg | 1818–1875 | Crypt in the Theatinerkirche in Munich |
King George I | 1845–1913 | Royal Cemetery in the park of Tatoi Palace |
Olga Constantinovna of Russia | 1851–1926 | Royal Cemetery in the park of Tatoi Palace |
King Constantine I | 1868–1923 | Royal Cemetery in the park of Tatoi Palace |
Sophia of Prussia | 1870–1932 | Royal Cemetery in the park of Tatoi Palace |
King Alexander | 1893–1920 | Royal Cemetery in the park of Tatoi Palace |
Aspasia Manos | 1896–1972 | first in the cemetery S. Michele in Venice, then in the Royal Cemetery in the park of Tatoi Palace |
King George II | 1890–1947 | Royal Cemetery in the park of Tatoi Palace |
Elisabeth of Romania | 1894–1956 | Hedinger Church in Sigmaringen |
King Paul | 1901–1964 | Royal Cemetery in the park of Tatoi Palace |
Frederica of Hanover | 1917–1981 | Royal Cemetery in the park of Tatoi Palace |
King Constantine II | 1940–2023 | Royal Cemetery in the park of Tatoi Palace |
Hanover
[edit]Kingdom from 1814 until 1866 (from 1814 until 1837 in personal union with Great Britain).
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King George III | 1738–1820 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1744–1818 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
King George IV | 1762–1830 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Maria Anne Smythe | 1756–1837 | St John the Baptist Church in Brighton |
Caroline of Brunswick | 1768–1821 | Brunswick Cathedral |
King William IV | 1765–1837 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen | 1792–1849 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
King Ernest Augustus | 1771–1851 | Mausoleum in the garden of Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover |
Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1778–1841 | Mausoleum in the garden of Herrenhausen Palace in Hanover |
King George V | 1819–1878 | St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle |
Marie of Saxe-Altenburg | 1818–1907 | Crypt at Cumberland palace in Gmunden, Upper Austria |
Holy Roman Empire
[edit]Federation under the Roman-German emperor resp. the German king from 800 until 1806. Under the Habsburg reign, the Kapuzinergruft in Vienna ("Imperial Crypt") became the family burial site of the Roman-German emperors; in earlier times the emperors used to be buried in different cities of the Empire (Aix-la-Chapelle, Speyer, Prague, Graz etc.).
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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Charlemagne (Emperor Charles I) | 747–814 | Aachen Cathedral |
Desiderata of the Lombards | ?-? | ? |
Hildegard of the Vinzgau | 758–783 | St. Arnulf Church in Metz |
Fastrada | ?–794 | St. Alban Abbey nearby Mainz |
Luitgard | ?–800 | St. Martin in Tours |
Emperor Louis I | 778–840 | St. Arnulf Church in Metz |
Ermengarde of Hesbaye | 780–818 | ?, Angers |
Judith of Bavaria | 795–843 | St. Martin in Tours |
Emperor Lothair I | 795–855 | Prüm Abbey |
Ermengarde of Tours | ?-851 | Erstein convent in Alsace |
Emperor Louis II | 806–876 | Basilica Sant'Ambrogio in Milan |
Engelberga | ?-876 | St. Emmeram's Abbey in Regensburg |
King Louis II the German | 806–876 | Lorsch Abbey |
Hemma | ?–876 | Sankt Emmeram Abbey in Regensburg |
Emperor Charles II | 823–877 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Ermentrude of Orléans | 830–869 | Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
Richilde of Provence | 845–910 | ? |
King Carloman | 830–880 | Altötting |
King Louis III | 835–882 | Lorsch Abbey |
Liutgard | ?-885 | Aschaffenburg |
Emperor Charles III | 839–888 | Reichenau Abbey in Mittelzell on the island of Reichenau |
Emperor Arnulf of Carinthia | 850–899 | St. Emmeram's Abbey,Regensburg |
Oda | ?-903 | Monastery of St. Emmeram in Regensburg |
King Louis IV the Child | 893–911 | Monastery Saint Emmeram in Regensburg |
King Conrad I | 880–918 | Fulda Cathedral |
Kunigunde | Lorsch Abbey | |
King Henry I | 876–936 | Collegiate Church St Salvatius in Quedlinburg |
Mathilde | Collegiate Church St Salvatius in Quedlinburg | |
Emperor Otto I | 912–973 | Cathedral of Magdeburg |
Eadgyth | 910–946 | Cathedral of Magdeburg |
Adelaide of Italy | 931–999 | Selz Abbey in Alsace |
Emperor Otto II | 955–983 | St. Peter's Basilica in Rome |
Theophanu | 950–991 | Saint Pantaleon's Church, Cologne |
Emperor Otto III | 980–1002 | Aachen Cathedral |
Emperor Henry II | 973–1024 | Bamberg Cathedral |
Cunigunde of Luxembourg | 975–1033 | Bamberg Cathedral |
Emperor Conrad II | 990–1039 | Speyer Cathedral |
Gisela of Swabia | 989–1043 | Speyer Cathedral |
Emperor Henry III | 1017–1056 | Speyer Cathedral; the heart in St. Ulrich Chapel Goslar |
Gunhilda of Denmark | 1018–1038 | Limburg Abbey |
Agnes of Poitou | 1025–1077 | St Petronella Chapel in St. Peter's Basilica in Rome |
Emperor Henry IV | 1050–1106 | Speyer Cathedral |
Bertha of Savoy | 1051–1087 | Speyer Cathedral |
Eupraxia of Kiev | ?-1109 | Kyiv |
King Conrad | 1074–1101 | Santa Reparata Cathedral, later replaced by the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence |
King Rudolf of Rheinfeld (anti-king) | 1025–1080 | Merseburg Cathedral |
King Hermann of Luxembourg (anti-king) | c. 1035 – 1088 | ? |
Sophia of Formbach | ?-? | ? |
Emperor Henry V | 1086–1125 | Speyer Cathedral |
Queen Matilda | 1102–1167 | first in the Collegiate Church of Bec, then in Rouen Cathedral |
Emperor Lothair III | 1075–1137 | Königslutter Cathedral |
Richenza of Northeim | 1095–1141 | Königslutter Cathedral |
King Conrad III | 1093–1152 | Bamberg Cathedral |
Gertrude of Comburg | 1095–1130 | Lorch Abbey |
Gertrude of Sulzbach | 1113–1146 | Ebrach Abbey |
King Henry Berengar | 1137–1150 | Lorch Abbey |
Emperor Frederick I | 1122–1190 | his flesh is buried at St Peter's in Antiochia, the heart in Tarsus, the bones in Tyrus Cathedral |
Adela von Vohburg | 1128–1187 | Weißenau convent nearby Ravensburg |
Beatrice of Burgundy | 1144–1184 | Speyer Cathedral |
Emperor Henry VI | 1165–1197 | Palermo Cathedral |
Constance, Queen of Sicily | 1154–1198 | Palermo Cathedral |
King Philip of Swabia | 1176–1208 | Speyer Cathedral |
Irene Angelina | 1181–1208 | Lorch Abbey |
Emperor Otto IV | 1175–1218 | Brunswick Cathedral |
Beatrice of Swabia | 1198–1212 | ? |
Marie of Brabant | 1191–1260 | St Peter in Leuven |
Emperor Frederick II | 1194–1250 | Palermo Cathedral |
Constance of Aragon | 1179–1222 | Palermo Cathedral |
Isabella II of Jerusalem | 1211–1228 | Andria Cathedral |
Bianca Lancia | 1210–1233 | Gioia del Colle |
Isabella of England | 1217–1241 | Andria Cathedral |
King Henry VII | 1211–1241 | Cosenza Cathedral |
Margarete of Babenberg | 1204–1266 | Lilienfeld Abbey, Lower Austria |
King Henry Raspe (anti-king) | 1204–1247 | St Catherine Convent in Eisenach; heart: Dominican Church |
Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Landgravine of Thuringia | 1206–1231 | ? |
King Conrad IV | 1228–1254 | Heart and entrails in Melfi; the body was burnt in Messina |
Elisabeth of Bavaria | 1230–1273 | Collegiate Church in Stams in Tirol |
King William of Holland | 1227–1256 | Middelburg |
Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg | 1236–1266 | ? |
King Richard of Cornwall | 1209–1272 | Hayles Abbey |
Isabel Marshal | 1200–1240 | Beaulieu Abbey, Hampshire; heart: Tewkesbury Abbey |
Sanchia of Provence | 1225–1261 | Hayles Abbey, Gloucester |
Beatrice of Falkenburg | ?–1277 | Friars Minor in Oxford |
King Alfons of Castile (anti-king) | 1221–1284 | Murcia Cathedral |
Violant of Aragon | 1236–1301 | ? |
King Rudolph I | 1218–1291 | Speyer Cathedral |
Gertrude of Hohenberg | 1225–1281 | first in the Basel minster, in 1770 in St. Blasien in the Black Forest, since 1809 in the Collegiate Church of the St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal |
Agnes of Burgundy | 1270–1323 | Dome de Vieux Château et d'Aigne le Duc in Paris |
King Adolf of Nassau | 1250–1298 | Speyer Cathedral |
King Albrecht I | 1255–1308 | Speyer Cathedral |
Elisabeth of Tirol | 1262–1313 | Collegiate Church of the St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal |
Emperor Henry VII | 1274–1313 | Pisa Cathedral |
Margaret of Brabant | 1276–1311 | Minorite Church in Genoa |
King Frederick III | 1289–1330 | Ducal Crypt at St Stephen's Cathedrale in Vienna |
Elisabeth of Aragon | 1296–1330 | Minoritenkirche in Vienna |
Emperor Louis IV | 1281–1347 | Crypt in the Frauenkirche in Munich |
Beatrice of Silesia | 1290–1322 | Crypt in the Frauenkirche in Munich |
Margaret II, Countess of Hainaut | 1293–1356 | Minorite Church in Valenciennes |
Emperor Charles IV | 1316–1378 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Blanche of Valois | 1317–1348 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Anne of Bavaria | 1329–1353 | ? |
Anna von Schweidnitz | 1339–1362 | St. Vitus Cathedral,Prague |
Elizabeth of Pomerania | 1347–1393 | St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague |
King Günther von Schwarzburg (anti-king) | 1304–1349 | Frankfurt Cathedral |
King Wenceslaus | 1361–1419 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Joanna of Bavaria | 1356–1386 | Cistercian convent in Zbraslav |
Sophia of Bavaria | 1376–1425 | St Martins' Cathedral in Bratislava |
