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Willem II of Floris de Voogd? Vragen rond een grafmonument en een skelet in de Koorkerk te Middelburg
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- Henderikx, Peter A. (Author)
Title
Willem II of Floris de Voogd? Vragen rond een grafmonument en een skelet in de Koorkerk te Middelburg
Abstract
William II or Florence the Guardian?: Questions about a Tomb and a Skeleton in the Abbey
Church at Middelburg
Both William II, Count of Holland and Zeeland and King of the Holy Roman Empire
(†1256, re-interred 1282) and his brother Florence the Guardian (†1258) are buried
in the Norbertine abbey church in Middelburg. In 1817 a skeleton was found in a bricked up niche, along with the remains of a tombstone on which was carved a knightly figure whose shield bears the coat of arms of Holland. Based on the results of an examination of the bones by George J.R. Maat and his team (Leiden University Medical Centre), Henderikx takes it that the skeleton could be either that of the King of the Holy Roman Empire or of Florence the Guardian. Considering that the skeleton, burial space and tombstone formed a coherent whole, and the high-relief on the tombstone almost certainly does not refer to the King of Rome but to his brother, Henderikx concludes that the skeleton must be the earthly remains of Florence the Guardian.
Publication
Bijdragen en mededelingen betreffende de geschiedenis der Nederlanden
Volume
130
Issue
4
Pages
78-88
Date
2015
Language
Dutch
Citation
Henderikx, P. A. (2015). Willem II of Floris de Voogd? Vragen rond een grafmonument en een skelet in de Koorkerk te Middelburg. Bijdragen en mededelingen betreffende de geschiedenis der Nederlanden, 130(4), 78–88. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.18352/bmgn-lchr.10144
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