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    Holyrood Abbey is a ruined abbey of the Canons Regular in Edinburgh, Scotland. The abbey was founded in 1128 by David I of Scotland. During the 15th century...
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    and official entertaining. The palace adjoins Holyrood Abbey, and the gardens are set within Holyrood Park. The King's Gallery was converted from existing...
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    Holyrood Park (also called the King's Park or Queen's Park depending on the reigning monarch's gender) is a royal park in central Edinburgh, Scotland about...
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  • Building Holyrood Abbey, a ruined Augustinian abbey in Edinburgh Holyrood Palace, formally the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh Holyrood Park, a royal park...
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    The area takes its name from Holyrood Abbey, which was the Church of the Holy Rude (Scots for 'Holy Cross'). Holyrood includes the following sites: The...
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    Scots: Scots Pairlament Biggin) is the home of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, within the UNESCO World Heritage Site in central Edinburgh. Construction...
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  • residence at Holyrood, as well as to guard the Palace and Abbey, and enforce law and order within the precincts of the Palace and the Holyrood Abbey Sanctuary...
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    Corrigan hailed from Holyrood, Ontario, Canada. The name of Holyrood originally comes from Holyrood Abbey, today known as the Abbey and Palace of Holyroodhouse...
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    The Ruins of Holyrood Chapel is an oil on canvas painting of the Holyrood Abbey completed around 1824 by the French artist Louis Daguerre. The painting...
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    James II of Scotland (category Burials at Holyrood Abbey)
    monarch not to be crowned at Scone, James II's coronation took place at Holyrood Abbey in March 1437. After a reign characterised by struggles to maintain...
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    David Rizzio (category Burials at Holyrood Abbey)
    Rizzio was stabbed to death. Rizzio was first buried in the cemetery of Holyrood Abbey. Buchanan states that shortly afterwards his body was removed by the...
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    Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (category Burials at Holyrood Abbey)
    small satisfaction. On 22 July, Darnley was made Duke of Albany in Holyrood Abbey, and the banns of marriage were called in the parish of Canongate. A...
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    way" when it was used in former times by the Augustinian canons of Holyrood Abbey. The street continues downhill past Moray House (now the main academic...
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    Margaret Stuart (1598–1600) (category Burials at Holyrood Abbey)
    March 1600, Margaret died of an unknown illness and she was buried in Holyrood Abbey. Three years later, her father ascended the throne of England. Margaret...
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  • that Saint Margaret brought the cross from Waltham Abbey, after which it was kept in Holyrood Abbey, which her son erected in Edinburgh. The relic was...
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    by the Great Charter of Holyrood Abbey c. 1143, authorised the Abbey to found a burgh separate from Edinburgh between the Abbey and the city. The burgh...
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    church's site is now covered by Old College. The Augustinian monks of Holyrood Abbey held superiority over the church and likely founded it as a centre of...
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    James V (category Burials at Holyrood Abbey)
    father", he would be in even greater pain. The Queen was interred in Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh. Following Madeleine's death, James V's thoughts turned...
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    Annandale. He died at Dunfermline Palace on 27 May 1602 and was buried at Holyrood Abbey. His older siblings included Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, Elizabeth...
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    the foundation of the Order of the Thistle in 1687, James VII ordered Holyrood Abbey be fitted out as a chapel for the Knights. At James' deposition the...
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    king and his 13-year-old English bride was celebrated in person in Holyrood Abbey. The rites were performed by Robert Blackadder, Archbishop of Glasgow...
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    David II of Scotland (category Burials at Holyrood Abbey)
    his parents at Dunfermline Abbey, but before the high altar of Holyrood Abbey. This choice may have been made because Holyrood was the closest church to...
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  • March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015. Westminster Abbey Website (accessed 30 April 2015) Westminster Abbey Website (accessed 30 April 2015) An account arose...
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    name, in the same way as The Canongate, to the Augustinian canons of Holyrood Abbey who operated a mill here from the 12th century. It is shown pictorially...
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    duties. Its status as a royal abbey in the neighbourhood of a major national stronghold may be compared to that of Holyrood Abbey vis-à-vis Edinburgh. Notable...
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    Act of Union 1707 Parliament of Scotland David Hume Edinburgh Review Holyrood Abbey Treaty of Edinburgh Edinburgh town walls Old Town New Town Robert Adam...
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  • James, Duke of Rothesay (born 1540) (category Burials at Holyrood Abbey)
    April 1541, before he had reached his first birthday. He was buried in Holyrood Abbey. His younger brother, Robert, Duke of Albany, died the day before at...
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    of his death. He was responsible for commissioning the reroofing of Holyrood Abbey with stone slabs. The excessive weight of the new roof caused it to...
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    17th century. The artefact was originally kept at the now-ruined Scone Abbey in Scone, near Perth. In 1296, the forces of King Edward I of England captured...
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    Mary of Guelders (category Burials at Holyrood Abbey)
    see her as she made her way to Holyrood Abbey in Edinburgh. Mary married King James II of Scotland at Holyrood Abbey on 3 July 1449. A sumptuous banquet...
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