King Frederick of Brunswick (anti-king) | 1357–1400 | Brunswick Cathedral |
Anna of Saxe-Wittenberg | ?-? | ? |
King Rupert of Palatinate | 1352–1410 | Heiliggeistkirche in Heidelberg |
Elisabeth of Nuremberg | 1358–1411 | Heiliggeistkirche in Heidelberg |
King Jobst of Moravia | 1351–1411 | Church of St. Thomas (Brno) in Brno |
Elizabeth of Opole | 1360–1411 | ? |
Emperor Sigismund | 1368–1437 | Oradea Cathedral |
Mary, Queen of Hungary | 1370–1395 | Cathedral in Oradea |
Barbara of Cilli | 1391–1451 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
King Albert II | 1307–1439 | Székesfehérvár Basilica |
Elizabeth of Luxembourg | 1409–1442 | Székesfehérvár Basilica |
Emperor Frederick III | 1415–1493 | High grave at St Stephen's Cathedrale in Vienna; heart: Stadtpfarrkirche in Linz |
Eleanor of Portugal | 1436–1467 | Stadtpfarrkirche in Wiener Neustadt |
Emperor Maximilian I | 1459–1519 | St George's Chapel in Wiener Neustadt castle; the heart in the Church of Our Lady in Bruges |
Mary of Burgundy | 1457–1482 | Church of Our Lady in Bruges |
Bianca Maria Sforza | 1472–1510 | Collegiate Church in Stams in Tirol |
Emperor Charles V | 1500–1558 | first in San Jerónimo de Yuste, since 1574 in the Pantheon of the Kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Isabella of Portugal | 1503–1539 | Pantheon of the Kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Emperor Ferdinand I | 1503–1564 | High grave in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Anne of Bohemia and Hungary | 1503–1547 | High grave in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Emperor Maximilian II | 1527–1576 | High grave in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Maria of Spain | 1528–1603 | in the choir of the S. Clara convent de las Descalzas Reales in Madrid |
Emperor Rudolf II | 1552–1612 | Royal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
Emperor Matthias | 1557–1619 | Founder's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; heart: Augustinerkirche |
Anna of Tyrol | 1585–1618 | Founder's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; heart: Augustinerkirche |
Emperor Ferdinand II | 1578–1637 | Imperial Mausoleum besides Graz Cathedral; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Maria Anna of Bavaria | 1574–1616 | Imperial Mausoleum besides Graz Cathedral; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Eleonore Gonzaga | 1598–1655 | first in the Carmelite Convent, since 1782 in the Ducal Crypt at St Stephen's Cathedrale in Vienna |
Emperor Ferdinand III | 1608–1657 | first in Graz cathedral, then in Leopold's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Maria Anna of Spain | 1608–1646 | Leopold's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
Maria Leopoldine of Austria | 1632–1649 | first in Graz cathedral, then in the Leopold's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Eleanor of Mantua | 1630–1686 | Leopold's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Emperor Leopold I | 1640–1705 | Charles’ Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Margaret Theresa of Spain | 1651–1673 | Leopold's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Claudia Felicitas of Austria | 1653–1676 | Dominican Church in Vienna; the heart: Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche |
Eleonore Magdalene of Neuburg | 1655–1720 | Leopold's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
Emperor Joseph I | 1678–1711 | Charles’ Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Wilhelmine Amalie of Brunswick | 1673–1742 | Salesianerinnenkloster in Vienna; the heart: Charles’ Vault in the Imperial Crypt |
Emperor Charles VI | 1685–1740 | Charles’ Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | 1691–1750 | Charles’ Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Emperor Charles VII | 1697–1745 | Crypt in the Theatinerkirche in Munich; heart in the Chapel of the Miraculous Image (Gnadenkapelle) in Altötting |
Maria Amalia of Austria | 1701–1756 | Crypt in the Theatinerkirche in Munich; heart in the Chapel of the Miraculous Image (Gnadenkapelle) in Altötting |
Emperor Francis I Stephen | 1708–1765 | Maria Theresia's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Maria Theresa of Austria | 1717–1780 | Maria Theresia's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Emperor Joseph II | 1741–1790 | Maria Theresia's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
Isabella Maria of Parma | 1741–1763 | Maria Theresia's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
Maria Josepha of Bavaria | 1739–1767 | Maria Theresia's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
Emperor Leopold II | 1747–1792 | Tuscany Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Maria Luisa of Spain | 1745–1792 | Tuscany Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Emperor Francis II | 1768–1835 | Francis’ Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Elisabeth of Württemberg | 1767–1790 | Francis’ Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily | 1772–1807 | Francis’ Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este | 1787–1816 | Francis’ Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Caroline Augusta of Bavaria | 1792–1873 | Francis’ Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
Ungarn
[edit]Kingdom from 1000 until 1540, afterwards in personal union with Austria. Most of the kings were buried in Székesfehérvár basilica or in Oradea Cathedral (Hungarian: Nagyvárad) in today's Romania. Both burial sites were destroyed by the Turks.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Andrew I | 1015–1060 | Benedictine Abbey of Tihany |
King Béla I | 1015–1063 | Szekszárd Abbey |
King Géza I | 1048–1077 | Vác Cathedral |
King Ladislaus I | 1048–1095 | Oradea Cathedral, Romania |
King Coloman I | 1070–1116 | Székesfehérvár Basilica |
King Stephen II | 1101–1131 | Oradea Cathedral, Romania |
King Béla II | 1110–1141 | Székesfehérvár Basilica |
King Géza II | 1130–1162 | Székesfehérvár Basilica |
King Béla III | 1148–1196 | Székesfehérvár Basilica |
Margaret of France | 1158–1197 | Crusader Cathedral of Tyre |
King Emeric | 1174–1204 | Eger Cathedral |
King Ladislaus III | 1199–1205 | Székesfehérvár Basilica |
King Andrew II | 1177–1235 | Cistercian Monastery in Igris |
Gertrude of Merania | 1185–1213 | Pilis Abbey |
Yolanda of Courtenay | 1200–1233 | Cistercian Monastery in Igris |
King Béla IV | 1206–1270 | Minorite Church in Esztergom |
King Stephen V | 1240–1272 | Dominican Monastery at Csepel |
King Ladislaus IV | 1262–1290 | Csanad Cathedral |
Elizabeth of Sicily | 1261–1303 | Monastery of St Peter's, Naples |
King Andrew III | 1265–1301 | Székesfehérvár Basilica |
Agnes of Austria | 1281–1364 | first in Königsfelden, then in St. Blasien, then in the Collegiate Church of the St. Paul's Abbey in the Lavanttal, Austria |
King Béla V | 1261–1312 | Cistercian Monastery at Seligenthal, Bavaria |
Catherine of Austria | 1256–1282 | Cistercian Monastery at Seligenthal, Bavaria |
King Charles I Robert | 1288–1342 | Székesfehérvár Basilica |
King Louis I | 1326–1382 | Székesfehérvár Basilica |
Queen Mary | 1370–1395 | Oradea Cathedral, Romania |
King Charles II | 1345–1386 | St Andrew in Visegrad[[[Charles III of Naples#{{{section}}}|contradictory]]] |
Emperor Sigismund | 1368–1437 | Oradea Cathedral, Romania |
King Albert II | 1307–1439 | Székesfehérvár Basilica |
Elizabeth of Luxembourg | 1409–1442 | Székesfehérvár Basilica |
King Ladislas the Posthumous | 1440–1457 | Ducal Crypt in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague |
King Matthias Corvinus | 1443–1490 | Székesfehérvár Basilica |
Beatrice of Naples | 1457–1508 | S. Pietro Abbey in Naples |
King Vladislaus II | 1456–1516 | Székesfehérvár Basilica |
King Louis II | 1506–1526 | Székesfehérvár Basilica |
Mary of Austria | 1505–1558 | 9th chapel of the infants in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King John I Szapolyai | 1526–1540 | Székesfehérvár Basilica |
Italien
[edit]Kingdom from 1713 until 1946 (until 1720 Kingdom of Sicily and until 1861 Kingdom of Sardinia). Family burial sites are the Basilica di Superga in Turin and since the unification of Italy the Pantheon in Rome.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Victor Amadeus II | 1666–1732 | Basilica of Superga in Turin |
Anne Marie d'Orléans | 1669–1728 | Basilica of Superga in Turin |
Anna Canalis di Cumiana | 1680–1769 | |
King Charles Emmanuel III | 1701–1773 | Basilica of Superga in Turin |
Anne Christine of Sulzbach | 1704–1723 | first in the Cathedral S. Giovanni Battista, since 1786 in the Basilica of Superga in Turin |
Polyxena of Hesse-Rotenburg | 1706–1735 | first in the Cathedral S. Giovanni Battista, since 1786 in the Basilica of Superga in Turin |
Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine | 1711–1741 | first in the Cathedral S. Giovanni Battista, since 1786 in the Basilica of Superga in Turin |
King Victor Amadeus III | 1726–1796 | Basilica of Superga in Turin |
Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain | 1729–1785 | Basilica of Superga in Turin |
King Charles Emmanuel IV | 1751–1819 | Jesuite Church Il Gesù in Rome |
Clotilde of France | 1759–1802 | Sta. Catarina e Chiaia in Naples |
