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#otd 1287 Pope Honorius IV died. At first he was buried in Old St. Peter's. In the course of a reorganization he was transferred to S. Maria in Aracoeli, where he had buried his mother. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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#otd 1118 died Baldwin of Boulogne, Count of Verdun, for a time Count of Edessa, and King of Jerusalem. Shown below his deathbed is the coronation of his cousin and successor Balduin of Bourcq. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Ms.: Lyon, BM, 0828 (0732), f. 122v.

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#otd 1204 Eleanor of Aquitaine, first Queen of France, then Queen of England, died. She was buried in the abbey church of Fontevraud. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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#otd 1219 Rudolf I, Count Palatine of Tübingen, died. He was buried in the family burial ground he founded in the Premonstratensian monastery of Bebenhausen, where this gravestone commemorates him. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons
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#otd 963 died Byzantine Emperor Romanos II Porphyrogenitus. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Pic.: Madrid, BNE, Codex Vitr. 26-2, 142r./Wikipedia Commons

dailymedievaldeath , 3 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1272 died Enzo, King of Sardinia and one of the illegitimate sons of Emperor Frederick II. King Enzo was buried in the Basilica di San Domenico in Bologna , as noted on this epitaph (1731). #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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#otd 1271 Henry of Almain, son of Richard of Cornwall, was murdered.

Pic.: Giovanni Villani, Nuova Cronica, Biblioteca Vaticana, ms. Chigiano L VIII 296 f. 116v/Wikipedia Commons

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dailymedievaldeath , 3 months ago to medievodons German

otd 604 Pope Gregory ,the Great' died. His mortal remains are in this altar in St. Peter's in Rome. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1340 John II, Count of Sponheim-Kreuznach, died. He was buried in the collegiate church of Pfaffen-Schwabenheim. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1492 Philipp II of Nassau-Weilburg died. He was buried in Eberbrach Monastery, where his tomb still commemorates him today. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1249 died Siegfried III of Eppstein, Archbishop of Mainz. His epitaph is the oldest funerary monument in Mainz Cathedral and shows him as coronator of Henry Raspe a. King William - Henry was never crowned and William not by Siegfried. #medieval #medievaldeath @medievodons

P.: WC

dailymedievaldeath , 3 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1154 died Étienne d'Obazine, french priest and hermit. His tomb is in the Abbaye d'Aubazine. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1209 died Otto VIII of Wittelsbach - the murderer of King Philip II ('of Swabia'). He is said to have been judged by Henry of Kalden. Apparently there is a memorial stone in Oberndorf (see article). #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Pics.: http://www.oberndorf-donau.de/pfalzgraf/

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#otd 1274 Thomas Aquinas died. Since 1974 his bones rest again in the Couvent des Jacobins in Toulouse (under the altar slab). #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1484 died Elisabeth of Bavaria, Electress of Saxony. She was buried in the University Church of St. Pauli. #medieval #medievaldeath @medievodons

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#otd 1371 died Joan of Évreux, Queen of France. She was buried in Saint-Denis (bones), the Église des Cordeliers (heart) and in the Abbey of Maubuisson (entrails). The picture shows a detail of the tomb from Maubuisson. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons

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dailymedievaldeath , 4 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1356 Johann Klingenberg died. The brass plate that adorned his grave in St. Peter's Church in Lübeck was destroyed in 1942. A drawing from 1853 shows what was lost. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons
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dailymedievaldeath , 4 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1316 died Marjorie Bruce, daughter of Robert ,the Bruce' and mother of Robert II of Scotland. She was buried in Paisley Abbey. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons
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#otd 1496 died Eberhard 'im Bart' (the Bearded), first duke of Württemberg and Teck. He was buried in the collegiate church in Tübingen. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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dailymedievaldeath , 4 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1445 died Nicolaus de Tudeschis, Archbishop of Palermo. He was buried in the cathedral of Palermo. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1216 Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex, died in a torunament. In his Historia Anglorum, Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms - and a broken lance. #medieval #medievaldeath @medievodons

Ms: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 97r.

dailymedievaldeath , 4 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1321 died Dietrich of Rinteln. His tomb slab in the Kreuzkirche in Hannover is the oldest preserved tomb in the city. #medievaltwitter #medievaldeath @medievodons

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#otd 1371 died Gottfried IV, count of Cuyk-Arnsberg. The first picture shows his tomb in Cologne Cathedral. The second picture shows a copy in the St.-Johannes-Kirche Arnsberg-Neheim but offers a better view. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Pics: Wikipedia Commons

The picture shows a scaffolded recumbent figure

dailymedievaldeath , 4 months ago to medievodons German

The Wheel of Fortuna: #otd 1194 Tancred, King of Sicily, died. He was defeated by Emperor Henry VI in the battle for Sicily. This depiction therefore shows Tancred below and Henry on top of the wheel. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Ms: Bern, Burgerbibl., Cod 120 II, fol. 146r.

