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dailymedievaldeath , 22 hours ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1218 Emperor Otto IV died. He was buried in Brunswick Cathedral. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Grave slab in Brunswick Cathedral, Wikipedia Commons.

dailymedievaldeath , 1 day ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1410 died Rupert ('of the Palatinate'), Holy Roman King. He was buried in the Heiliggeistkirche in Heidelberg. The tomb shows him next to his wife Elisabeth of Hohenzollern, who died a year after him. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

dailymedievaldeath , 2 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1307 died Conrad II of Pfeffenhausen, bishop of Eichstätt. He was buried in the Eichstätt Cathedral. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic: Wikipedia Commons

dailymedievaldeath , 3 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1395 died Beatrix of Berg, Electress of the Palatinate. She was buried in the collegiate church of St. Ägidius in Neustadt an der Weinstraße. The picture shows her grave slab, which was embedded in the floor.. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

dailymedievaldeath , 4 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1422 died Gerhard II of Goch, bishop of Naumburg. He was buried in Naumburg Cathedral, where this epitaph commemorates him. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic: Wikipedia Commons

dailymedievaldeath , 5 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1219 William Marshal, "the best knight that ever lived" (Stephen Langton), died. In his Historia Anglorum, Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms - and a crossbow. #mediaval @medievodons #medievaldeath Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 104v.

dailymedievaldeath , 6 days ago to Medievodons group German

John the Orphanotropho was chief court eunuch in Byzantium (11th c.). He was involved in various intrigues, the picture shows Empress Zoë trying unsuccessfully to have him poisoned. He died #otd 1034. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic: Madrid, BNE, Codex Vitr. 26-2, f. 212r.

dailymedievaldeath , 8 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1141 (or 1142) Robert de Brus, Lord of Annandale and progenitor of the Brus family, died. He was buried in Guisborough Priory, which he founded and which is now a ruin. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic: Wikipedia Commons

dailymedievaldeath , 9 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1480 died Philip I (the elder) of Hanau-Lichtenberg. He was buried in the town church of St. Nicholas in Babenhausen, where his epitaphs made of red sandstone is preserved. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

dailymedievaldeath , 10 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1329 died John Droxford, bishop of Bath and Wells. He was buried in Wells cathedral, where his effigy is still on display today. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

dailymedievaldeath , 11 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1482 Ludwig of Rothenstein died. He was buried in the collegiate church in Bad Grönenbach, where his sandstone epitaph, probably created by Niklas Türing the Elder, is still intact today. #medieval @medievodons #medievaldeath

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dailymedievaldeath , 12 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 973 died Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor. His tomb in Magdeburg Cathedral is presented like this today. #medievaldeath #Medieval @medievodons

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dailymedievaldeath , 13 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1471, shortly after the Battle of Tewkesbury Edmund Beaufort was executed. He had previously sought shelter in Tewkesbury cathedral. #medievaldeath #medievaltwitter @medievodons

MS: Besançon, BM, 1168, f 6v

dailymedievaldeath , 14 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1198 died Sophia of Minsk. As the wife of her first husband Valdemar I she was Queen of Denmark, as the wife of her second husband Louis III she was Landgravine of Thuringia. She was buried in St. Bendt's Church in Ringsted. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pics: WC

dailymedievaldeath , 15 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1472 the troops of the House of Lancaster were crushed in the Battle of Twekesbury. Many prominent Lancastrian nobles were killed during the battle or executed shortly afterwards. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Ms: Besançon, BM, 1168, f 4v

dailymedievaldeath , 16 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1481 Mehmet II ,the Conqueror' died. He was buried in the Fatih Mosque complex he built. His tomb is presented like this today. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

dailymedievaldeath , 17 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1250 died Al-Malik al-Mu'azzam Turan Shah, the seventh sultan of the Ayyubids in Egypt. The circumstances vary, here: He is simply stabbed to death. On the right, the captured Louis IX. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons MS: BNF, Français 5716, f. 127v.

dailymedievaldeath , 18 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1308 King Albert I was murdered by a group around his nephew John. Almost 200 years later, the act was depicted in this drawing. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons MS: Chronicle of the 95 dominions of Austria, Burgerbibliothek Bern, Cod. A45, f. 97r

dailymedievaldeath , 19 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1315 Enguerrand de Marigny, chamberlain to Philip IV of France, was hanged at Montfaucon. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Hs.: BNF Français 2606 f. 361v

dailymedievaldeath , 20 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1495 died Rudolf II of Scherenberg, bishop of Würzburg. His successor Lorenz von Bibra commissioned Tilman Riemenschneider to design the monument, which stands in St. Kilians Cathedral in Würzburg. #medieval @medievodons #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

dailymedievaldeath , 21 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1400 #otd died the jurist Baldus de Ubaldis. He was buried in Pavia in the church of San Francesco. His tomb slab can be found today on the Old Campus of the University of Pavia. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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dailymedievaldeath , 22 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd in 1404 Philip the Bold died. His tomb in the Palais des Ducs de Bourgogne was built between 1384 and 1410, damaged in the 18th century and restored in the 19th century. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

dailymedievaldeath , 23 days ago to Medievodons group German

#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

dailymedievaldeath , 24 days ago to Medievodons group German

#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

dailymedievaldeath , 25 days ago to Medievodons group German

#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

dailymedievaldeath , 26 days ago to Medievodons group German

#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

dailymedievaldeath , 27 days ago to Medievodons group German

#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

dailymedievaldeath , 28 days ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 866 the Byzantine nobleman Bardas was killed before the eyes of Emperor Michael III. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic.: Madrid, BNE, Codex Vitr. 26-2, f. 80r.

dailymedievaldeath , 29 days ago to Medievodons group German

#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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dailymedievaldeath , 1 month ago to Medievodons group German

#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

dailymedievaldeath , 1 month ago to Medievodons group German

#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

dailymedievaldeath , 1 month ago to Medievodons group German

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

dailymedievaldeath , 1 month ago to Medievodons group German

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.

dailymedievaldeath , 1 month ago to Medievodons group German

#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

dailymedievaldeath , 1 month ago to Medievodons group German

#otd 1099, Conrad, Bishop of Utrecht, was murdered. In Utrecht, this artwork commemorates the murder. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons Pic..: Wikipedia Commons

dailymedievaldeath , 1 month ago to Medievodons group German

#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

dailymedievaldeath , 1 month ago to Medievodons group German

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.

dailymedievaldeath , 1 month ago to Medievodons group German

#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

dailymedievaldeath , 1 month ago to Medievodons group German

#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

dailymedievaldeath , 1 month ago to Medievodons group German

#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.

dailymedievaldeath , 1 month ago to Medievodons group German

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

dailymedievaldeath , 1 month ago to Medievodons group German

"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

dailymedievaldeath , 1 month ago to Medievodons group German

#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 group 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 group German

#otd 963 died Byzantine Emperor Romanos II Porphyrogenitus. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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