St. Denis is located in Paris, France. It has strong Tudor connections. In 1514 Mary Tudor, sister of King Henry VIII was crowned Queen of France at St. Denis in a grand celebration. She had married the aging Louis XII as part of a peace treaty between England and France.
St. Denis is also the site of the graves of the Kings of France. Louis XII is buried here as well as Francois I and Claude, whom Anne Boleyn served while living in France.
The Cathedral itself was built between 1136-1140. During the French Revolution the graves of the King's and Queen's were opened and the remains dumped in a mass grave. Eventually the bones were reinterred in a crypt, as it was imposible to tell who was who to return them to their rightful graves.
Click here to read about my trip to St. Denis and view some of my pictures
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