Garter Knights & Kings' Graves: St George's Chapel, Windsor
Gone Medieval
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The Importance of St George's Chapel
It was originally dedicated to ed with the confessor by henry the third but when he was setting up the order of the garter he rededicated it to St George for all sorts of reasons which we might come to. It stayed in a pretty sorry state until after the death of prince albert when queen victoria had a completely refurbished internally to become what is now the albert memorial chapel. Ed with the third wanted to build this aura of chivalry and militarism around himself to secure the loyalty of his senior nobles and so on and make them feel special.
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