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Antwerp
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Michael Peters (1700) |
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St Michael |
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Mons
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Cadaver Slab |
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Henry I of Brabant (1235) |
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Matilda of Flanders (1210) |
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| Henry I, Duke of Brabant, 'The Courageous'
was the husband of Matilda of Flanders, daughter of the Count of
Boulogne. Crusader who also fought at the decisive Battle of
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Note the worms, the lady's long hair, and the missing teeth. |
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Mary of Burgundy (1482) |
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| Mary was the daughter - and only
child - of Charles the Rash, Duke of Burgendy. The latter was
killed at the Battle of Nancy when Mary was not yet twenty years
of age and she suceeded to her father's vast dominions: the
Duchy of Burgundy, the Kingdom of Burgundy and the majority of
the low countries. She married Archduke Maximillian of Austria
later that year. She was killed at 25 while out falconing with her
husband, having been thrown from her horse, which fell on top of
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Tombs of Mary and her father, Charles the Rash
(Charles the Rash is sometimes referred to as Charles the
Bold; Philip the Bold was his great grandfather) |
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| Above and below: Mary's tomb and effigy |
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| Above: Charles's effigy |
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| The photographs from Antwerp, Bruges and
Ghent are by the late Dr John Physick; the remaining are by Tony Carr,
to whom thanks. |
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