Palace of Whitehall

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former building royal palace

The Palace of Whitehall was the main royal residence of English monarchs in London from the 16th century until it was largely destroyed by fire in 1698.

Aliases (9)

Whitehall Palace ×10
Banqueting House ×5
Whitehall Palace, London, England ×3
Banqueting House, Whitehall ×2
Whitehall Palace, London ×2
Banqueting House at Whitehall ×1
Palace of Whitehall, London, England ×1
ended the Palace of Whitehall’s role as main royal residence ×1
tiltyard of Whitehall Palace ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former building → royal palace →
architecturalStyle	Renaissance architecture → Tudor architecture →
country	Kingdom of England →
currentUseOfSite	government buildings on Whitehall →
dateOfDestruction	1698 →
destroyedBy	fire →
endDateAsPrincipalRoyalResidence	1698 →
era	Stuart period → Tudor period →
expandedBy	Henry VIII of England →
floorArea	over 23 acres →
followedBy	Buckingham Palace → St James's Palace →
function	administrative centre of the monarchy → centre of English royal court →
hasPart	Banqueting House → chapel royal → privy garden → tiltyard →
heritageStatusOfRemnant	Grade I listed building (Banqueting House) →
locatedIn	City of Westminster → England → London → United Kingdom → Whitehall →
locatedOn	north bank of the River Thames →
namedAfter	Whitehall street →
notableEvent	execution of Charles I of England nearby in 1649 →
ownership	English Crown →
partOf	historic royal palaces of London →
precededBy	Palace of Westminster →
presentDayRemnant	Banqueting House, Whitehall →
residenceOf	Charles I of England → Charles II of England → Elizabeth I of England → Henry VIII of England → James I of England → James II of England → Mary II of England → William III of England →
significantEvent	Great Fire of 1698 at Whitehall →
startDateAsPrincipalRoyalResidence	1530 →
status	mostly destroyed →
usedAs	principal residence of English monarchs → royal residence →
usedBy	Stuart dynasty → Tudor dynasty →

Referenced by (35)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anne Boleyn ("Whitehall Palace") → Catherine of Braganza ("Whitehall Palace") → Charles II of England ("Whitehall Palace") → Henrietta Maria of France ("Whitehall Palace") → Henry VIII of England → Mary II of England ("Whitehall Palace") → Mary of Modena ("Whitehall Palace") → Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange ("Whitehall Palace, London") →	residence
Charles I of England → Charles II of England ("Whitehall Palace") → Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester ("Palace of Whitehall, London, England") → Henry VIII of England → Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange ("Whitehall Palace, London, England") → Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange ("Whitehall Palace, London, England") →	deathPlace
Whitehall ("Banqueting House") → Whitehall ("Banqueting House") →	hasLandmark
Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange ("Whitehall Palace, London") → Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange ("Whitehall Palace, London, England") →	marriagePlace
Whitehall → Whitehall →	namedAfter
Historic Royal Palaces ("Banqueting House") →	caresFor
Great Fire of 1698 at Whitehall ("ended the Palace of Whitehall’s role as main royal residence") →	effect
Union of the Crowns ("Whitehall Palace") →	hasMonarchResidence
Palace of Whitehall ("Banqueting House") →	hasPart
Whitehall →	historicallyContained
Whitehall →	historicalSiteOf
Horse Guards Parade ("tiltyard of Whitehall Palace") →	historicalUse
Earl Haig Memorial ("Banqueting House, Whitehall") →	locatedNear
Great Fire of 1698 at Whitehall →	location
Jane Seymour ("Whitehall Palace") →	marriageLocation
Historic Royal Palaces ("Banqueting House") →	opensToPublic
Palace of Whitehall ("Banqueting House, Whitehall") →	presentDayRemnant
Great Fire of 1698 at Whitehall →	relatedTo
Lord Chamberlain to Catherine of Braganza ("Whitehall Palace") →	seat
Great Fire of 1698 at Whitehall ("Banqueting House at Whitehall") →	spared