King Victor Emmanuel I | 1751–1819 | Basilica of Superga in Turin |
Maria Teresa of Austria-Este | 1773–1832 | Basilica of Superga in Turin |
King Charles Felix | 1765–1831 | Cistercian Abbey of Hautecombe, Savoy, France |
Maria Cristina of Naples and Sicily | 1779–1849 | Cistercian Abbey of Hautecombe, Savoy, France |
King Charles Albert | 1798–1849 | Basilica of Superga in Turin |
Maria Theresa of Austria-Tuscany | 1801–1855 | Basilica of Superga in Turin |
King Victor Emmanuel II | 1820–1878 | Pantheon in Rome |
Adelaide of Austria | 1822–1855 | Basilica of Superga in Turin |
Rosa Vercellana | 1833–1885 | first in S. Matteo in Pisa, since 1885 in the Mausoelum of "Bela Rosin" nearby Mirafiori castle in Turin |
King Umberto I | 1844–1900 | Pantheon in Rome |
Margherita of Savoy | 1851–1926 | Pantheon in Rome |
King Victor Emmanuel III | 1869–1947 | first in the church St. Catherine in Alexandria, since 2017 in the Sanctuary of Vicoforte |
Elena of Montenegro | 1873–1952 | first in Saint-Lazare cemetery in Montpellier, since 2017 in the Sanctuary of Vicoforte |
King Umberto II | 1904–1983 | Cistercian Abbey of Hautecombe, Savoy, France |
Marie-José of Belgium | 1906–2001 | Cistercian Abbey of Hautecombe, Savoy, France |
Liechtenstein
[edit]Principality since 1608. Until the dissolution of the Austrian-Hungarian monarchy, the princes were buried in Vranov nearby Brno close to their residences in Lednice and Valtice. Afterwards, a new burial site was erected in the territory of the principality.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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Prince Charles I | 1569–1627 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Anna Maria Šemberová of Boskovice and Černá Hora | 1577–1625 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Prince Charles Eusebius | 1611–1684 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Johanna Beatrix of Dietrichstein | ?-1676 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Prince John Adam I | 1657–1712 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Erdmuthe Maria Theresia of Dietrichstein | 1652–1735 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Prince Joseph Wencelas I | 1696–1772 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Anna Maria of Liechtenstein | 1699–1753 | crypt under the Pauline Church in Vienna (the crypt does no longer exist) |
Prince Anton Florian | 1656–1721 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Eleonore Barbara von Thun und Hohenstein | 1661–1723 | crypt under the Pauline Church in Vienna (the crypt does no longer exist) |
Prince Joseph John Adam | 1690–1732 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Gabriele von Liechtenstein | 1692–1713 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Maria Anna von Thun-Hohenstein | 1698–1716 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Maria Anna von Oettingen-Spielberg | 1693–1729 | Parish Church at Glogów in Silesia |
Maria Anna Kottulinsky | 1707–1788 | Mariabrunn parish church in Vienna-Hütteldorf |
Prince John Nepomuk Charles | 1724–1748 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Maria Josefa von Harrach | 1727–1788 | Capuchin Church at Roudnice nad Labem |
Prince Francis Joseph I | 1726–1781 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Leopoldine von Sternberg | 1733–1809 | St Andrew Church in Vienna-Hütteldorf |
Prince Aloys I | 1759–1805 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Karoline von Manderscheid-Blankenheim | 1768–1831 | Hietzing cemetery in Vienna, group 2, no 15 |
Prince John I Joseph | 1760–1836 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Josefa von Fürstenberg-Weitra | 1776–1848 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Prince Aloys II | 1796–1858 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Franziska Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau | 1813–1881 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Prince John II | 1840–1929 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Prince Francis I | 1853–1938 | Liechtenstein Crypt in Vranov nearby Brno, Czech Republic |
Elisabeth von Gutmann | 1875–1947 | Princely Crypt beside Vaduz Cathedral |
Prince Francis Joseph II | 1906–1989 | Princely Crypt beside Vaduz Cathedral |
Georgina von Wilczek | 1921–1989 | Princely Crypt beside Vaduz Cathedral |
Marie Kinsky of Wchinitz and Tettau | 1940–2021 | Princely Crypt beside Vaduz Cathedral |
Litauen
[edit]Kingdom from 1251, later Grand Princehood. The Lithuanian dynasty from the family of Gediminas (the Gediminid dynasty) ruled the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Kingdom of Poland.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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Grand Duke Vaišvilkas | 1223–1267/68 | Volodymyr-Volynskyi |
Grand Duke Algirdas | 1296–1377 | Maišiagala, Lithuania |
Grand Duke Skirgaila | c. 1353–1397 | Kyiv Pechersk Lavra |
Grand Duke Vytautas the Great | 1350–1430 | Vilnius Cathedral, Lithuania |
Grand Duke Jogaila | 1348–1434 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
King Casimir IV | 1427–1492 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Grand Duke Alexander I | 1461–1506 | Vilnius Cathedral, Lithuania |
Helena of Moscow | 1476–1513 | Cathedral of the Theotokos in Vilnius, Lithuania |
Grand Duke Sigismund I | 1467–1548 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Grand Duke Sigismund II Augustus | 1520–1572 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Elisabeth of Austria | 1526–1545 | Vilnius Cathedral, Lithuania |
Barbara Radziwiłł | 1520–1551 | Vilnius Cathedral, Lithuania |
Luxemburg
[edit]Independent grand-duchy since 1890. All grand-dukes have been interred in Luxembourg Cathedral.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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Grand Duke Adolphe I | 1817–1905 | Schoss Weilburg |
Elisabeth of Russia | 1826–1845 | Orthodox Church St. Elizabeth in Wiesbaden |
Adelheid Marie of Anhalt-Dessau | 1833–1916 | Schloss Weilburg |
Grand Duke William IV | 1852–1912 | Schloss Weilburg |
Marie Anne of Portugal | 1861–1942 | Cathedral Notre-Dame in Luxembourg |
Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde | 1894–1924 | Cathedral Notre-Dame in Luxembourg |
Grand Duchess Charlotte | 1896–1985 | Cathedral Notre-Dame in Luxembourg |
Felix of Bourbon-Parma | 1893–1970 | Cathedral Notre-Dame in Luxembourg |
Grand Duke Jean | 1921–2019 | Cathedral Notre-Dame in Luxembourg |
Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium | 1927–2005 | Cathedral Notre-Dame in Luxembourg |
Monaco
[edit]Principality since 1633. All princes were buried in Monaco cathedral. Some graves no longer exist, as the former cathedral had been destroyed.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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Prince Honoré II | 1596–1662 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Ippolita Trivulzio | 1600–1638 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Prince Louis I | 1642–1701 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Catherine Charlotte de Gramont | 1639–1678 | Capuchin Church in Paris |
Prince Antoine I | 1661–1731 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Marie of Lorraine | 1674–1724 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Princess Louise-Hippolyte | 1697–1731 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Prince Jacques I | 1689–1751 | Church of Torigni-sur-Vire |
Prince Honoré III | 1720–1795 | remains of body are unknown |
Maria Caterina Brignole | 1737–1813 | Chapel of St Louis in Wimbledon |
Prince Honoré IV | 1758–1819 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Louise d'Aumont | 1759–1864 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Prince Honoré V | 1778–1841 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Prince Florestan | 1785–1865 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Maria Caroline Gibert de Lametz | 1793–1879 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Prince Charles III | 1818–1889 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Antoinette de Mérode | 1828–1864 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Prince Albert I | 1848–1922 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton | 1850–1922 | Budapest |
Marie-Alice Heine, duchess of Richelieu | 1858–1925 | Cimetière du Père-Lachaise in Paris. |
Prince Louis II | 1870–1949 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Ghislaine Dommanget | 1900–1991 | Passy Cemetery in Paris |
Prince Rainier III | 1923–2005 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Grace Patricia Kelly | 1929–1982 | Cathedral of Monaco |
Montenegro
[edit]Kingdom from 1910 until 1918.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Nicholas I | 1841–1921 | Birth of the Virgin Church in Cetinje |
Milena Vukotić | 1847–1923 | Birth of the Virgin Church in Cetinje |
Naples
[edit]In the Middle Ages two separate kingdoms, then under foreign rule. From 1735 until 1860 independent kingdom under the Bourbon dynasty. Most of the kings are buried at Santa Chiara in Naples.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Charles III | 1716–1788 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Maria Amalia of Saxony | 1724–1760 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King Ferdinand I | 1751–1825 | Burial site of the Bourbon dynasty at Santa Chiara in Naples |
