Elizabeth Tudor (2 July 1492 – 14 September 1495) was the second daughter and fourth child of

Henry VII of England Henry VII (28 January 1457 – 21 April 1509) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from his seizure of the crown on 22 August 1485 until his death in 1509. He was the first monarch of the House of Tudor. Henry's mother, Margaret Beauf ...

and

Elizabeth of York Elizabeth of York (11 February 1466 – 11 February 1503) was Queen of England from her marriage to King Henry VII on 18 January 1486 until her death in 1503. Elizabeth married Henry after his victory at the Battle of Bosworth Field, which mark ...

Life

Elizabeth was born on 2 July 1492 at Sheen Palace in Surrey (later rebuilt by her father as

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, the remains of which are now part of Richmond-Upon-Thames,

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). Her wet nurse, Cecily Burbage, was a married gentlewoman from Hayes.

Death

Elizabeth died at Eltham Palace in

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on 14 September 1495 at the age of three years and two months. Her tomb in

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is made from Purbeck and black marble. On top of the monument is a finely polished slab of black Lydian, upon which were placed inscriptions to Elizabeth and her effigy of copper gilt, both of which have now disappeared with time. The Latin from the inscription can be translated: The plate at the feet of her effigy is translated: The following year in 1496, Henry and Elizabeth had another daughter,

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, who became the

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. Their final two children, Edmund (who died in 1500 at the age of 15 months) and Katherine (who died in 1503 shortly after birth), were laid to rest by young Elizabeth's side.

Ancestry

References

External links

Henry VIII's Lost Sister Elizabeth Tudor
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