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dailymedievaldeath, 6 months ago to medievodons German

#otd died 1295 Margaret of Provence, Queen of France and wife of Louis IX. Her tomb in Saint Denis Basilica was destroyed in 1793, but this drawing was made a few years earlier. #MedievalDeath #medieval @medievodons Ms: Bodleian Library, MS. Gough drawings-Gaignières 2, f. 24r

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#otd 1370 Pope Urban V died in Avignon. His last resting place was in Marseille, but his tomb was destroyed in the Revolution. There is still a marble figure of his first tomb in Avignon. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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#otd 942, William I, called "Longsword", Count of Rouen and Jarl of the Normans, was killed. #medievaldeath #medievaltwitter @medievodons Ms.: BNF Français 2813, f 169r.

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#otd 999 died Adelaide of Burgundy, Holy Roman Empress. On Magdeburg Cathedral Square, this plate commemorates her. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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#otd (?) 1317 (?) died Mary of Bytom, Queen of Hungary, Croatia and Dalmatia. Besides the time of death, the burial place is also disputed. However, there is this depiction of the burial from the Chronicon Pictum, unfortunately without references. #medieval #medievaldeath @medievodons

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#otd 1311 died Margaret of Brabant, wife of Henry VII and Queen of the Romans. Unfortunately, only fragments of her tomb in Genoa remain. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic: Wikipedia Commons

The fragment from the first picture in the middle. On the right and on the left a likewise damaged figure 8 (among other things, the heads are missing). It is clear that the two figures have carried the female figure up the berm.

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"About this time died Frederick, the greatest of the princes of the earth, the wonder and the marvellous transformer of the world [...]". #otd 1250 died Frederick II #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Quote: Matthew Paris, Chronica Majora Pic.: Ub Heidelberg, cpg 149, f. 213r.

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#otd 1154 Vicelinus, Bishop of Oldenburg, died. He is venerated as a saint. His bones were transferred to the church of Bordesholm Monastery, where this plate commemorates him today. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1139 Roger le Poer, Bishop of Salisbury died. This tomb in Salisbury Cathedral is traditionally attributed to him. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1041 died Michael IV, Byzantine emperor. He had previously received the tonsure. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Pic.: Madrid, BNE, Codex Vitr. 26-2 f. 218r. Wikipedia Commons

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#otd 1117 died Gertrud 'the Younger' of Brunswick, Margravine of Meissen. She was great-granddaughter of Empress Gisela and great-grandmother of Henry the Lion. Her remains lie today in the rear tomb in the crypt of Brunswick Cathedral. #medieval @medievodons #medievaldeath Pics.: WC

The picture shows three stone coffins in a crypt, two in the foreground, one in the background.

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#otd 1292 died John Peckham, Archbishop of Canterbury. The Franciscan had studied in Paris under Bonaventure. Later he taught there himself. Twice he debated with Thomas Aquinas. He was buried in Canterbury Cathedral. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic: Wikipedia Commons

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#otd 1254 Sinibaldo de Fieschi died as Pope Innocent IV in Naples. In 1318, Tomaso Malvito created this tomb for the deceased in the cathedral there. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd in 1352 Pope Clement VI died and was buried in La Chaise-Dieu Abbey - with an impressive tomb. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

The picture shows the entire reclining figure made of white stone. The arms are folded in front of the chest in prayer, the figure is clothed in the papal robes of office.

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What a selfie! #otd 1244 Joan, Countess of Flanders died. In 2017, artist Frans Heirbaut depicted her and her sister as skeletons. The work is in Sint-Niklaas, read more here: https://kurzelinks.de/ry9b. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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The two pictures show the same artwork from different perspectives: Two metal skeletons, one with a crown and shields, posing for a selfie. The artwork is set up in the open air on a large square.

dailymedievaldeath, 6 months ago to medievodons German

Merciful in the face of death: #otd 1075 Anno II of Cologne died. Shortly before his death, he lifted the ban on the rebels in his city. His bones can be found today in the Anno shrine in the Michaelsberg Abbey Church. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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#otd 794 died Solus, a missionary who was later venerated as a saint. Today, the church of St. Sola (Solnhofen) houses this reliquary with some of his remains. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic: Wikipedia Commons

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#otd died 1135 Henry I of England, known as Henry Beauclerc. In the manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, the chronicler Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms. #mediaval @medievodons #medievaldeath Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 46r.

dailymedievaldeath, 7 months ago to medievodons German

Bishop, monk, saint - #otd 1022 Bernward of Hildesheim died. This coffin stands in the Michaeliskirche built by him - but it is empty. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1316 John I of France, called the Posthumous, died. Today this tomb in St. Denis commemorates the king who lived only a few days. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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A funerary figure made of shite marble

dailymedievaldeath, 7 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1154 died Adelheid of Savoy, Queen of France. She was buried St-Pierre de Montmartre - with a very early figurative representation on the tomb slab. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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dailymedievaldeath, 7 months ago to medievodons German

The precious death of the saints: #otd 1231 Saint Elizabeth of Thuringia died. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Ms.: BNF Francaise 2813 fol 269v

dailymedievaldeath, 7 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1272 died Henry III, King of England. He was buried in Westminster Abbey and has rested in this tomb since 1292. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1184 Beatrice of Burgundy, Queen of the Romans and Empress died. Shown here is the tomb slab of her tomb in Speyer today, which is shared with her daughter Agnes. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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Executed with his own sword? #otd 1336 Arnold III of Uissigheim died. His gravestone in the church of St. Laurentius in Uissigheim shows that he was beheaded; an inscription, now lost, is said to have stated that this was done with his own sword. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons @histodons

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#otd 1143 Fulk of Jerusalem died hunting. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Ms.: Lyon, BM, 0828 (0732), f. 174v.