Maria Carolina of Austria | 1752–1814 | Tuscany Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna; the heart: Augustinerkirche |
Lucia Migliaccio | 1770–1826 | S. Ferdinando in Naples |
King Francis I | 1777–1838 | Burial site of the Bourbon dynasty at Santa Chiara in Naples |
Maria Clementina of Austria | 1777–1801 | Burial site of the Bourbon dynasty at Santa Chiara in Naples |
María Isabella of Spain | 1789–1848 | Burial site of the Bourbon dynasty at Santa Chiara in Naples |
King Ferdinand II | 1810–1859 | Burial site of the Bourbon dynasty at Santa Chiara in Naples |
Maria Cristina of Savoy | 1812–1836 | Burial site of the Bourbon dynasty at Santa Chiara in Naples |
Maria Theresa of Austria | 1816–1867 | first at Santa Maria della Stella, Albano Laziale nearby Rom, since 1962 in the burial site of the Bourbon dynasty at Santa Chiara in Naples |
King Francis II | 1836–1894 | first in Arco, then in Trento, then at St. Spirito dei Napoletani in Rome and since 1984 in the burial site of the Bourbon dynasty at Santa Chiara in Naples |
Maria Sophie of Bavaria | 1841–1925 | first in Arco, then in Trento, then at St. Spirito dei Napoletani in Rome and since 1984 in the burial site of the Bourbon dynasty at Santa Chiara in Naples |
Niederlande
[edit]Kingdom since 1815 (from 1806 until 1810 kingdom under Napoleon's brother). All kings from the Nassau dynasty are buried in the New Church in Delft.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Louis I | 1778–1846 | St-Gilles church in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt |
Hortense de Beauharnais | 1783–1837 | St-Gilles church in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt |
King Louis II | 1804–1831 | St-Gilles church in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt |
Charlotte Bonaparte | 1802–1839 | St-Gilles church in Saint-Leu-la-Forêt |
King William I | 1772–1843 | New Church in Delft |
Wilhelmine of Prussia | 1774–1837 | New Church in Delft |
Henrietta d'Oultremont de Wégimont | 1792–1864 | family tomb in the chapel in the park of Wégimont castle in Soumagne near Liège, Belgium |
King William II | 1792–1849 | New Church in Delft |
Anna Pavlovna of Russia | 1795–1865 | New Church in Delft |
King William III | 1817–1890 | New Church in Delft |
Sophie of Württemberg | 1818–1877 | New Church in Delft |
Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont | 1858–1934 | New Church in Delft |
Queen Wilhelmina | 1880–1962 | New Church in Delft |
Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1876–1934 | New Church in Delft |
Queen Juliana | 1909–2004 | New Church in Delft |
Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld | 1911–2004 | New Church in Delft |
Claus von Amsberg | 1926–2002 | New Church in Delft |
Norwegen
[edit]Established as a unified kingdom c. 872. In the Middle Ages the king would be buried in the city of his residence which varied between Bergen, Trondheim and Oslo. From 1380 until 1905 the kingdom was in personal union with Denmark or Sweden with the king mostly residing and being buried outside Norway. The Norwegian kings of the modern era and their spouses are as an established custom buried at Akershus Fortress in Oslo.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Harald I | c.850–933 | Haraldshaugen in Haugesund |
King Erik I | c.895–954 | Stainmoore in England |
King Håkon I | c.920–961 | Seim in Hordaland |
King Olav II | 995–1030 | Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim |
King Knut | c 985/995 – 1035 | Old Minster, Winchester. Bones now in Winchester Cathedral |
King Magnus I | 1024–1047 | Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim |
King Harald III | 1015–1066 | Mary Church, Trondheim later reinterred in Elgeseter Priory (now demolished) |
King Magnus II | c. 1048–1069 | Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim |
King Olav III | 1050–1093 | Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim |
King Øystein I | c. 1088–1123 | Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim |
King Olav Magnusson | 1099–1115 | Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim |
King Sigurd I | 1090–1130 | First in St. Hallvard's cathedral, later reinterred in Akershus Fortress, Oslo |
King Sigurd II | 1133–1155 | Christ Church, Bergen |
King Øystein II | c. 1125–1157 | Church of Foss in Tunge, Båhuslen |
King Inge I | 1135–1161 | St Hallvard's church, Oslo (demolished) |
King Sverre | c. 1145/1151–1202 | Christ Church, Bergen |
King Håkon III | 1182–1204 | Christ Church, Bergen |
King Guttorm | 1199–1204 | Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim |
King Inge II | 1185–1217 | Nidaros Cathedral, Trondheim |
King Haakon IV | 1204–1263 | Christ Church, Bergen |
King Magnus VI | 1238–1280 | Christ Church, Bergen |
King Erik II | 1268–1299 | Christ Church, Bergen |
King Håkon V | 1270–1319 | First in St Mary's Church, later reinterred in Akershus Fortress, Oslo |
King Håkon VI | 1341–1380 | St Mary Church,Oslo |
King Olav IV | 1370–1387 | Convent Church at Sorø |
Queen Margrete | 1353–1412 | first in the Convent Church at Sorø, then in the Roskilde Cathedral |
King Erik III | 1382–1459 | Our Lady Church at Darlowo, Poland |
King Christian I | 1426–1481 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Dorothea of Brandenburg | 1430–1495 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Hans | 1455–1513 | first in Gråbrødre Church, then in Saint Canute's Cathedral |
Christina of Saxony | 1461–1521 | first in Gråbrødre Church, then in Saint Canute's Cathedral in Odense |
King Christian II | 1481–1552 | first in Gråbrødre Church, then in Saint Canute's Cathedral in Odense |
Isabella of Austria | 1501–1525 | first at St Peter Church in Gent, then in Saint Canute's Cathedral in Odense |
King Frederik I | 1471–1533 | St Peter's Cathedral in Schleswig |
Anna of Brandenburg | 1487–1514 | Convent Church in Bornesholm |
Sophie of Pomerania | 1498–1568 | St Peter's Cathedral in Schleswig |
King Christian III | 1503–1559 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Dorothea of Saxe-Lauenburg | 1511–1571 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Frederik II | 1534–1588 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow | 1557–1631 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Christian IV | 1577–1648 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Anne Catherine of Brandenburg | 1575–1612 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Kirsten Munk | 1598–1658 | Saint Canute's Cathedral in Odense |
King Frederik III | 1609–1670 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Calenberg | 1628–1658 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Christian V | 1646–1699 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Kassel | 1650–1714 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Frederik IV | 1671–1730 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Louise of Mecklenburg-Güstrow | 1667–1721 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Anne Sophie Reventlow | 1693–1743 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Christian VI | 1699–1746 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach | 1700–1770 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Frederik V | 1723–1766 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Louise of Great Britain | 1724–1751 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | 1729–1796 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Christian VII | 1749–1808 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Caroline Matilda of Great Britain | 1751–1775 | Stadtkirche St. Marien in Celle |
King Frederik VI | 1768–1839 | Roskilde Cathedral |
Marie of Hesse-Kassel | 1767–1852 | Roskilde Cathedral |
King Karl II | 1748–1818 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp | 1759–1818 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
King Karl III Johan | 1764–1844 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Désirée Clary | 1777–1860 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
King Oscar I | 1799–1859 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Josephine of Leuchtenberg | 1807–1876 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
King Karl IV | 1826–1872 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Louise of the Netherlands | 1828–1871 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
King Oscar II | 1829–1907 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Sophia of Nassau | 1836–1913 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
King Haakon VII | 1872–1957 | Akershus Fortress, Oslo |
Maud of Wales | 1869–1938 | Akershus Fortress, Oslo |
King Olav V | 1903–1991 | Akershus Fortress, Oslo |
Märtha of Sweden | 1901–1954 | Akershus Fortress, Oslo |
Ottoman Empire
[edit]Established in 1299 as a beylik (principality) and gradually became an empire as its territory expanded, lasting until 1922. Most of the sultans and consorts were buried in Bursa and Istanbul, both of which were once the imperial capital.
