Elizabeth Richeza of Poland
Death of Henry of Lipá, becoming a nun and last years
### Death of Henry of Lipá, becoming a nun and last years

[thumb\|right\|Burial place of Elizabeth Richeza, [basilika](/wiki/Basilica_of_the_Assumption_of_Our_Lady%2C_Brno "Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady, Brno") in [Old Brno](/wiki/Brno "Brno")](/wiki/File:Star%C3%A9_Brno_-_Bazilika_Nanebevzet%C3%AD_Panny_Marie.jpg "Staré Brno - Bazilika Nanebevzetí Panny Marie.jpg")
Henry of Lipá died in Brno on 26 August 1329\. After his loss, Elizabeth Richeza took the veil in the local convent, which she had generously endowed, and turned her attention to culture and religion, building churches and [Cistercian convents](/wiki/Cistercian_convent "Cistercian convent"), and financing the crafting of illuminated hymn books. Four years later, and together with her daughter Agnes, she went on a long pilgrimage to the shrines of the [Rhine](/wiki/Rhine "Rhine"), returning a few months later.

Elizabeth Richeza, Dowager Queen of Poland and Bohemia (known in Bohemian literature as a "beautiful Polish girl"), died on 19 October 1335 in the local [Cistercian monastery](/wiki/St_Thomas%27s_Abbey%2C_Brno "St Thomas's Abbey, Brno") at Brno and, according to her wishes, was buried under the floor of her cloister church \- [Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady, Brno](/wiki/Basilica_of_the_Assumption_of_Our_Lady%2C_Brno "Basilica of the Assumption of Our Lady, Brno"), next to her beloved Henry of Lipá. In her will she made several donations to ecclesiastical institutions in both Bohemia and Poland (especially in Poznań, her birthplace).


In what location was Elizabeth Richeza buried?