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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

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#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 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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#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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#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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dailymedievaldeath, 3 months ago to medievodons German

#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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#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.

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#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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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, 3 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, 3 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

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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

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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.

dailymedievaldeath, 3 months ago to medievodons German

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

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

dailymedievaldeath, 3 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.

dailymedievaldeath, 3 months ago to medievodons German

#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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