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#otd 1484 died Elisabeth of Künsberg, abbess of the monastery Himmelkron. In 1909 her epitaph was found during renovation works. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 970 died Peter I, Tsar of Bulgaria.#medievaldeath Pic.: Constantine Manasses' chronicle, Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1361 died Villana de' Botti, professed member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. A cult began shortly after her death, and she was beatified in 1824. This later tomb in Santa Maria Novella (Florence) commemorates her. #medievaldeath Pic: WC

#otd 814 Charlemagne died. Here is a little known depiction of his death, including cradling of the soul and being tempted by demons. #medievaldeath Ms.: Chantilly, musée Condé, Ms722, f. 114v (Vincent de Beauvais)

#otd died Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France. In the image, her husband, Philip III of France, and his men hold wake at her deathbed. #medievaldeath MS: London, BL Royal 20 C VII, f. 6v

#otd 1415 (or 5 March 1416) died Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Navarre by marriage to Charles III of Navarre. She was burried in in the Cathedral of Santa María la Real in Pamploma. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 946 died Edith, the first wife of Otto the Great. She was buried in Magdeburg, first in the Mauritius Monastery, later in the cathedral, from 1510 in this tomb. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1397 died Rupert Pipan, son of Rupert of the Palatinate, who later became King Rupert. Rupert Pinan is buried in St. Martin, Amberg. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd or yesterday 1002 emperor Otto III died. This miniature depicts the rumor of him getting poisoned with a glove. #medievaldeath MS: Sächsische Weltchronik, Staats-und Universitätsibliothek Bremen, msa 0033, fol. 68v.

#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 Pics.: Wikipedia Commons

#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 Pic: WC

#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. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 842 Byzantine emperor Theophilos died. In this depiction, the head of the executed commander Theophobos is brought to his deathbed. #medievaldeath Pic.: Madrid, BNE, Codex Vitr. 26-2, f. 62r. Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1479 died John II of Aragon, called ,the Great' (el Gran) or the Faithless (el Sense Fe). He was buried in Poblet Monastery. The tomb shows him next to his second wife Juana Enríquez. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1411 Jobst of Moravia died in Brno, after he had been elected Holy Roman king only a short time before. The image is a monument unveiled in his honours in Brno in 2015. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#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. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1284 died Ulrich of Blücher, bishop of Ratzeburg. He was buried in Ratzeburg Cathedral, where his tombstone still commemorates him today. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

Colorful: The epitaph of Countess Adriana of Nassau-Dillenburg in St. Mary's Church in Hanau. She died #otd 1477. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#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 Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

Duke, king, one half of the dual kingship: #otd 1330 Frederick the Fair died. First he was buried in his own foundation Mauerbach, in 1789 his mortal remains were transferred to Vienna and rest today in this coffin. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1265 died Godfrey de Ludham, Archbishop of York. He was buried in York Minster in this tomb. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

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 Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1428 Anselm of Nenningen, bishop of Augsburg, died. In the monastery of Blaubeuren this epitaph commemorates him. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#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 Pic.: Wiki Commons

#otd 1324 died the famous traveler Marco Polo. His testament is available today as an elaborate facsimile (check it out here: https://tinyurl.com/5h5y4e2b), but not as a public domain image. #medievaldeath

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 Pic.: WikiCommons

#otd 1387 Peter IV, King of Aragon, died. He was buried in the Abbey of Poblet. #medievaldeath Pic: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1066 Edward ,the Confessor' died. The Bayeux Tapestry depicts his funeral. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1271 Walter de la Wyle, Bishop of Salisbury, died. He was buried in St Edmund's Chapel, Salisbury Cathedral. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#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 Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#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

#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

#otd 1185 died Balduin IV, king of Jerusalem. The upper image depicts his deathbed, the lower the coronation of his successor Balduin V. #medievaltwitter #medievaldeath

Ms.: Lyon, BM, 0828 (0732) f 288

#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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#otd 1415 (or 5 March 1416) died Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Navarre by marriage to Charles III of Navarre. She was burried in in the Cathedral of Santa María la Real in Pamploma. #medievaldeath #medievaltwitter

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