Background
Elizabeth was born on Saturday 2 July 1492 at Sheen Palace in Surrey (later rebuilt by her father as Richmond Palace, the remains of which are now part of Richmond-Upon-Thames, London).
Elizabeth was born on Saturday 2 July 1492 at Sheen Palace in Surrey (later rebuilt by her father as Richmond Palace, the remains of which are now part of Richmond-Upon-Thames, London).
Elizabeth"s oldest brother, Arthur, was heir to the English throne and so lived separately in his own household. Just before Elizabeth"s death, her father proposed a marriage alliance between Elizabeth and the French prince Francis, who later became king as Francis I of France. Elizabeth died on Monday 14 September 1495 at the age of three years and two months, suffering from atrophy.
Elizabeth was the first of four of Henry and Elizabeth"s children to die prematurely and they were greatly affected.
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 are now lost. The following year in 1496, Henry and Elizabeth had another daughter, Mary, who became the Queen of France.