Elizabeth Tudor (1492–1495)

For other uses, see Elizabeth Tudor (disambiguation).

Elizabeth Tudor (2 July 1492 – 14 September 1495) was the second daughter and fourth child of Henry VII of England and Elizabeth of York.

Elizabeth Tudor
Born	2 July 1492 Richmond Palace, Surrey, England
Died	14 September 1495(1495-09-14) (aged 3) Eltham Palace, Kent, England
Burial	27 September 1495 Westminster Abbey
House	Tudor
Father	Henry VII of England
Mother	Elizabeth of York

Life

Elizabeth was born on 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, London). Her wet nurse, Cecily Burbage, was a married gentlewoman from Hayes.^[1]

Elizabeth was baptized at Sheen before being transferred to the royal nursery at Eltham Palace in Kent.^[1]

Death

Elizabeth died unexpectedly at Eltham Palace on 14 September 1495 at the age of three years, two months, and 12 days. Her parents were traveling between Northampton and Banbury when they received news of her death.^[2][3][4][1]

Elizabeth's tomb in Westminster Abbey 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:

Elizabeth, second child of Henry the Seventh King of England, France and Ireland and of the most serene lady Queen Elizabeth his consort, who was born on the second day of the month of July in the year of Our Lord 1492, and died on the 14th day of the month of September in the year of Our Lord 1495, upon whose soul may God have mercy. Amen.^[2]

The plate at the feet of her effigy is translated:

Hereafter Death has a royal offspring in this tomb viz. the young and noble Elizabeth daughter of that illustrious prince, Henry the Seventh, who swayed the sceptre of two kingdoms, Atropos, the most severe messenger of Death, snatched her away but may she have eternal life in Heaven.^[2]

The following year in 1496, Henry and Elizabeth had another daughter, Mary, who became the Queen of France. Their final two children, Edmund (who died in 1500 at the age of 1) and Katherine (who died in 1503 shortly after birth), were laid to rest by young Elizabeth's side.^[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Elizabeth Tudor (1492–1495)
8. Owen Tudor 4. Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond 9. Catherine of Valois 2. Henry VII of England 10. John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset 5. Margaret Beaufort 11. Margaret Beauchamp 1. Elizabeth Tudor 12. Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York 6. Edward IV of England 13. Cecily Neville 3. Elizabeth of York 14. Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers 7. Elizabeth Woodville 15. Jacquetta of Luxembourg