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#otd 1424 Margaret of Bavaria, duchess of Burgundy, died. This tomb, which shows her next to her husband John the Fearless, is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons

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#otd 628 Saint Anastasius of Persia, a Zoroastrian soldier who had converted to Christianity, died. He died as a martyr. The picture from the Menologion of Basil II (no exact data available) probably shows his burial in Rome. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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dailymedievaldeath , 5 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1354 died Balduin of Luxembourg, Archbishop of Trier, brother of an emperor, uncle of a king and great uncle of another emperor. He is buried in Trier Cathedral in this high tomb. #medieval @medievodons #medievaldeath

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dailymedievaldeath , 5 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 842 Byzantine emperor Theophilos died. In this depiction, the head of the executed commander Theophobos is brought to his deathbed. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Pic.: Madrid, BNE, Codex Vitr. 26-2 f. 62r. Wikipedia Commons

dailymedievaldeath , 5 months ago to medievodons German

#otd 1456 Elisabeth of Lorraine-Vaudémont died. Four chansons de geste were translated into German by her and those around her - setting a trend. She was buried in St. Arnual in Saarbrücken. #medieval #medievaldeath @medievodons

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#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

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#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

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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

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#otd 1428 Anselm of Nenningen, bishop of Augsburg, died. In the monastery of Blaubeuren this epitaph commemorates him. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#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

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#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

Pic: https://www.scrinium.org/en-us/Commission/Biblioteca-Nazionale-Marciana/marco-polos-will-1

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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

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#otd 1387 Peter IV, King of Aragon, died. He was buried in the Abbey of Poblet. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1066 Edward ,the Confessor' died. The Bayeux Tapestry depicts his funeral. #medieval #medievaldeath @medievodons

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#otd 1271 Walter de la Wyle, Bishop of Salisbury, died. He was buried in St Edmund's Chapel, Salisbury Cathedral. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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dailymedievaldeath , 6 months ago to medievodons German

#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
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dailymedievaldeath , 6 months ago to medievodons German

#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

dailymedievaldeath , 6 months ago to medievodons German

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

Ms.: BL, Royal 14 D V f. 305r.

dailymedievaldeath , 6 months ago to medievodons German

#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

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#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

dailymedievaldeath , 6 months ago to medievodons German

#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.

The image shows Thomas Becket being slain by armed men while praying at the altar.
The image shows Thomas Becket being slain by armed men while praying at the altar.
The image shows Thomas Becket being slain by armed men while praying at the altar.

dailymedievaldeath , 6 months ago to medievodons German

#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

The picture shows the chapter house cathedral of Palma. In the center is placed the tomb.

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#otd 1087 died Bertha of Savoy, Queen of the Romans and Holy Roman Empress. She was buried in Speyer Cathedral. #medievaltwitter #medievaldeath @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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#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

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"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

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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

The picture shows one intact building with several building parts. In the foreground you can see cows in a meadow.

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#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

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"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

The picture shows the entire tomb, it is framed on the left and right by a large column each. Below are three half-plastic statues of the virtues. This is followed by the coffin hanging on the wall. On it stands the figure from the first picture. Above the figure is a canopy.

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#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

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#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.

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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

dailymedievaldeath , 7 months ago to medievodons German

#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.

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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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