Polen
[edit]Permanent kingdom from 1320 until 1795. The kings were elected, so many dynasties from Lithuania, Sweden, France, Saxony and Poland were taking turns. Nevertheless, most of them were buried in Kraków.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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Duke Mieszko I | c. 935–992 | Cathedral in Poznań |
King Bolesław I Chrobry | 967–1025 | Cathedral in Poznań |
King Mieszko II Lambert | 990–1034 | Cathedral in Poznań |
Duke Casimir I the Restorer | 1016–1058 | Cathedral in Poznań |
King Bolesław II the Generous | c. 1042 – 1082 | unknown, maybe Benedictine abbey in Tyniec |
Duke Władysław I Herman | c. 1042 – 1102 | Plock Cathedral in Płock |
Duke Bolesław III Wrymouth | 1086–1138 | Plock Cathedral in Płock |
High Duke Władysław II the Exile | 1105–1159 | unknown, maybe in Altenburg |
High Duke Bolesław IV the Curly | 1125–1173 | Wawel Cathedrale in Kraków |
High Duke Mieszko III the Old | 1126/7-1202 | St. Paul church in Kalisz |
High Duke Casimir II the Just | 1138–1194 | Wawel Cathedrale in Kraków |
High Duke Leszek I the White | 1186–1227 | Wawel Cathedrale in Kraków |
High Duke Władysław III Spindleshanks | 1165–1231 | unknown, probably church in Racibórz or Benedictine monastery in Lubin |
Duke Henry I the Bearded | 1165/70-1238 | Cistercian church in Trzebnica |
Duke Henry II the Pious | 1196–1241 | Franciscan church of St. Jakub in Wrocław |
Duke Konrad I of Masovia | 1187–1247 | Plock Cathedral in Płock |
Duke Bolesław the Horned | 1220/25–1278 | Dominican monastery in Legnica |
Duke Bolesław V the Chaste | 1226–1279 | Franciscan church in Kraków |
Duke Leszek II the Black | c. 1241 – 1288 | Dominican church in Kraków |
Duke Bolesław of Masovia | 1253/58–1313 | Plock Cathedral in Płock |
Duke Henry IV Probus | c. 1258 – 1290 | Kolegiata of the Holy Cross and St. Bartholomeus in Wrocław |
King Przemysl II | c. 1257–1296 | Cathedral in Poznań |
King Wenceslaus II Premyslid | c. 1271 – 1305 | Cistercian Zbraslav Monastery near Prague |
King Wenceslaus III Premyslid | c. 1289 – 1306 | Saint Wenceslas Cathedral in Olomouc |
King Władysław I | 1260–1333 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Jadwiga of Kalisz | 1266–1339 | Clarissine convent in Stary Sacz |
King Casimir III | 1310–1370 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Aldona of Lithuania | 1311–1339 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Adelaide of Hesse | 1324–1371 | Augustinian convent in Kassel, Germany |
Hedwig of Sagan | 1350–1390 | Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Legnica |
King Louis I | 1326–1382 | Székesfehérvár Basilica, Hungary |
Elizabeth of Bosnia | 1340–1387 | Székesfehérvár Basilica, Hungary |
Queen Jadwiga I | 1373–1399 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
King Władysław II | 1348–1434 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Anna of Cilli | 1380–1416 | in the apsis of the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Elisabeth of Pilica | 1372–1420 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Sophia of Halshany | 1405–1461 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
King Władysław III | 1424–1444 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
King Casimir IV | 1427–1492 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Elisabeth of Austria | 1437–1505 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
King John I Albert | 1459–1501 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, the heart: St. John's Church in Toruń |
King Alexander I | 1461–1506 | Vilnius Cathedral, Lithuania |
Helena of Moscow | 1476–1513 | Cathedral of the Theotokos in Vilnius, Lithuania |
King Sigismund I | 1467–1548 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Barbara Zápolya | 1495–1515 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Bona Sforza | 1494–1557 | Basilica di San Nicola in Bari |
King Sigismund II Augustus | 1520–1572 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Elisabeth of Austria | 1526–1545 | Cathedral of Vilnius, Lithuania |
Barbara Radziwiłł | 1520–1551 | Cathedral of Vilnius, Lithuania |
Catherine of Austria | 1533–1572 | Crypt in Sankt Florian Abbey, Upper Austria |
King Henry III | 1551–1589 | first in St-Corneille, since 1610 in Saint Denis Basilica nearby Paris |
King Stefan Batory | 1533–1586 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Queen Anna | 1523–1596 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
King Sigismund III | 1566–1632 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Anna of Austria | 1573–1596 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Constance of Austria | 1588–1631 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
King Władysław IV | 1595–1648 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, the heart: Vilnius Cathedral |
Cecilia Renata of Austria | 1611–1644 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
King John II Casimir | 1609–1672 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Marie Louise Gonzaga | 1611–1667 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
King Michael Korybut | 1640–1673 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Eleonora Maria Josefa of Austria | 1653–1697 | Leopold's Vault in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
King John III Sobieski | 1629–1696 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, the heart: Church of the Transfiguration of Jesus Christ in Warsaw |
Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien | 1641–1716 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
King Augustus II the Strong | 1670–1766 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków; the heart: Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | 1671–1727 | Parish church in Pretzsch, Germany |
King Stanisław I | 1677–1766 | first in Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours in Nancy, then in Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Catherine Opalińska | 1682–1747 | Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours in Nancy |
King Augustus III | 1696–1763 | Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
Maria Josepha of Austria | 1699–1757 | Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
King Stanislas II Augustus | 1732–1798 | first in St. Petersburg, then in Wolczyn, since 1995 in St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw |
Portugal
[edit]Kingdom from 1139 until 1910. The list includes all Portuguese monarchs (House of Burgundy, House of Aviz, House of Habsburg and House of Braganza).
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Afonso I | 1109–1185 | Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra |
Maud of Savoy | 1125–1158 | Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra |
King Sancho I | 1154–1212 | Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra |
Dulce of Aragon | 1160–1198 | Santa Cruz Monastery, Coimbra |
King Afonso II | 1185–1223 | Alcobaça Monastery |
Urraca of León and Castile | 1186–1220 | Alcobaça Monastery |
King Sancho II | 1209–1248 | Cathedral of Toledo, Spain |
Mécia Lopes de Haro | 1215–1270 | Santa María la Real of Nájera, Spain |
King Afonso III | 1210–1279 | Alcobaça Monastery |
Matilda II, Countess of Boulogne | 1202–1259 | Cistercian Abbey of Gomerfontaine (Trie-la-Ville, Oise department) (?) |
Beatrice of Castile | 1242–1303 | Alcobaça Monastery |
King Denis | 1261–1325 | Monastery of São Dinis de Odivelas |
Elizabeth of Aragon | 1271–1336 | Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Nova, formerly Monastery of Santa Clara-a-Velha, Coimbra |
King Afonso IV | 1291–1357 | Lisbon Cathedral |
Beatrice of Castile | 1293–1359 | Lisbon Cathedral |
King Peter I | 1320–1367 | Alcobaça Monastery |
Constanza Manuel | 1320–1345 | Originally in the Convent of St. Dominic (Convento de São Domingos) in Santarém, transferred by her son Fernando I in 1376 to the Convent of St. Francis (Convento de São Francisco) in the same city. |
Inês de Castro | 1325–1355 | Alcobaça Monastery |
King Ferdinand I | 1345–1383 | Convent of St. Francis (Convento de São Francisco) in Santarem. In 1875, the sarcophagus was moved to the Carmo Archaeological Museum (Museo Arqueológico do Carmo) which occupies the ruined Church of Carmo Convent in Lisbon. |
Leonor Teles | 1350–1386 | Convento de Nuestra Señora de la Merced, Valladolid, Spain |
Queen Beatrice (disputed) | 1372–1408 | Convent of Sancti Spiritus, Toro, Spain |
John I of Castile | 1358–1390 | Toledo Cathedral |
King John I | 1358–1433 | Founder's crypt, Monastery of Batalha |
Philippa of Lancaster | 1360–1415 | Founder's crypt, Monastery of Batalha |
King Edward | 1391–1438 | Monastery of Batalha |
Leonor of Aragon | 1400–1445 | Monastery of Batalha |
King Afonso V | 1432–1481 | Founder's crypt, Monastery of Batalha |
Isabel of Coimbra | 1432–1455 | Monastery of Batalha |
Joanna of Castille | 1462–1530 | Monastery of Santa Clara (destroyed), Lisbon |
King John II | 1455–1495 | Monastery of Batalha |
Eleanor of Viseu | 1458–1525 | Monastery in Xabregas, Lisbon |
King Manuel I | 1469–1521 | Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon |
Isabella of Aragon | 1470–1498 | Sta. Isabel Convent, Toledo |
Maria of Aragon | 1482–1517 | Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon |
Eleanor of Austria | 1498–1558 | 9th Chapel of the infantes in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King John III | 1502–1557 | Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon |
Catherine of Austria | 1507–1578 | Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon |
King Sebastian | 1554–1578 | His body was never recovered from the battlefield of Ksar el-Kebir, Morocco; there is a cenotaph in Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon |
King Henry I | 1512–1580 | Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon |
King Anthony I (disputed) | 1531–1595 | Cordeliers Convent (destroyed), Paris, France |
King Philip I | 1527–1598 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Maria of Portugal | 1527–1545 | 9th Chapel of the Pantheon of the Infants in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Mary I of England | 1516–1558 | Westminster Abbey, London |
Elisabeth of Valois | 1545–1568 | 9th Chapel of the Pantheon of the Infants in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Anna of Austria | 1549–1580 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King Philip II | 1578–1621 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Margaret of Austria | 1584–1611 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King Philip III | 1605–1665 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Elisabeth of Bourbon | 1602–1644 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Mariana of Austria | 1634–1696 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King John IV | 1604–1656 | first in the Jerónimos Monastery, then in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon |
Luisa de Guzmán | 1613–1666 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
King Afonso VI | 1643–1683 | first in the Jerónimos Monastery, then in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
Maria Francisca of Savoy | 1646–1683 | First in the French Capucine abbey in Lisbon, then in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
King Peter II | 1648–1706 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
Maria Sophia of Neuburg | 1666–1699 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
King John V | 1689–1750 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
Maria Anna of Austria | 1683–1754 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
King Joseph I | 1714–1777 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
Mariana Victoria of Spain | 1718–1781 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
Queen Maria I | 1734–1818 | first in the Ajuda Abbey in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), since 1821 in the Basílica da Estrela, Lisbon |