dailymedievaldeath , 4 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1389 died Margarete of Ravensberg-Berg. She was buried next to her husband Gerhard I of Jülich-Berg in Altenberg Cathedral. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1455 the Italian painter Fra Angelico died. He was beatified in 1982. His tomb is found in the church of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1491 Pietro of Aragon, a son of Alfonso II of Naples and Ippolita Maria Sforza, died in Naples. He was buried in S. Maria la Nova in Naples. The picture is probably meant to show him at his burial. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Ms: Morgan, MS M.801 f. 99r/Wiki. Commons

dailymedievaldeath , 4 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1390 died Rupert I 'the Red' of the Palatinate. He was buried with his wife Beatrix of Berg in the Neustadt Collegiate Church. The photos show the grave in the state until 1906, when it was opened, and in the present installation. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Pics.: WC

The tombs in their old state in 1906. His wife Beatrix on the left, Rupert I on the right.
The epitaphs of Ruprecht I and his wife Beatrix von Berg, in the collegiate church at Neustadt/Weinstraße

dailymedievaldeath , 4 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1152 died Conrad III, Holy Roman King. He was buried in Bamberg Cathedral. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1450 died John II of Ziegenhain, the last count of Ziegenhein and Nidda. He is commemorated by this tombstone in the monastery church of Haina. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons
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#otd 1468 Juana Enríquez, Queen of Aragon, Sardinia and Navarre, died. She was buried next to her husband John II in the Monestir de Santa Maria de Poblet, where today these monuments commemorate them. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons
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#otd 1242 Henry (VII), son of Frederick II and former king of the romans, is said to have committed suicide. However, the story comes as an accusation against his father from the papal camp. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Ms.: Bibliothèque de Genève, Ms. fr. 190/2, fol. 170v.

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#otd 1250 Jocerand III Gros de Brancion died in the course of the battle of al-Mansura. He was buried in Uxelles, but his effigy is now in Brancion. #medieval #medievaldeath @medievodons

Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

dailymedievaldeath , 4 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1162 Baldwin III of Jerusalem died. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Ms.: Lyon, BM, 0828 (0732), f. 224v

dailymedievaldeath , 4 months ago to medievodons German

otd 1250 Robert I of Artois died in the battle of al-Mansura. Here he is recognizable by the red tournament collar in the coat of arms. His brother Louis IX is shown mourning on the right. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons

Ms: BnF, Ms.Fr. 5716, f. 199r.

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#otd 1259 died Thomas II, Lord of Piedmont and regent of Savoy 8amongst other titles). He is buried in Aosta Cathedral, where today this tomb remembers him. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1006 St. Albuin died. Since the 11th c. he is considered one of the two patron saints of the Bishopric of Bressanone. Together with the bones of St. Ingeniun, his mortal remains lie today in this coffin in the Cathedral of Bressanone. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons
Pic: WC

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#otd 1498 the sculptor, engraver and painter Antonio del Pollaiuolo died in Rome. In the church of San Pietro in Vincoli this tomb commemorates him (left) and his brother Piero (right).
#medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons

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dailymedievaldeath , 5 months ago to medievodons German

#otd (or yesterday) 1014 Sven Forkbeard died. Among other things, it is said that St Edmund impaled him in his sleep. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1451 Hermann of Harras died. His epitaph can be found in St. Thomas Church in Leipzig. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons

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dailymedievaldeath , 5 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1328 died Charles IV of France, called 'le Bel'. He was buried in the cathedral of Saint-Denis. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Ms.: BL Royal 20 C VII f. 68r.

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#otd 1484 died Elisabeth of Künsberg, abbess of the monastery Himmelkron. In 1909 her epitaph was found during renovation works. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons

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#otd 970 died Peter I, Tsar of Bulgaria.

#medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Pic.: Constantine Manasses' chronicle, Wikipedia Commons

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#otd 1361 died Villana de' Botti, professed member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. A cult began shortly after her death, and she was beatified in 1824. This later tomb in Santa Maria Novella (Florence) commemorates her. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic: WC

dailymedievaldeath , 5 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 814 Charlemagne died. Here is a little known depiction of his death, including cradling of the soul and being tempted by demons. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Ms.: Chantilly, musée Condé, Ms722, f. 114v (Vincent de Beauvais)

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#otd 946 died Edith, the first wife of Otto the Great. She was buried in Magdeburg, first in the Mauritius Monastery, later in the cathedral, from 1510 in this tomb. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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The picture shows a stone high grave with many decorative elements.

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#otd 1397 died Rupert Pipan, son of Rupert of the Palatinate, who later became King Rupert. Rupert Pinan is buried in St. Martin, Amberg. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons

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dailymedievaldeath , 5 months ago to medievodons German

#otd or yesterday 1002 emperor Otto III died. This miniature depicts the rumor of him getting poisoned with a glove. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

MS: Sächsische Weltchronik, Staats-und Universitätsibliothek Bremen, msa 0033, fol. 68v.

Entire MS: https://brema.suub.uni-bremen.de/ms/content/pageview/1615906