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The Henry VII Lady Chapel, now more often known just as the Henry VII Chapel, is a large Lady chapel at the far eastern end of Westminster Abbey, England, paid for by the will of King Henry VII. It is separated from the rest of the abbey by brass gates and a flight of stairs.
- Henry VII Lady Chapel - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Henry VII Lady Chapel is a Lady chapel at the far...
- Henry VII Lady Chapel - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Under Henry VII, the 13th-century Lady chapel was demolished and rebuilt in a Perpendicular Gothic style; it is known as the Henry VII Chapel. Work began in 1503 and the main structure was completed by 1509, although decorative work continued for several years afterwards.
Henry VII died of tuberculosis at Richmond Palace on 21 April 1509 and was buried in the chapel he commissioned in Westminster Abbey next to his wife, Elizabeth. He was succeeded by his second son, Henry VIII (reigned 1509–47), who would initiate the Protestant Reformation in England.
Der Bau der prachtvollen Lady Chapel Heinrichs VII., eines der schönsten spätgotischen Werke in Europa, wurde 1503–1519 in den reichen Formen des Perpendicular Style ausgeführt. Im Zuge der englischen Reformation hob Heinrich VIII. die Benediktinerabtei 1540 auf und gab der Kirche den Rang einer Kathedrale der Kirche von England (bis 1550).
Henry VII lavished huge sums on his new Lady Chapel, which was begun in 1503 but not completed until 1516, nearly six years after his death. Henry’s imposing tomb at the east end of the chapel has magnificent gilt bronze effigies of the king and his wife, Elizabeth of York, made by the brilliant Florentine Renaissance sculptor, Pietro ...
Sie grenzt heute an die Kapelle Heinrichs VII. Andere erwähnenswerte Marienkapellen stehen in Ottery St Mary , Thetford , Bury St Edmunds , Wimborne , Highfield (Hampshire) , Compton Church (Surrey), Compton Martin (Somerset) und Darenth (Kent).