King Peter III | 1717–1786 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
King John VI | 1767–1826 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
Carlota Joaquina of Spain | 1775–1830 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
King Peter IV | 1798–1834 | first in the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, since 1972 in the Ipiranga Monument in São Paulo (Brazil); the heart: Lapa Church, Porto |
Maria Leopoldina of Austria | 1797–1826 | first in the Ajuda Abbey in Rio de Janeiro, since 1954 in the Ipiranga Monument in São Paulo |
Amélie of Leuchtenberg | 1812–1873 | first in the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, since 1982 in the Ipiranga Monument in São Paulo (Brazil) |
King Michael I | 1802–1866 | first in the Franciscan abbey in Klein Engelberg Germany, since 1967 in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg | 1831–1909 | first in the cemetery of St Cecilia's Abbey, Ryde on the Isle of Wight, England; since 1967 in the Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
Queen Maria II | 1819–1853 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
Auguste, Duke of Leuchtenberg | 1810–1835 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
King Ferdinand II | 1816–1885 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
Elise Friedericke Hensler | 1836–1929 | Prazeres Cemetery, Lisbon |
King Peter V | 1837–1861 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen | 1837–1859 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
King Louis I | 1838–1889 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
Maria Pia of Savoy | 1847–1911 | Basilica of Superga, Turin, Italy |
King Charles I | 1863–1908 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
Amélie of Orléans | 1865–1951 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
King Manuel II | 1889–1932 | Royal Pantheon of the House of Braganza at the Monastery of São Vicente de Fora, Lisbon |
Augusta Victoria of Hohenzollern | 1890–1966 | Langenstein Castle, Orsingen-Nenzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany |
Prussia
[edit]Kingdom from 1701–1918 (since 1871–1918 Prussian King was Emperor of German Reich (personal union). The Prussian kings/German emperors were buried in Berlin and Potsdam, the last emperor in his Dutch exile.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Frederick I | 1657–1713 | Berlin Protestant Cathedral |
Elisabeth Henriette of Hesse-Kassel | 1661–1683 | Berlin Protestant Cathedral |
Sophia Charlotte of Hanover | 1668–1705 | Berlin Protestant Cathedral |
Sophia Louise of Mecklenburg-Schwerin | 1685–1735 | Schelfkirche in Schwerin |
King Frederick William I | 1688–1740 | first in the Garrison Church in Potsdam, then in 1945 in the St Elisabeth Church in Marburg an der Lahn,in 1952 in the Hohenzollern castle and since 1991 in the Friedenskirche in Potsdam |
Sophia Dorothea of Hanover | 1687–1757 | Berlin Protestant Cathedral |
King Frederick II | 1712–1786 | first in the Garrison Church in Potsdam, then in 1945 in the St Elisabeth Church in Marburg an der Lahn,in 1952 in the Hohenzollern castle and since 1991 on the terrace of the Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam |
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel-Bevern | 1715–1797 | Berlin Protestant Cathedral |
King Frederick William II | 1744–1797 | Berlin Protestant Cathedral |
Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg | 1746–1840 | Ducal Castle Crypt, Stettin |
Frederica Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt | 1751–1805 | Berlin Protestant Cathedral |
King Frederick William III | 1770–1840 | Mausoleum in the garden of Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin |
Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | 1776–1810 | Mausoleum in the garden of Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin |
Auguste von Harrach | 1800–1873 | Mausoleum in the garden of Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin |
King Frederick William IV | 1795–1861 | Sanssouci palace in Potsdam |
Elisabeth Ludovika of Bavaria | 1801–1873 | Friedenskirche in Potsdam |
Emperor William I | 1797–1888 | Mausoleum in the garden of Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin |
Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | 1811–1890 | Mausoleum in the garden of Charlottenburg Palace in Berlin |
Emperor Frederick III | 1831–1888 | Friedenskirche in Potsdam |
Victoria, Princess Royal | 1840–1901 | Friedenskirche in Potsdam |
Emperor William II | 1859–1941 | Mausoleum in Doorn nearby Driebergen, Netherlands |
Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein | 1858–1921 | Antikentempel in the garden of Sanssouci palace in Potsdam |
Hermine Reuss of Greiz | 1887–1948 | Antikentempel in the garden of Sanssouci palace in Potsdam |
Rumänien
[edit]Kingdom from 1866 until 1947.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Charles I | 1839–1914 | Curtea de Arges |
Elisabeth of Wied | 1843–1916 | Curtea de Arges |
King Ferdinand I | 1865–1927 | Curtea de Arges |
Marie of Edinburgh | 1875–1938 | Curtea de Arges |
King Charles II | 1893–1953 | first in São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon, since 2003 in Curtea de Arges |
Helen of Greece and Denmark | 1896–1982 | Greek-Catholic Church in Lausanne, Switzerland. Queen Mother Helen of Romania was reburied at the New Episcopal and Royal Cathedral in Curtea de Argeș on 19 October 2019 |
Elena Lupescu | 1902–1977 | first in São Vicente de Fora in Lisbon, since 2003 in the convent cemetery in Curtea de Arges |
King Michael I | 1921–2017 | Curtea de Arges |
Anne of Bourbon-Parma | 1923–2016 | Curtea de Arges[1] |
Russland
[edit]Tsardom from 1328 until 1721, empire from 1721 until 1917. The lists starts with the Romanov dynasty in 1613. The tsars were first buried in Moscow, later in St Peter and Paul's Cathedral in St Petersburg.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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Tsar Michael I | 1596–1645 | Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow |
Maria Dolgorukova | ?-1625 | Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow |
Eudoxia Streshneva | 1608–1645 | Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow |
Tsar Alexis I | 1629–1676 | Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow |
Maria Miloslavskaya | 1625–1669 | Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow |
Natalya Naryshkina | 1651–1694 | Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow |
Regent Sophia | 1657–1704 | Smolensk Cathedral at the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow |
Tsar Feodor III | 1661–1682 | Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow |
Agafya Grushetskaya | ?-1681 | Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow |
Marfa Apraksina | 1664–1716 | Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Tsar Ivan V | 1666–1696 | Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow |
Praskovia Saltykova | 1664–1723 | Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra in Saint Petersburg |
Emperor Peter I the Great | 1672–1725 | Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Eudoxia Lopukhina | 1669–1731 | Smolensk Cathedral at the Novodevichy Convent in Moscow |
Empress Catherine I | 1685–1727 | Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Emperor Peter II | 1715–1730 | Cathedral of the Archangel in Moscow |
Empress Anna | 1693–1740 | Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Frederick William, Duke of Courland | 1692–1711 | Ducal Crypt of Jelgava Palace |
Emperor Ivan VI | 1740–1764 | Unknown |
Empress Elizabeth | 1709–1762 | Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Alexei Razumovsky | 1709–1771 | Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra |
Emperor Peter III | 1728–1762 | first in the Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra, since 1796 in Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Empress Catherine II the Great | 1729–1796 | Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Emperor Paul I | 1754–1801 | Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Wilhelmina Louisa of Hesse-Darmstadt | 1755–1776 | Annunciation Church of the Alexander Nevsky Lavra |
Sophie Dorothea of Württemberg | 1759–1828 | Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Emperor Alexander I | 1754–1825 | Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Louise of Baden | 1779–1826 | Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Emperor Nicholas I | 1796–1855 | Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Charlotte of Prussia | 1798–1860 | Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Emperor Alexander II | 1818–1881 | Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Marie of Hesse | 1824–1880 | Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Catherine Dolgorukova | 1847–1922 | Russian Orthodox Cemetery, Nice, France |
Emperor Alexander III | 1845–1894 | Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Dagmar of Denmark | 1847–1928 | first in the Roskilde Cathedral in Denmark, since 2006 in Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Emperor Nicholas II | 1868–1918 | since 1998 in Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Alix of Hesse | 1872–1918 | since 1998 in Peter and Paul Cathedral in Saint Petersburg |
Saxony
[edit]Kingdom from 1806 until 1918 (before that from 1697 until 1763 in personal union with Poland).
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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Elector Frederick Augustus I the Strong | 1670–1733 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków; the heart: Founders' Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth | 1671–1727 | Paris Church of Pretzsch |
Elector Frederick Augustus II | 1696–1763 | Founders' Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
Maria Josepha of Austria | 1699–1757 | Founders' Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
Elector Frederick Christian I | 1722–1763 | Founders' Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
Maria Antonia Walpurgis of Bavaria | 1724–1780 | Founders' Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
King Frederick Augustus I | 1750–1827 | Founders' Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld | 1752–1828 | Founders' Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
King Anthony I | 1755–1836 | Great Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
Maria Carolina of Sardinia | 1764–1782 | Great Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
Maria Theresia of Tuscany | 1767–1827 | Great Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
King Frederick Augustus II | 1797–1865 | King's Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
Maria Caroline of Austria | 1801–1832 | Great Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
Maria Anna of Bavaria | 1805–1877 | King's Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
King John I | 1801–1873 | King's Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
Amalie Auguste of Bavaria | 1801–1877 | King's Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
King Albert I | 1828–1902 | New Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
Carola of Vasa | 1833–1907 | New Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
King George I | 1832–1904 | New Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
Maria Anna of Portugal | 1843–1884 | Great Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
King Frederick Augustus III | 1865–1932 | New Crypt in the Katholische Hofkirche in Dresden |
Luise of Tuscany | 1870–1947 | Hedingerkirche in Sigmaringen |
Scotland
[edit]See also Great Britain
Kingdom since 843, since 1606 unified with England. The lists starts with the Alpin dynasty in 843. Most of the Scottish kings were buried in the island of Iona, the Dunfermline Abbey and in Holyrood Abbey.
