King Henry IV and his Queen, Joan of Navarre, are buried in the Cathedral Trinity Chapel. Another royal tomb is that of The Black Prince, Edward of Woodstock, who would have become King if he had not died before his father, King Edward III.
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His choice of Canterbury Cathedral was influenced by his belief that Thomas Becket (d.1170 and also interred in the Trinity Chapel) had interceded to aid him at the Battle of Poitiers, which he lead against the French army commanded by King John II, on 19 September 1356, during the Hundred Years' War.
A copy of the 1215 Magna Carta survives today in a late thirteenth-century register (CCA-DCc-Register/E (General Cartulary, 1290-1300) now preserved in Canterbury Cathedral Archives.
Canterbury has been a European pilgrimage site of major importance for over 800 years since the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in 1170. Today it is one of the most beautiful and historic cities in England.