As we celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of the death of Henry IV, found his head ... Amazing discovery!
In 1610, just after the assassination of King Henri IV, the body is embalmed and buried at St Denis with all the other kings of France.
In 1793, his coffin was opened by the revolutionaries and the royal head disappears mysteriously. " During the ransacking of the basilica of Saint-Denis, the body was thrown into a common grave with others. At this point, presumably, that the head was separated of his body. Found its mark in 1919 during an auction at Drouot, where it sold for three francs a photographer to Montmartre. It disappears again to be found in 2008 by a pensioner, the sister of the photographer who had sold the head during the war. (Rudolph Duguet)
head found has been authenticated by a team of 19 scientists. It is in very good preservation, she still has hair and beard remains. The skull's eyes are half closed and mouth slightly open. " A small dark spot 11 mm in length just above the right nostril, showing a hole in the port of an earring in the right lobe, as was fashionable at the Valois court, and a bone lesion over the left upper lip, draw a slash made by King John Chatel during a ten tative murder December 27, 1594 . D detail of the report of the scientific team.
King Henry IV was assassinated in 1610 at the age of 57 years, by the fanatical Catholic, François Ravaillac.
The head of the King of France was presented to Prince Louis de Bourbon, Duke of Anjou, the eldest of the descendants of Henry IV: "This is my moral responsibility and family make every effort so that the head of Henry IV is buried in the royal necropolis at Saint-Denis. A funeral is planned in order that the illustrious ancestor buried in dignity. " Louis de Bourbon.
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