Serbien
[edit]The historical Serbian monarchy existed as a grand principality (1101–1217), a kingdom (1217–1346), an empire (1346–1371), and several principalities until the Ottoman conquest finalized in 1540. The modern Kingdom of Serbia existed 1882 until 1918, when it was transformed into the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, which existed until 1943.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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Prince Jovan Vladimir (r. c. 1000–1016) | c. 990 – 1016 | Prečista Krajinska, Montenegro (relocated in 1215) St. Jovan Vladimir's Church, Albania |
Prince Stefan Vojislav (r. 1018–43) | fl. 1018 – 1043 | Church of St. Andrew, Prapratna, Montenegro |
Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja (r. 1166–96) | c. 1113 – 1199 | Studenica Monastery |
King Stefan Nemanjić II (r. 1196–1228) | c. 1165 – 1228 | Studenica Monastery |
King Stefan Radoslav (r. 1228–1333) | c. 1192 – 1235+ | Studenica Monastery |
King Stefan Vladislav (r. 1234–43) | c. 1198 – 1264+ | Mileševa Monastery |
King Stefan (Uroš I) the Great (r. 1243–76) | c. 1223 – 1277 | Sopoćani |
Helen of Anjou | c. 1235 – 1314 | Gradac Monastery |
King Stefan Dragutin (r. 1276–82) | bef. 1253 – 1316 | Đurđevi stupovi |
Catherine of Hungary | c. 1256 – after 1314 | ? |
King Stefan (Uroš II) Milutin (r. 1282–1321) | 1253–1321 | St Nedelya Church, Bulgaria (relocated in 1460) |
Elizabeth of Hungary | c. 1255 – c. 1322 | ? |
Anna of Bulgaria | ? – after 1304 | ? |
Simonida of Byzantium | c. 1294 – after 1336 | ? |
King Stefan Konstantin (r. 1321–22) | 1282–1322 | Church of St. Nicholas, Kosovo |
King Stefan (Uroš III) Dečanski (r. 1322–31) | bef. 1282 – 1331 | Visoki Dečani, Kosovo |
Theodora of Bulgaria | c. 1290 – 1322 | Zvečan, Kosovo |
Maria Palaiologina | ? – 1355 | Skopje, North Macedonia |
King Stefan (Uroš IV) Dušan the Mighty (r. 1331–55) | c. 1308 – 1355 | Monastery of the Holy Archangels, Kosovo (relocated in 1927) St. Mark's Church, Belgrade |
Helena of Bulgaria | c. 1315 – 1374 | ? |
King Stefan Uroš V the Weak (r. 1355–71) | c. 1336 – 1371 | Gornje Nerodimlje, Kosovo (relocated in the 1690s) Jazak Monastery |
Lord Lazar (r. 1373–89) | c. 1329 – 1389 | Ravanica |
Milica Hrebeljanović | c. 1335 – 1405 | Ljubostinja Monastery |
Despot Stefan Lazarević (r. 1389–1427) | 1374–1427 | Manasija Monastery |
Prince Miloš Obrenović I (r. 1817–39; 1858–60) | 1780–1860 | St. Michael's Cathedral, Belgrade |
Ljubica Vukomanović | 1788–1843 | Krušedol Monastery |
Prince Milan Obrenović II (r. 1839) | 1819–1839 | St. Mark's Church, Belgrade |
Prince Mihailo Obrenović III (r. 1839–42; 1860–68) | 1823–1868 | St. Michael's Cathedral, Belgrade |
Júlia Hunyady de Kéthely | 1831–1919 | Vienna Central Cemetery |
Prince Alexander Karađorđević (r. 1842–58) | 1806–1885 | St. George's Church, Oplenac |
Persida Nenadović | 1813–1873 | St. George's Church, Oplenac |
King Milan I Obrenović (r. 1868–89) | 1854–1901 | Krušedol Monastery |
Natalija Keșko | 1859–1941 | Cemetery of Lardy, Essonne, France |
King Alexander I Obrenović (r. 1889–1903) | 1876–1903 | St. Mark's Church, Belgrade |
Draga Mašin | 1866–1903 | St. Mark's Church, Belgrade |
King Peter I Karađorđević (r. 1903–21) | 1844–1921 | St. George's Church, Oplenac |
Zorka of Montenegro | 1864–1890 | St. George's Church, Oplenac |
King Alexander I Karađorđević the Unifier (r. 1921–34) | 1888–1934 | St. George's Church, Oplenac |
Maria of Romania | 1900–1961 | first in the Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore in Great Britain, since 2013 at St. George's Church, Oplenac |
King Peter II Karađorđević (r. 1934–43) | 1923–1970 | first at St. Sava Serbian Orthodox Monastery in Illinois, USA, since 2013 at St. George's Church, Oplenac |
Alexandra of Greece and Denmark | 1921–1993 | first in the Royal Cemetery in the park of Tatoi Palace in Greece, since 2013 at St. George's Church, Oplenac |
Sicily
[edit]A County from 1072 until 1130 and a Kingdom from 1130 until 1816. After the extinction in 1409 of the cadet Sicilian branch of the House of Barcelona (heir of the Siculo-Norman Hauteville dynasty and of the Sicilian branch of the House of Hohenstaufen), the kingship was vested in another monarch (personal union) such as the King of Aragon, the King of Spain, the Austrian Emperor and then the kings of the House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. In 1816 the island Kingdom of Sicily merged with the Kingdom of Naples to form the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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Count Roger I | 1031–1101 | Most Holy Trinity Abbey, Mileto. Today at the archaeological museum of Naples. |
Judith d'Évreux | ?–1076 | Unknown. |
Eremburga of Mortain | ?–1087 | Most Holy Trinity Abbey, Mileto. Today at the museum of Mileto. |
Adelaide del Vasto | 1075–1118 | Patti Cathedral. |
King Roger II | 1095–1154 | Palermo Cathedral. |
Elvira of Castile | 1100–1135 | Saint Mary Magdalene Chapel in the Palermo Cathedral. |
Sibylla of Burgundy | 1126–1150 | La Trinità della Cava Abbey in Cava de' Tirreni. |
Beatrice of Rethel | 1130–1185 | Saint Mary Magdalene Chapel in the Palermo Cathedral. |
King William I | 1131–1166 | Monreale Cathedral. |
Margaret of Navarre | 1135–1183 | Monreale Cathedral. |
King William II | 1155–1189 | Monreale Cathedral. |
Joan of England | 1165–1199 | Fontevraud Abbey, France. |
King Tancred | 1138–1194 | Basilica La Magione, Palermo. |
Sibylla of Acerra | 1153–1205 | Unknown. |
King William III | 1186–1194 | Unknown. |
Queen Constance I | 1154–1198 | Palermo Cathedral. |
Henry VI, Holy Roman Emperor | 1165–1197 | Palermo Cathedral. |
King Frederick (I as King of Sicily and second as Holy Roman Emperor) | 1194–1250 | Palermo Cathedral; Heart: Foggia Cathedral (destroyed because of the 1731 Foggia earthquake). |
Constance of Aragon | 1179–1222 | Palermo Cathedral. |
Isabella II of Jerusalem | 1212–1228 | Andria Cathedral. |
Isabella of England | 1214–1241 | Andria Cathedral. |
King Conrad I | 1228–1254 | Messina Cathedral. Destroyed during the funeral because of a fire. |
Elisabeth of Bavaria | 1227–1273 | Stams Abbey, Austria. |
King Conrad II | 1252–1268 | Basilica of Santa Maria del Carmine, Naples. |
King Manfred | 1232–1266 | Benevento. |
Beatrice of Savoy | 1223–1259 | Unknown. |
Helena Angelina Doukaina | 1242–1271 | Nocera Inferiore. |
King Charles I | 1227–1285 | Basilica of St Denis, Saint Denis, France. |
Beatrice of Provence | 1234–1267 | Église Saint-Jean-de-Malte, Aix-en-Provence, France. |
Margaret of Burgundy | 1250–1308 | Hospice des Fontenilles, Tonnerre, France. |
Queen Constance II | 1249–1302 | Barcelona Cathedral, Spain. |
King Peter I | 1239–1285 | Monastery of Santa Maria de Santes Creus, Aiguamúrcia, Spain. |
King James I | 1267–1327 | Monastery of Santa Maria de Santes Creus, Aiguamúrcia, Spain. |
Isabella of Castile | 1283–1328 | Notre-Dame de Prière Abbey, France. |
King Frederick III | 1272–1337 | Catania Cathedral |
Eleanor of Anjou | 1289–1341 | Church of San Francesco d'Assisi all'Immacolata, Catania. |
King Peter II | 1304–1342 | Palermo Cathedral |
Elizabeth of Carinthia | 1298–1352 | Church of San Francesco d'Assisi all'Immacolata, Messina. |
King Louis | 1338–1355 | Catania Cathedral. |
King Frederick IV | 1341–1377 | Church of San Francesco d'Assisi all'Immacolata, Messina. |
Constance of Aragon | 1343–1363 | Catania Cathedral. |
Antonia of Baux | 1355–1374 | Messina Cathedral. |
Queen Mary | 1363–1401 | Catania Cathedral. |
King Martin I | 1374–1409 | Cagliari Cathedral. |
Blanche I of Navarre | 1387–1441 | Nuestra Señora de la Soterraña, Santa María la Real de Nieva, Spain. |
Spanien
[edit]The list starts with the unification of the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon under the monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella. After CharlesI (V), almost every Spanish monarch was buried at El Escorial.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Ferdinand V | 1452–1516 | Crypt in the Royal Chapel of Granada |
Queen Isabella I | 1451–1504 | Crypt in the Royal Chapel in the cathedral of Granada |
Germaine of Foix | 1490–1538 | Convent San Miguel de los Reyes in Valencia |
Queen Joanna I | 1479–1555 | first at St Clara in Tordesillas, since 1557 Crypt in the Royal Chapel in the cathedral of Granada |
King Philip I | 1478–1506 | Crypt in the Royal Chapel in the cathedral of Granada; Heart: Augustinerkirche in Vienna |
King Charles I | 1500–1558 | first in San Jerónimo de Yuste, since 1574 in the Pantheon of the Kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Isabella of Portugal | 1503–1539 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King Philip II | 1527–1598 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Maria of Portugal | 1527–1545 | 9th Chapel of the Pantheon of the Infants in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Mary I of England | 1516–1558 | Westminster Abbey in London |
Elisabeth of Valois | 1545–1568 | 9th Chapel of the Pantheon of the Infants in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Anna of Austria | 1549–1580 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King Philip III | 1578–1621 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Margaret of Austria | 1584–1611 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King Philip IV | 1605–1665 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Elisabeth of Bourbon | 1602–1644 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Mariana of Austria | 1634–1696 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King Charles II | 1661–1700 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Marie Louise d'Orléans | 1662–1689 | 9th Chapel of the Pantheon of the Infants in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Maria Anna of Neuburg | 1667–1740 | 9th Chapel of the Pantheon of the Infants in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King Philip V | 1683–1746 | Collegiate Church of the La Granja Palace in San Ildefonso |
