Holyrood Abbey - Burials

Burials

The abbey was the site of many royal funerals and interments, mostly in the east bay of the south aisle, known as the "Royal Vault". Royals originally interred here include:

• King David II in 1371
• King James II in 1460
• Arthur, Duke of Rothesay (second son of James IV) in 1510
• Madeleine of Valois in 1537
• James, Duke of Rothesay (eldest son of James V) in 1541
• Arthur, Duke of Albany (second son of James V) in 1541
• King James V in 1542
• Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley in 1567
• Margaret (second daughter of James VI) in 1600
• Mary of Guelders in 1463 (Mary was originally buried in Trinity College Kirk)

Non-royal interments/monuments of note include:

• Alexander Mylne d.1643, master mason. Monument restored by his descendant Robert Mylne in 1776.
• Robert Douglas, Viscount Belhaven d.1639. Recumbent marble statue by John Schoerman very similar to another work by Schoerman in Westminster Abbey.
• Medieval slab c.1300 to Sibilla de Stratun (presumably what is now Straiton).
• Medieval coffin to Robert Ross d.1409, incised with a chalice.
• Bishop George Wishart d.1671. Headless cherubs on the pediment, seemingly by Robert Mylne.
• George, Earl of Sutherland, d.1703, Monument by James Smith, including coroneted family names on the columns.
• Jane, Countess of Eglinton, d.1596. A tomb-chest form similar to others in Greyfriars Kirkyard.
• Thomas Lowes d.1812
• Adam Bothwell d.1593.
• Margaret Bakster (the old spelling of Baxter) d.1592
• Adjacent to the above an illegible monument to John (?) d.1543 with cross, compasses and tools.
• Euphemia Stewart d.1817, an obelisk bracketed out of the wall.
• George Douglas, Bishop of Moray (