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Her wet nurse, Cecily Burbage, was a married gentlewoman from Hayes. Elizabeth died at Eltham Palace in Kent on 14 September at the age of three years and two months. Her 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 , and died on the 14th day of the month of September in the year of Our Lord , upon whose soul may God have mercy.

Hereafter Death has a royal offspring in this tomb viz. The following year in , Henry and Elizabeth had another daughter, Mary , who became the Queen of France. Their final two children, Edmund who died in at the age of 1 and Katherine who died in shortly after birth , were laid to rest by young Elizabeth's side. Elizabeth Tudor — facts for kids Kids Encyclopedia Facts.

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