Maria Luisa Gabriella of Savoy | 1688–1714 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Elisabeth Farnese | 1692–1766 | Collegiate Church of the La Granja Palace in San Ildefonso |
King Louis I | 1707–1724 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Louise Élisabeth of Orléans | 1709–1742 | St-Sulpice in Paris |
King Ferdinand VI | 1716–1759 | Salesas Reales Church (Santa Barbara) in Madrid |
Barbara of Portugal | 1711–1758 | Salesas Reales Church (Santa Barbara) in Madrid |
King Charles III | 1716–1788 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Maria Amalia of Saxony | 1724–1760 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King Charles IV | 1748–1819 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Maria Luisa of Parma | 1751–1819 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King Joseph Bonaparte | 1768–1844 | The Church of the Invalides in Paris |
Julie Clary | 1771–1845 | Basilica Santa Croce in Florence |
King Ferdinand VII | 1784–1833 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Maria Antonia of Naples and Sicily | 1784–1806 | 7th Chapel of the Pantheon of the Infants in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Maria Isabel of Braganza | 1797–1818 | 7th Chapel of the Pantheon of the Infants in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony | 1803–1829 | 7th Chapel of the Pantheon of the Infants in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies | 1806–1878 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Queen Isabella II | 1830–1904 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Francisco de Asís, Duke of Cádiz | 1822–1902 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King Amadeo I | 1845–1890 | Basilica of Superga in Turin |
Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo | 1847–1876 | Basilica of Superga in Turin |
Maria Letizia Bonaparte | 1866–1926 | Basilica of Superga in Turin |
King Alfonso XII | 1857–1885 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Mercedes of Orléans | 1869–1878 | first in San Juan Chapel in the Basilica of the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial, since 2000 in the Catedral de la Almudena in Madrid |
Maria Christina of Austria | 1858–1929 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
King Alfonso XIII | 1886–1941 | first in Santa Maria in Monserrato degli Spagnoli in Rome, Italy, since 1980 in the pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg | 1887–1969 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Infante Juan | 1913–1993 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies | 1910–2000 | Pantheon of the kings in the Monastery of San Lorenzo El Real in El Escorial |
Schweden
[edit]The list starts with the Vasa dynasty in 1521. Since the 15th century, almost every monarch was buried in the Riddarholm Church in Stockholm. In the 20th century, the royal Haga cemetery was founded. Queen Christina is the only female monarch who was buried at St Peter's in Rome.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Gustav I | 1495–1560 | Uppsala Cathedral |
Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg | 1513–1535 | Uppsala Cathedral |
Margaret Leijonhufvud | 1516–1551 | Uppsala Cathedral |
Catherine Stenbock | 1535–1621 | Uppsala Cathedral |
King Eric XIV | 1533–1577 | Västerås Cathedral |
Karin Månsdotter | 1550–1612 | Cathedral of Turku |
King John III | 1537–1592 | Uppsala Cathedral |
Catherine Jagiellon | 1525–1583 | Uppsala Cathedral |
Gunilla Bielke | 1568–1597 | Uppsala Cathedral |
King Charles IX | 1550–1611 | Strängnäs Cathedral |
Maria of the Palatinate-Simmern | 1561–1589 | Strängnäs Cathedral |
Christina of Holstein-Gottorp | 1573–1625 | Strängnäs Cathedral |
King Sigismund I | 1566–1632 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Anna of Austria | 1573–1596 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
Constance of Austria | 1588–1631 | Wawel Cathedral in Kraków |
King Gustav II Adolph | 1594–1632 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Maria Eleonora of Brandenburg | 1599–1655 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Queen Christina | 1626–1689 | Crypt in the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome |
King Charles X Gustav | 1622–1660 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Hedwig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp | 1636–1719 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
King Charles XI | 1655–1697 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Ulrika Eleonora of Denmark | 1656–1693 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
King Charles XII | 1682–1718 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Queen Ulrika Eleonora | 1688–1741 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
King Frederick I | 1676–1751 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Luise Dorothea of Prussia | 1680–1705 | St Martin's Church, Kassel |
King Adolf Frederick I | 1710–1771 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Louisa Ulrika of Prussia | 1720–1782 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
King Gustav III | 1746–1792 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Sophia Magdalena of Denmark | 1746–1814 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
King Gustav IV Adolf | 1778–1837 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Frederica of Baden | 1781–1826 | Crypt of the Grand Dukes in Pforzheim |
King Charles XIII | 1748–1818 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp | 1759–1818 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
King Charles XIV John | 1764–1844 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Désirée Clary | 1777–1860 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
King Oscar I | 1799–1859 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Josephine of Leuchtenberg | 1807–1876 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
King Charles XV | 1826–1872 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Louise of the Netherlands | 1828–1871 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
King Oscar II | 1829–1907 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Sophia of Nassau | 1836–1913 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
King Gustav V | 1858–1950 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
Victoria of Baden | 1862–1930 | Riddarholm Church in Stockholm |
King Gustaf VI Adolf | 1882–1973 | Royal Haga Cemetery in Stockholm |
Margaret of Connaught | 1882–1920 | Royal Haga Cemetery in Stockholm |
Louise Mountbatten | 1889–1965 | Royal Haga Cemetery in Stockholm |
Westphalia
[edit]Kingdom from 1807 until 1813.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Jérôme Bonaparte | 1784–1860 | The Church of the Invalides in Paris |
Elizabeth Patterson | 1785–1869 | Green Mount Cemetery in Baltimore |
Catharina of Württemberg | 1783–1835 | Chapel at Ludwigsburg Palace |
Württemberg
[edit]Kingdom from 1806 until 1918. The kings were buried in Ludwigsburg and Stuttgart.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Frederick I | 1754–1816 | Palace Chapel in Ludwigsburg Palace |
Augusta of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel | 1764–1788 | Church of Kullamaa in Lääne County, Estonia |
Charlotte, Princess Royal | 1766–1828 | Palace Chapel in Ludwigsburg Palace |
King William I | 1781–1864 | Württemberg Chapel in Stuttgart-Rotenberg |
Caroline Augusta of Bavaria | 1792–1873 | Francis’ Crypt in the Imperial Crypt in the Kapuzinerkirche in Vienna |
Catherine Pavlovna of Russia | 1788–1819 | Württemberg Chapel in Stuttgart-Rotenberg |
Pauline of Württemberg | 1800–1873 | Palace Chapel in Ludwigsburg Palace |
King Charles I | 1823–1891 | Palace Chapel in the Old Palace in Stuttgart |
Olga Nikolaevna of Russia | 1822–1892 | Palace Chapel in the Old Palace in Stuttgart |
King William II | 1848–1921 | Old Cemetery in Ludwigsburg |
Marie of Waldeck and Pyrmont | 1857–1882 | Old Cemetery in Ludwigsburg |
Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe | 1864–1946 | Old Cemetery in Ludwigsburg |
Yugoslavia
[edit]Kingdom from 1882 until 1945. (until 1918 Kingdom of Serbia, until 1921 Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and until 1943 Kingdom of Yugoslavia). All kings from the Karadordevic dynasty are buried in the St George's chapel in Topola, Serbia.
Name | Born-died | Burial site |
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King Milan I Obrenovic | 1854–1901 | Monastery Church at Krušedol, Serbia |
Natalija Keshko | 1859–1941 | Lardy cemetery, Seine-et-Oise, nearby Paris |
King Alexander I Obrenovic | 1876–1903 | St. Mark's Church in Belgrade, Serbia |
Draga Lunjevica | 1861–1903 | St. Mark's Church in Belgrade |
King Peter I | 1844–1921 | St. George's Church in Oplenac nearby Topola, Serbia |
Zorka of Montenegro | 1864–1890 | St. George's Church in Oplenac nearby Topola |
King Alexander I | 1888–1934 | St. George's Church in Oplenac nearby Topola |
Maria of Romania | 1900–1961 | first in Royal Burial Ground at Frogmore, since 2013 in St. George's Church in Oplenac nearby Topola |
Regent Prince Paul | 1893–1976 | first in Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery, in Lausanne, Switzerland, since 2013 in St. George's Church in Oplenac nearby Topola |
Olga of Greece and Denmark | 1903–1997 | first in Bois-de-Vaux Cemetery in Lausanne, Switzerland, since 2013 in St. George's Church in Oplenac nearby Topola |
King Peter II | 1923–1970 | first in St. Sava Church in Libertyville, Illinois, since 2013 in St. George's Church in Oplenac nearby Topola |
Alexandra of Greece and Denmark | 1921–1993 | first in Royal Cemetery in the park of Tatoi Palace nearby Athens, Greece, since 2013 in St. George's Church in Oplenac nearby Topola |
References
[edit]- ^ "Royal funeral for Romania's uncrowned Queen Anne". BBC News. 12 August 2016.