Royal Tombs of France

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The now destroyed tomb of queen Brunhilda of Austrasia (+614) at the destroyed l'abbaye Saint-Martin d'Autun.The abbey was founded by the queen and in 1793 her tomb was smashed and remains lost. The abbey itself did not survive and was totally destroyed during the French Revolution.

 

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Also once buried at the now destroyed Abbaye du Bouschet-Vauluisant which served as the necropolis of the Counts of Auvergne.

Godefroy de Boulogne and his wife Marguerite Dauphine

Guy de Montfort ,Cardinal de Boulogne and Archbishop of Lyons

Louise de La Trémoille

 

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During the violations of the Bourbon and Valois crypts in October 1793,
the body of Louis XV was put on display after his coffin was smashed open on October 15th,1793.

 

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All but five of the kings of France were buried in the Basilica of Saint-Denis, as well as a few other monarchs. The remains of the early monarchs were removed from the destroyed Abbey of St Genevieve. Some of the more prominent monarchs buried in the basilica are:

• Clovis I (466–511)
• Childebert I (496–558)
• Aregund (515/520–580)
• Fredegund (third wife of Chilperic I), (died 597)
• Dagobert I (603–639)
• Clovis II (634–657)
• Charles Martel (686–741)
• Pepin the Short (714–768) and his wife, Bertrada of Laon (born 710–727, died 783)
• Charles the Bald (823–877) (his brass monument was melted down during the Revolution) and his first wife, Ermentrude of Orléans (823–869)
• Carloman II (866–884)
• Robert II of France (972–1031) and his third wife, Constance of Arles (986–1032)
• Henry I of France (1008–1060)
• Louis VI of France (1081–1137)
• Louis VII of France (1120–1180) and his second wife, Constance of Castile (1140–1160)
• Philip II of France (1165–1223)
• St. Louis IX of France (1214–1270)
• Charles I of Naples (1227–1285), an effigy covers his heart burial
• Philip III of France (1245–1285) and his first wife, Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France (1248–1271)
• Philip IV of France (1268–1314)
• Leo V, King of Armenia (1342–1393) (cenotaph)
• Charles VII, King of France (1403–1461)
• Charles VIII, King of France (1470–1498)
• Louis XII of France (1462–1515)
• Francis I of France (1494–1547)
• Henry II (1519–1559) and Catherine de' Medici (1519–1589)
• Francis II (1544–1560)
• Charles IX (1550–1574) (no monument)
• Henry III (1551–1589), also King of Poland (heart burial monument)
• Henry IV (1553–1610)
• Louis XIII (1601–1643)
• Louis XIV (1638–1715)
• Louis XV (1710–1774)
• Louis XVI (1754–1793) and Marie Antoinette (1755–1793)
• Louis XVII (1785–1795) (only his heart; his body was dumped into a mass grave)
• Louis XVIII (1755–1824)

Basilica of Saint-Denis - Wikipedia

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The Royal Chapel of Dreux situated in Dreux, France, is the traditional burial place of members of the House of Orléans.
Around 75 people are buried here, including King Louis Philippe I and Prince Henri, Count of Paris, and pretender to the throne of France and head of the royal house.

Chapelle royale de Dreux - Wikipedia

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The chapel Royal at Dreux was originally the burial site of the Ducal House of Penthièvre at the Saint-Étienne collegiate church.
The Saint-Étienne collegiate church was ransacked in March 1793 as was the ducal crypt and the remains of all those buried there were emptied from their coffins into a pit dug outside.
The chapel was torn down in 1797.

In 1816 ,Marie-Adélaïde de Bourbon (the mother of Louis Philippe) bought back the land and had a chapel erected on the site where the ducal remains were dumped.
Her son Louis Philippe later had the chapel enlarged.

 

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The reburial of the remains of Louis XVI & Marie-Antoinette at Saint Denis in 1815

 

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The Collegiate Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montrésor Church contains the noble tombs of the Lords of Montrésor.
The most impressive tomb is that of Imbert de Batarnay.Lord of Montrésor and members of his family.The church was looted in 1793 during the terror and the tomb mutilated and dismantled but thankfully the fragments were moved to the crypt and forgotten about and rediscovered and repaired during the Bourbon Restoration.

