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#otd 1393 Dietrich von der Schulenburg, Bishop of Brandenburg, died. He was buried in Brandenburg Cathedral, where this tomb slab has survived. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic..: Wikipedia Common

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#otd 1421 died Weiprecht II of Helmstatt. He was buried in the parish church of St. Johann in Neckarbischofsheim. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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#otd 1483 Marguerite de Bourbon died. Together with her son Philibert and his wife Margaret of Austria, she is buried in a magnificent tomb in the former Brou monastery in Bourg-en-Bresse. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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#otd 1407 Olivier V de Clisson died. He was buried with his wife Marguerite de Rohan, who had died a year earlier, in this impressive tomb in the Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Roncier de Josselin. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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#otd 1355 died Eleanor of Woodstock, Duchess consort of Guelders by marriage, later regent. She was buried in Deventer Abbey, where this plain tombstone commemorates her (photo perhaps taken during construction works?) #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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#otd 1314 Pope Clement V died. He rests in the collegiate church of Notre Dame de`Uzeste, his second burial place, in his fourth tomb altogether. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1054 Pope Leo IX. died. In the St. Leo Chapel in his alleged birthplace Eguisheim, this reliquary with a skull relic is displayed today. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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#otd 1335 died Luther of Brunswick, the 18th Grand Master of the Teutonic Order. He was buried in Königsberg Cathedral, his grave is now decorated by this wooden figure. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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The pugnacious poet? #In 1298, Albrecht II of Hohenberg-Rotenburg died in the battle on the Kreuzwiesen. Possibly this battle is depicted in the Codex Manesse here, the reverse offers the two Minnelieder attributed to him. #medieval @medievodons #medievaldeath Ms: UB HD CPG 848, f 42r

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Frederick I of Austria died #otd 1198 on crusade. His body was transported to Heiligenkreuz Abbey and buried there. The Babenberg family tree (15th c.) in Klosterneuburg Abbey shows the transport (the background shows his departure). #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wiki C.

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#otd 1342 John de Beaumont died - he had received a fatal wound in the course of a tournament. In this depiction, one of the spectators is Edward III of England. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Ms.: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Mss, fr. 87, f. 58v

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#otd 1476 died Dietrich III of Schönberg, Bishop of Meissen. His impressive tomb plate in Meissen Cathedral is the work of the Vischer family of craftsmen from Nuremberg. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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Murder in the bathtub? #otd 1034 Emperor Romanos III Argyros died. His death was blamed in various ways on his wife Zoë - by poison or at her request by drowning in the bath. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Ms: Biblioteca Nacional de España, VITR/26/2, f. 206v.

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#odt 1137 William X of Aquitaine died on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. On his deathbed, he is said to have arranged the marriage of his daughter Eleonore to Louis, the king of France's son. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Ms.: BL, Royal 16 G VI, f. 313v

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#otd 1364 John II of France, called ,the Good’, died in London. His body was transferred to France and buried in St Denis. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Ms.: The Hague, KB, 72 A 25, fol. 247r

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#otd 1498 Charles VIII of France died. His impressive tomb in St Denis was destroyed in the 18th century, but an image survived in the collection of François Roger de Gaignières. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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#otd 1199 Richard I of England ,the Lionheart' was hit by a crossbow and died. In the manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms - and a crossbow. #mediavalt @medievodons #medievaldeath Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 85v.

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#otd 1419 the Dominican preacher Vicent Ferrer died. He was buried in Vannes Cathedral. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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"Here lies the worst of kings and the most wretched of men". According to Walter Bower, Robert III of Scotland wished this inscription on his tomb. He died #otd 1406. This tomb in Paisley Abbey was donated by Queen Victoria in 1888. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wiki. C.

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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

dailymedievaldeath, 2 months ago to medievodons German

#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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dailymedievaldeath, 2 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

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dailymedievaldeath, 2 months ago to medievodons German

#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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