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Where would you find the burial tomb of England's Queen Elizabeth I?
Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) (sometimes called "the Virgin Queen") was the daughter of King Henry VIII by Anne Boleyn. Her long reign was one of the most brilliant in English history. It is remembered for the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the execution of Mary Queen of Scots and for voyages of exploration and discovery. The colony of Virginia in America was named after the "Virgin Queen". Noted for her vanity and love of jewels she had admirers but never married. She succeeded to the throne on her half-sister's death in November 1558 and was crowned at Westminster Abbey on 15 January 1559.
After 45 years on the throne, her death, at Richmond Palace, on 24 March 1603 was an occasion of mourning. For some days the body lay at Richmond Palace and then was brought by barge to Whitehall Palace to lie in state. Thousands of people turned out to see her funeral procession to Westminster Abbey on 28 April 1603. The coffin, covered in black velvet, was on a chariot drawn by four horses.
Queen Elizabeth I was then buried at Westminster Abbey in the vault of her grandfather, King Henry VII, until she was moved in 1606 to her present resting place, a tomb in the Lady Chapel of Westminster Abbey which she shares with her half-sister Queen Mary I.
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