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A #medievaldeath a day as #otd. Run by @manuel-kamenzin.bsky.social. Header: BL, Add 36684, f 100r. Profile: BL Add 37049 f 31v.

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#otd 1461 Charles VII of France died. #medievaldeath #medieval Ms.: BL, Royal 20 C IX, f. 311
July 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1077 Gertrude the Elder of Brunswick died. Together with Ekbert II of Meissen and Gertrud the Younger of Brunswick, she lies in the rear coffin of the 'Guelph Crypt' in Brunswick Cathedral. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic: Wikipedia Commons
July 21, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1454 John II of Castile died. He was buried next to his second wife Isabella of Portugal in a tomb in the shape of an eight-pointed star in the Miraflores Charterhouse. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
July 20, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 927 (or 15 July 928) died Stephanos II, Patriarch of Constantinople. #medieval #medievaldeath

Pic.: Madrid, BNE, Signatur Codex Vitr. 26-2, f. 127r./Wikipedia Commons
July 19, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1100 died Godfrey of Bouillon. He was buried in the tomb of the Cretan kings in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. #medievaldeath #medieval Ms.: BNF Français 2824, fol. 57r.
July 18, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1399 died Hedwig of Anjou, Queen of Poland. She was buried in the Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus on the Wawel Hill, today she lies in this high grave. #medievaldeath #Medieval Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
July 17, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1216 Pope Innocent III died in Perugia. Jacques de Vitry reported a devestiture of the deceased there. In 1861 the remains were transferred to Rome and buried in San Giovanni in Laterano. #medievaldeath #Medieval

Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
July 16, 2024 at 4:00 PM
"Therefore we go to Speyer to the other buried kings!"? Really? #otd 1291 King Rudolf I died in Speyer - chroniclers writing later report that he travelled to this place especially to die. #medievaldeath #Medieval

Pic: Wikipedia Commons
July 15, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1270 died Boniface of Savoy, Archbishop of Canterbury and Primate of England. He was buried in the Cistercian Abbey of Hautecombe. #medievaldeath #medieval

Pic.: Drawing of the tomb (17th cent.), Wikipedia Commons
July 14, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1024 Emperor Henry II died. He was buried in Bamberg and has been resting in the marble high tomb created by Tilman Riemenschneider since the 15th century. #medievaldeath #medieval

Pic: Wikipedia Commons
July 13, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd (or tomorrow) 783 died Bertrada of Laon, Frankish queen and wife of Pepin 'the short'. She was buried in the Basilica of St Denis, where this tomb commemorates her today. #medievaldeath #medieval

Pic:
Wikipedia Commons
July 12, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1174 died Amalric I, King of Jerusalem. Upper picture shows his death, depicted below is the coronation of Balduin IV. #medievaldeath #medieval

Ms.:
Lyon, BM, 0828 (0732), f 254
July 11, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#Otd 1045 Canute IV of Denmark died. He had taken refuge in St. Alban's Priory in Odense and is said to have been slain there in front of the altar. His bones lie in Saint Canute's Cathedral (Odense) in a glass case in front of the altar. #medievaldeath #medieval

Pic.:
WC
July 10, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1386 died Duke Leopold III 'the Just' in the battle of Sempach. First he was buried in the monastery Königsfelden, then in St. Blasien (1770), finally in the monastery St. Paul in the Lavanttal (after 1806). #medievaldeath #medieval

Pic.:
St. Paul, crypt, Wiki Com

July 9, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1153 died Eugene III, the first Cistercian to become pope. #medievaldeath #medieval

Ms: Vincenz of Beauvais, Speculum Historial (15. c.), Musée Condé, Ms 722, fol. 296r.
July 8, 2024 at 8:28 PM
#otd 1189 died Henry II of England. In the manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms (as well as the coronation of Richard I. with an upright one) #medieval #medievaldeath Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 77r.
July 6, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1461 Otto I Count Palatine of Mosbach died. He was buried in the Benedictine monastery of Reichenbach, today his gravestone lies in front of the epitaph of his son Johann. #medievaldeath #MedievalTwitter Pic: Wikipedia Commons
July 5, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1298 King Adolf died in the battle of Göllheim. He was buried first in the monastery Rosenthal, then in Speyer. Near Göllheim stands the King's Cross - at the alleged place of death - probably built by his widow. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
July 4, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1090 died Egbert II, Count of Brunswick and Margrave of Meissen. His remains lie today with those of his sister (Gertrud) and his grandmother (also Gertrud) in the crypt of Brunswick Cathedral in the rear coffin. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic: Wikipedia Commons
July 3, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 936 Henry I ('the Fowler') died in Memleben. He was buried in Quedlinburg. The first picture shows the crypt today, the second picture is to remind that many findings to his grave (esp. 'his' skull) have a dark prehistory. #medievaldeath #Medieval
July 2, 2024 at 4:00 PM
The daughter of the Lion: #otd 1197 died Gertrud, daughter of Henry 'the Lion', temporarily Duchess of Swabia and Queen of Denmark. Her burial place is not known - one possibility is the so-called Gertrud's Chapel in Vä. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
July 1, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1278 died Pierre dela Brosse. The favorite of Philip III of France was hanged in Paris. #medievaldeath #medieval Ms.: British Library, Royal 20 C VII f. 15
June 30, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1149 the battle of Inab between Raimund of Portiers and Nur ad-Din took place. Raimund was defeated, allegedly beheaded and his head used as a trophy. The picture shows the finding of his body after the battle. #medieval #medielvaldeath Ms. BNF Français 5594 f. 153v
June 29, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1189 died Matilda Plantagenêt, the wife of Henry 'the Lion'. In the crypt of the Brunswick Cathedral her mortal remains lie to the right of those of her husband. #medievaldeath #Medieval Pic.: Wikipedia Commons
June 28, 2024 at 4:00 PM
#otd 1241 Gilbert Marshal, 4th Earl of Pembroke, died at a tournament. He had to ride an unfamiliar Italian horse, which threw him and trampled him to death - at least according to Mathew Paris. #medievaldeath #mediaval Pic: Wikipedia Commons
June 27, 2024 at 4:00 PM