Greenwich Palace

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former building historic site royal palace

Greenwich Palace was a major Tudor royal residence on the River Thames in London, best known as the birthplace and principal home of Henry VIII and his daughters Mary I and Elizabeth I.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Palace of Placentia, Greenwich 2
Greenwich Palace site 1

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former building ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
royal palace ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Placentia ⓘ
associatedWith Anne Boleyn ⓘ
Catherine of Aragon ⓘ
Tudor court ⓘ
surface form: Court of Henry VIII

Edward VI of England ⓘ
Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
Mary I of England ⓘ
birthplaceOf Edward VI of England ⓘ
Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
Henry VIII of England ⓘ
Mary I of England ⓘ
builtFor Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
demolishedFor construction of Greenwich Hospital ⓘ
demolishedInCentury 17th century ⓘ
era Tudor period ⓘ
function royal residence ⓘ
heritageStatus archaeological remains protected within Maritime Greenwich ⓘ
hosted court entertainments ⓘ
royal tournaments ⓘ
knownAs Palace of Placentia ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
Greenwich ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
locatedOn Thames ⓘ
surface form: River Thames
near Greenwich Park ⓘ
originalName Bella Court ⓘ
partOf Maritime Greenwich ⓘ
surface form: Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site (as archaeological remains)
patronOf Tudor court culture ⓘ
principalResidenceOf Henry VIII of England ⓘ
Tudor dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Tudor monarchs
rebuiltBy Henry VII of England ⓘ
significance key site in Tudor political life ⓘ
major Tudor royal residence ⓘ
siteNowOccupiedBy Old Royal Naval College ⓘ
stylePeriod early Renaissance ⓘ
late medieval ⓘ
usedBy English monarchy ⓘ
Tudor dynasty ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Henry VIII of England → birthPlace → Greenwich Palace ⓘ
Queen’s House → connectedTo → Greenwich Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greenwich Palace site
Greenwich, Kent, England → hasLandmark → Greenwich Palace ⓘ
Mary I of England → placeOfBirth → Greenwich Palace ⓘ
Edward VI of England → placeOfDeath → Greenwich Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace of Placentia, Greenwich
Anne Boleyn → residence → Greenwich Palace ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palace of Placentia, Greenwich
Henry VIII of England → residence → Greenwich Palace ⓘ