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#otd 1035 died Knut ,the Great' (2). He was buried in the predecessor of Winchester Cathedral. In the 17th c., soldiers scattered his bones throughout the church. This is 1 of 6 chests where the bones are believed to rest today. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons @histodons

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dailymedievaldeath, 7 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1035 died Knut ,the Great'. He ruled over a great empire that included England, Norway, Denmark and a southern part of Sweden (~North Sea Empire). #MedievalDeath #Medieval @medievodons @histodons

Ms.: Morgan MS M.751 fol. 97v

dailymedievaldeath, 7 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1444 Władysław III, King of Poland, Hungary and Croatia, died in the Battle of Varna. His mortal remains were lost. He is commemorated by this symbolic tomb (20th century) in Wawelburg Castle in Krakow. #medieval
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dailymedievaldeath, 7 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1400 died Gerhard of Schwarzburg, Bishop of Würzburg. His epitaph stands in the cathedral there. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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dailymedievaldeath, 7 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1473 died Sibet Attena, East Frisian chieftain. In the same year, this impressive sandstone tomb was created for him in Esen in what is now St Magnus Church. #medieval #medievaldeath @medievodons

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#otd 1225 Engelbert I, Archbishop of Cologne, was murdered. His remains are in various reliquaries, the picture shows the particularly magnificent one in Essen. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons

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dailymedievaldeath, 7 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1328 died John I of Strasbourg, chancellor of King Albrecht I, prince-bishop of Eichstätt (1305/6) and of Strasbourg (1306-1328). He was buried in the hospital of Molsheim and later his tomb was moved to the Jesuit church there. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1235 Elizabeth of Swabia (renamed Beatrice) died. Philip II's daughter became Queen of Castile and Leon by marriage to Ferdinand III. This tomb in Seville Cathedral commemorates her. #medievaldeath #medievall @medievodons

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#otd 1485 Giovanni Mocenigo, 72nd Doge of Venice, died. His impressive tomb in San Zanipolo took more than 20 years to build by sculptor Tullio Lombardo. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1220 died Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal. She was buried in the monastery of Alcobaça in this coffin. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1270 Wichmann of Arnstein, mystic and founder of the Dominican monastery in Neuruppin, died. The more than 700-year-old "Wichmannlinde" is said to mark his burial place. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons

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#otd 994 Bishop Wolfgang of Regensburg died. He was buried in St. Emmeram. Today, his 14th century high grave, an altar and his shrine in the crypt named after him commemorate him. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

The altar
The Shrine
The crypt

dailymedievaldeath, 7 months ago to medievodons German

#otd in 1295 died Meinhard II, Duke of Carinthia and Count of Gorizia and Tyrol. He was buried with his wife Elisabeth, who had already died in 1273 and was transferred in 1284, in the jointly endowed Cistercian monastery of Stams. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: WC

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The end of the Hohenstaufen? #otd in 1268, Conradin was publicly beheaded in Naples. His remains were initially buried, but ten years later they were given a Christian burial. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons @histodons Ms.: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Cod. Chigi L VIII 296, fol. 112v

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#otd 1363 died Lupold of Bebenburg, Bishop of Bamberg. He was buried in Bamberg Cathedral. In the 15th c., a epitaph was placed for him in the monastery of Anhausen. All that remains of the monastery today is one wall ('Annhäuser Wall'). #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic: WC

The picture shows a grave slab

dailymedievaldeath, 8 months ago to medievodons German

otd 939 died Æthelstan, King of the Anglo-Saxons until 927, then King of the English. He was buried in Malmesbury Abbey, where this (empty) tomb from the 15th century still commemorates him. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1277 Mastino I della Scala, Lord of Verona, was murdered. In Via Mazzanti in Verona, this plaque commemorates him today at the site of the murder.#medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1154 died Stephen I of England (,Stephen of Blois'). In the manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, the chronicler Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms. #mediaval #medievaldeath @medievodons

Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 53r.

dailymedievaldeath, 8 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1375 died Waldemar IV. Atterdag (~ Return of the Day), King of Denmark. He was buried in Sorø Monastery. Today he rests in this tomb. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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The first Count Palatine "of the Rhine": #otd 1095 Henry II of Laach died. He was buried in the abbey church of Maria Laach, which dates back to his foundation, see the cathedral in his hand. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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The death of ,the Handsome' (or ,the Inconstant'): #otd 1383 died Ferdinand I, King of Portugal, last ruler from the House of Burgundy.

Pic: Burial, depicted in BL Royal 14 E IV f. 217v #medieval #medievaldeath @medievodons

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Beloved and/or insane? #otd 1422, Charles VI of France died. He was buried in Saint-Denis, the tomb was later plundered. Here the burial according to BNF, Manuscrit Français 5054, f. 27v. #medieval #medievaldeath @medievodons @histodons