Burial sites of European monarchs

Burial sites of European monarchs

This list contains all European emperors, kings and regent princes and their 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 (f.ex 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.

Albania

Kingdom from 1928 until 1943 (1939-1943 in personal union with Italy)

Belgium

Kingdom since 1830. All Belgian kings were buried in the royal burial place in Laeken.

Croatia

Kingdom from 1941 until 1943

Etruria

Kingdom from 1801 until 1807 (covered the territory of the former grand-duchy of Tuscany)

Greece

Kingdom from 1832 until 1973. The kings from the house of Oldenburg are all buried at Tatoi nearby Athens, the first king from the house of Wittelsbach is interred in Munich, Bavaria.

Hungary

Kingdom from 1000 until 1540, afterwards in personal union with Austria. Most of the kings were buried in Székesfehérvár basilica or in Oradea Cathedral in today’s Romania. Both burial sites were destroyed by the Turks.

Lithuania

Kingdom from 1251, later Grand Princehood. The Lithuanian dynasty from the House of Gediminas ruled the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and later the Kingdom of Poland.

Montenegro

Kingdom from 1910 until 1918.

Norway

Independent kingdom in the Middle Ages. From 1380 until 1905 in personal union with Denmark or Sweden. The Norwegian kings of the modern time are buried at Akershus Fortress in Oslo.

Prussia

Kingdom from 1710 till 1817, from 1871 till 1918 German Reich under the emperor. The Prussian kings and the German emperors were buried in Berlin and Potsdam, the last emperor in his Dutch exile.

axony

Kingdom from 1806 until 1918 (before that from 1697 until 1763 in personal union with Poland).

weden

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

Yugoslavia

Kingdom from 1882 until 1945 (until 1918 Kingdom of Serbia and until 1921 Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes). All kings from the Karadjordjevich dynasty are buried in the St George’s chapel in Topola, with the exception of Peter II, who is the only European monarch to be buried in the United States.

External links

* [http://homepage.mac.com/crowns/ Sovereigns, Kingdoms and Royal Landmarks of Europe]


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