Westminster Abbey
From Metapedia
Westminster Abbey (now known as The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster) is a Gothic style Abbey built around 1045–1050 by Edward the Confessor and later re-modelled by King Henry III in 1245. The early history of the Abbey dates back to the 7th century, where a shrine once stood.
Westminster Abbey is the site of all coronations since William the Conqueror and Edward the Confessor. All of England's monarchs are buried here, as well as other military and historical persons. They include:
- Edward the Confessor and wife Edith of Wessex
- Henry III of England
- Edward I of England and wife Eleanor of Castile
- Edward III of England and wife Philippa of Hainault
- Richard II of England and wife Anne of Bohemia
- Henry V of England and wife Catherine of Valois
- Edward V of England
- Henry VII of England and wife Elizabeth of York
- Edward VI of England
- Mary I of England
- Elizabeth I of England
- James I of England and wife Anne of Denmark
- Charles II of England
- Mary II of England
- William III of England
- Anne of Great Britain and husband Prince George of Denmark
- George II of Great Britain and wife Caroline of Ansbach
- Mary Queen of Scots
- Charles Darwin
- Sir Isaac Newton
- Charles Dickens
- Rudyard Kipling
Others have been Commemorated at the Abbey before being buried at another location, including:
- Lord Byron
- Charlotte Brontë, Emily Jane Brontë, Anne Brontë
- Sir Winston Churchill
- William Shakespeare, buried at Stratford-upon-Avon
- Oliver Cromwell, (removed by orders of King Charles II]])
The most recent person to be buried in the Abbey was Sir Laurence Olivier in 1989.
