#otd 1284 died Ulrich of Blücher, bishop of Ratzeburg. He was buried in Ratzeburg Cathedral, where his tombstone still commemorates him today. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
#otd 1487 the cathedral provost Thomas Rode was slain during the so-called Rostocker Domfehde. This ,Murder stone' was initially placed at the scene of the crime, but today stands in the Monastery of the Holy Cross. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
An inspiring tomb: probably after seeing this tomb, Philip Larkin wrote the poem "An Arundel Tomb". The tomb shows Eleanor of Lancaster, who died #otd 1372, next to her second husband, Richard FitzAlan. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
#otd 1499 died John Cicero, Elector of Brandenburg. He was first buried in the monastery of Lehnin. His mortal remains were later transferred to Berlin Cathedral together with the epitaph created by the sculptor Hans Vischer. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
#otd 1324 died the famous traveler Marco Polo. His testament is available today as an elaborate facsimile, but not as a public domain image. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
The controversial wife: #otd 1355 died Inês de Castro, wife of Peter I of Portugal. She was murdered on the orders of her father-in-law Alfonso IV, as he disapproved of the marriage. She was buried in the monastery of Alcobaça. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
#otd 1322 Philip V of France died. His bones were buried in Saint Denis Basilica, his viscera in the church of the now-demolished Couvent des Jacobins in Paris. In Staint Denis, he is commemorated today the most left effigy. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons
Pic: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1497 Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan, died. She was buried in Santa Maria delle Grazie (Milan). Her husband Ludovico Sforza had a double tomb sculpture made, but he died in captivity, the sculpture was placed in the Certosa di Pavia. #medievaldeath#medievaltwitter@medievodons P: WC
A treatment gone wrong: #otd 1387 Charles II, called 'the Bad', of Navarre died. He is said to have had himself stitched in wine-soaked cloths every evening to cure an illness. However, these caught fire... #medievaldeath#medievaltwitter@medievodons
#otd 1369 died John Chandos. He had been wounded in a night skirmish because he slipped. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic: The Hague, KB, 72 A 25, f. 320v
#otd 1460 Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York died in the Battle of Wakefield. His opponents are said to have displayed his impaled head - with a crown made of paper, to mock him. Today, this monument commemorates him. #medieval#medievaldeath@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1170 Thomas Becket was murdered. His martyrdom is a very often depicted #medievaldeath#medieval. @medievodons Some examples: BL Additional 54782 f. 55v, BL Harley 2982 f. 13v, BL Harley 5102 f. 32r, BL Royal 2 B VII f. 298r.
#otd 1446 died Gil Sánchez Muñoz y Carbón, one of the antipopes of the Avignon Papacy. Unitl 26 July 1429, he was reigning as Clement VIII. He was buried in Palma Cathedral. #medievaldeath#Medieval@medievodons Pics.: Wikipedia Commons
#otd 1417 died Eleanor of Aragon, Queen of Cyprus. She is buried in this tomb in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and Saint Eulalia in Barcelona. #medievaldeath#Medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
"Here lies the very feared and justice-maker king Henry, of sweet memory, may God give [him] the Holy Paradise [...]." #otd 1406 Henry III of Castile died. He was burried in the Chapel of the New Monarchs of the Cathedral of Toledo. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: WC
Death and burial: #otd died 1143 Miles de Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford. 1. image shows the remains of Llanthony Secunda Priory, his burial place. 2. image shows Flaxley Abbey, founded by Miles' son presumably at the site of his death. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pics: WC
#otd 1230 Berengaria of Navarre died, Queen of England and wife of Richard the Lionheart. She was buried in L'Épau Abbey in Le Mans, where this effigy commemorates her. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
"John, once Pope, the XXIII, he died in Florence in the year of our Lord 1419, on the eleventh day before the Kalends of January". #otd 1419 Baldassare Cossa, the former antipope John XXIII, died and was buried in Florence Cathedral. #medievaldeath#medievaltwitter@medievodons Pic..: WC
#otd 1352 died Frederick I of Hohenlohe, Prince-Bishop of the Prince-Bishopric of Bamberg. He was buried in Bamberg Cathedral, where this tomb commemorates him. #medievaldeath#medieval@medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
#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