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1. William I grew very fat and was thrown from his horse in Mantes, France while sacking the town. He died of abdominal injuries in a church in Rouen on 9th September 1085. Where is he buried?
2. William II, son of William the Conqueror, and known as Rufus, was killed mysteriously by an arrow in 1100 while hunting in the New Forest. Where was he hurriedly buried?
3. Henry I, fourth son of William the Conqueror, died of eating too many lampreys (a kind of parasitic eel) in Lyons La Foret, near Rouen, Normandy in 1135. Where is he buried?
4. Bad King John gets a really bad press these days. Nicknames such as Softsword and Lackland do nothing for his reputation. He reneged on the Magna Carta that he had approved the previous year and in 1216 was running from his baronial enemies when he lost his crown jewels in the Wash and died in Newark of eating too many peaches and cider. Where is he buried?
5. Edward I was rushing up to hammer the Scots when he died of bowel cancer and dysentry (yuk!) in the Solway Firth. Where is he buried?
6. Edward II was the complete opposite of his father Edward I. Parliament tired of him and imprisoned him in Berkeley Castle, Gloucestershire. When he refused to die of starvation or sickness, they pushed a red hot poker up his rectum. Where is he buried?
7. As Henry IV was preparing for a holy crusade, he was told he would die in Jerusalem. And he did, without leaving England, for he died while praying in the 'Jerusalem Chamber' in Westminster Abbey. Where is he buried?
8. Henry VIII had six wives, allegedly wrote Greensleeves and created himself head of the Church in England. Blah blah, we all know that. But where is he buried?
9. George I is a very unappealing monarch. He refused to learn English. He was imported from Germany to fill a Protestant throne and had many mistresses, his favourites being 'the Maypole' and 'the Elephant'. Where is he buried?
10. Queen Victoria is Britain's longest reigning monarch. She died in her favourite place, Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. But where is she buried?
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