#otd 1461 Charles VII of France died. #medievaldeath #medieval Ms.: BL, Royal 20 C IX, f. 311

#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

#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

#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

#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.

#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

#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

"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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#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.

#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.

#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 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

#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

#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

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

#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

#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

#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

#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

#otd 1439 Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Douglas died. He was buried in St Bride's Church in Douglas. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1462 died Catherine d'Alençon, second wife of Duke Louis VII of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and maid of honor to the French Queen Isabeau. The picture shows her on a double tomb tumba made earlier, which is in the Louvre. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

The last dress has no pockets - that doesn't matter when you have the epithet "of the Empty Pockets". #otd 1439 died Frederick IV of Austria. He was buried in the Stams Abbey Church - his grave is in the floor (behind the lectern). #medievaldeath #medieval Pic: WC

"I have been Queen of Sicily and Empress, Constance. Here I now reside, Frederick, yours." #otd 1222 died Constance of Aragon, the first wife of Frederick II. She was buried in Palermo Cathedral in an ancient coffin that bears this inscription.#medievaldeath #medieval P:WC

#otd in 1101 died Roger I of Sicily. He was buried in the church of SS. Trinta in Mileto - which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1783. His reused Roman sarcophagus was recovered and is now in the Archaeological Museum of Naples. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic: Wiki Commons

#otd 1208 King Philip is assassinated. In his charters he referred to himself as Philip II, but today the misleading name 'Philip of Swabia' (reduces him to a duke) is common. #medieval #medievaldeath Ms.: Gotha, Cod. Memb. I 90, f. 142v

#otd 1351 Margareta Ebner died. The mystic communicated about her visions in letters - the correspondence with Heinrich of Nördlingen is the oldest collection of letters in German. Her grave is in the monastery church of Maria Medingen. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic.: WC

The decapitated favorite. #otd 1312, Piers Gaveston, 1st Earl of Cornwall, was decapitated. Here the Earl of Warwick - responsible for the beheading - proudly presents himself over the corpse of the supposed lover of King Edward II. #medievaldeath #medieval

#otd 1297 died Guta of Habsburg, daughter of King Rudolf I and wife of Wenceslas II of Bohemia. She was buried in the Convent of St. Agnes of Bohemia in Prague, where this slab marked her grave. #medievaldeath #Medieval Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1496 Magdalena of Brandenburg, Countess of Hohenzollern died. She was buried in the collegiate church of St. Jakob in Hechingen. The grave slab (maybe by Peter Vischer) shows her next to her husband. #medievaldeath #Medieval Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

Mysterious - #otd 1361 died Johannes Tauler, an important Dominican theologian, mystic and preacher. He is buried with the Dominicans in Strasbourg. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

Queen, empress, regent - #otd 991 Empress Theophanu died. She was buried in St. Panthaleon in Cologne - since 1962 she lies in this tomb. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1435 John Fitzalan, the 7th Earl of Arundel died in french captivity in Beauvais. His remains were secretly returned to England and he was buried in Fitzalan Chapel at Arundel Castle. #medievaldeath #medieval Fig.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1183 died Henry the Young King, son of Henry II of England. In the manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, the chronicler Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms. #mediaval #medievaldeath Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 70v.

#otd Alexander the Great (323 BC) and Frederick I (1190) died. #medievaldeath #Medieval Mss.: BL Harley 4979 fol. 79v; BNF Latin 10136 fol. 109r

#otd 1346 died Henry of Zipplingen, knight of the Teutonic Order and confidant of Louis IV. He was buried in the Liebfrauenmünster in Donauwörth. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

Death at a wedding feast - King Harthacnut (#otd 1042). Matthaeus Parisiensis, Life of St Edward the Confessor, Cambridge , MS Ee.3.59, fol. 7r. (13th century). #medievaldeath #medieval

#otd 1280 died Yolande II, Countess of Nevers and Countess of Auxerre and Tonnerre. She was buried in the cathedral of Nevers. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1434 died Władysław II. Jagiełło. He is one of the few princes who verifiably dealt with the design of their tomb during their lifetime. The portrait on the tumba in Kraków may have features of a portrait. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic.: Wiki Commons.

#otd 1326 died Maurice de Berkeley, 2nd Baron Berkeley, called The Magnanimous. He had rebelled against Edward II and the Despensers and died in captivity. His tomb (17c.) is found in Bristol Cathedral. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1431 Jeanne d’Arc was burned. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic.: BNF MS Francaise 5054 f 71r.

#otd 1421 died Mehmed I, Ottoman sultan. He was buried in Bursa, near the so-called Green Mosque built by him. The monument built by his son Murad II is called Green Tomb. #medievaldeath #medieval Pics.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1085 Pope Gregory VII died. These illustrations show (above) the flight from Rome, (below) exile and death. #medieval #medievaldeath Ms.: Jena, Thüringer Universitäts-Landesbibliothek: Ms. Bos. q. 6, fol. 79r

#otd 1212 died Dagmar of Bohemia, Queen of Denmark. She was buried in St. Bendts Church at Ringsted on Zealand, where this tombstone commemorates her today. #medievaldeath #medieval Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1125 Emperor Henry V died in Utrecht. His entrails were buried there, his bones in Speyer (Pic.). #medievaldeath #medieval Pic: Wikipedia Commons