Emperor Andronikos I Komnenos died #otd 1185. An angry mob is said to have maltreated him for days. Among other things, his hand was cut off, his teeth were knocked out and his eyes were gouged out. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Ms.: BNF MS FR 68, fol. 392r

#otd 1375 died Frederick II of Bülow, Bishop of Schwerin. This double brass tomb slab in the cathedral there shows him to the right of his great-uncle, who as Gottfried I was also Bishop of Schwerin. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1419: John the Fearless is slain during negotiations on a bridge in Montereau. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Ms.: Enguerrand de Monstrelet, Chronique, Universitätsbibliothek Leiden F 2, fol 184v (c. 1495).

#otd 1087 William I, known as William the Conqueror, died. In the manuscript of his Historia Anglorum, the chronicler Matthew Paris highlighted the death with an inverted coat of arms. #mediaval @medievodons @histodons #medievaldeath

Ms.: BL Royal MS 14 C VII f. 13v.

#otd in 780, Byzantine Emperor Leo IV died. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Ms.: Morgan MS M.751 fol. 82r

#otd 962 Gauzelin, Bishop of Toul, died. This cross marks his grave today in the monastery in Bouxières-aux-Dames. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1475, Adolph II of Nassau, Archbishop of Mainz, died in Eltville. He wass buried in Eberbrach Abbey. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1235 Henry I, Duke of Brabant (called 'the Courageous'), died in Cologne. He was buried in St. Peter's Church at Leuven. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1324 died Sancho of Majorca, called 'the Peaceful'. He was buried in the Cathedral of Perpignan, where his monument is today. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1295 died Christian of Mühlhausen, bishop of Samland and auxiliary bishop of Mainz. This epitaph in the Divi Blasii Church in Mulhouse commemorates him. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1159 died Nicholas Breakspear, as Adrian IV the only Englishman on the Holy See. His coffin in the Vatican Grottoes looked like this in 1914. For more current images, visit: http://www.vaticanhistory.de/pm/html/hadrian_iv_.html #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1159 died Nicholas Breakspear, as Adrian IV the only Englishman on the Holy See. His coffin in the Vatican Grottoes looked like this in 1914. For more current images, visit: http://www.vaticanhistory.de/pm/html/hadrian_iv_.html #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1159 died Nicholas Breakspear, as Adrian IV the only Englishman on the Holy See. His coffin in the Vatican Grottoes looked like this in 1914. For more current images, visit: http://www.vaticanhistory.de/pm/html/hadrian_iv_.html #medievaldeath #medievaltwitter

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Whether diarrhoea or heart attack: #otd 1442 Henry V of England died on campaign in France. His remains were brought back to England and buried in Westminster Abbey. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

Ms.: BNF Français 5054, f. 27v.

#otd 1483 Louis XI of France died. He was buried in Notre-Dame de Cléry in Cléry-Saint-André, where you can apparently admire his skull today (left), next to that of his wife Charlotte of Savoy (right). #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 526 died Theodoric the Great, ruler of the combined Gothic realms. He was buried in the mausoleum (1) he built in Ravenna in a porphyry coffin (2). #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons

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#otd 1442 John V, Duke of Brittany died. He was buried in Tréguier Cathedral, but his tomb was destroyed. Today, this one commemorates him. #medieval #medievaldeath @medievodons

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#otd 1231 Eleanor of Portugal, Queen of Denmark, died. She was buried in Ringsted Church. The picture shows hair and a piece of silk, both found during a grave opening. #medieval #medievaldeath @medievodons @historikerinnen

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#otd 1208: Shortly after the murder of her husband Philip II, Irene Angelina, Queen of the romans, died. She was buried in the monastery of Lorsch, where her bones were relocated to this tumba in 1475. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons @historikerinnen

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#Otd 1346 John (‘the blind’) of Bohemia died. He was first buried in Altmünster Abbey in Luxembourg, but his remains made an adventurous journey over the centuries. Since 1945 they lie in the crypt of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg. #medievaldeath #medieval @medievodons @histodons Pic.: WC