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The Collégiale Saint-Georges de Vendome was the necropolis for the Ducal house of Vendôme,which was a branch of the House of Bourbon.
The church was situated within the Ducal Castle and housed many splendid tombs .
In 1562 ,Jeanne d'Albret ,queen of Navarre and Duchess Consort of Vendôme allowed her Huguenot garrison troops to pillage and loot all of the Catholic churches and religious houses in the town. The Collégiale Saint-Georges de Vendôme was not spared and the Vendôme tombs were badly damaged.
This incident caused uproar and the queen of Navarre was almost driven out of the region.
Jeanne and her husband Antoine de Bourbon and their daughter,Catherine were later buried at the chapel.
In 1793 during the Terror the worst vandalism took place and the entire church was sacked and looted ,thankfully some of the tomb monuments were salvaged and taken to the Museum of Vendôme where they are still housed.The remains of all of those buried within the chapel were dumped into a pit.
Much of the church was also torn down and today a few remains still stand. In the summer of 2017 it was thought that the pit containing the remains of all those previously buried was discovered.
cvendome.net - Château de Vendôme (41) - Collégiale Saint-Georges - Présentations multimédia

 

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The tombs of the Lords of Chaumont and other family members were housed at the now destroyed Notre-Dame-du-Val in Rouen.
The Church like so many was ransacked and pillaged in 1793 and later torn down.

 

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The now lost tombs of Marie de Bretagne (daughter of Francis I er of Brittany and Isabella of Scotland) and her husband, Jean II de Rohan at the now destroyed Notre-Dame Collegiate Church in Nantes.

 

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The now lost tomb of Souveraine d'Angoulême and Michel Gaillard, Lord of Chilly & Longjumeau at the Saint-Étienne Church of Chilly-Mazarin.
The church was pillaged in 1793 at the height of the Terror and even the church bells were melted.

Souveraine was the illegitimate daughter of Charles d'Orléans, comte d'Angoulème and a half sister of King Francis I er.

 

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The now lost tomb of Marguerite de Provence (1221-1295) queen of Louis IX of France

 

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The Royal Abbey of St Denis in the 1830's ,note the steeple is still intact ,it collapsed in 1845 and was never rebuilt.

 

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Louis the Pious (died c840) was buried at the Abbey of Saint-Arnoul in Metz .​

His tomb was redecorated by order of Henri II in 1552 but was sadly destroyed in 1793 during the Terror and only fragments survived the pillaging of the Abbey.​

 

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After the Royal Abbey of St Denis ,the Couvent des Célestins de Paris church is Paris was the second most important burial site.
It was built in 1365 and housed the tombs of junior members of the Royal Family or Princes of the blood or exiled royals.
It was greatly embellished over the years with new chapels added and was situated near the Bastille in Paris.
It survived until 1790
The church desecrated in 1793 ,some of the monuments were salvaged and the church was later demolished.

Couvent des Célestins on the Turgot map of Paris from 1734

The Cloister of the Church of the Couvent des Célestins

Church Monuments

Tombeau de Jeanne de Bourbon​

Tombeau de Léon de Lusignan​

Tombeau de Renee of Orleans-Longueville​

 

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Chapelle Impériale d'Ajaccio, better known as the Imperial Chapel, is a church in Ajaccio, Corsica. This is where several members of the Bonaparte family are buried.

Several personalities of the imperial family rest in the chapel (in particular in the crypt, today saturated):

• Charles Bonaparte (1746-1785), father of Napoleon I, transferred in 1951.
• Letizia Bonaparte, Madame Mère (1750-1836), mother of Napoleon I
• Joseph Fesch (1763-1839), cardinal, uncle of Napoleon I
• Charles-Lucien Bonaparte (1803-1857)
• Zénaïde Bonaparte (1860–1862)
• Louis-Lucien Bonaparte (1813-1891)
• Napoléon-Charles Bonaparte (1839-1899)
• Victor Napoléon (1862-1926)
• Clémentine of Belgium (1872-1955), wife of Victor Napoléon
• Louis Napoléon (1914-1997), son of Victor Napoléon

Source: Chapelle impériale d'Ajaccio — Wikipédia

 

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The tomb of Madame Mère (1750-1836) at the Imperial Chapel in Ajaccio!

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Engravings of the now destroyed noble tombs at the abbey of Saint-Pierre de Corbie.

Maximilien de Soyécourt​

Albert de Belleforière​

 

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Excavation work on the rebuilding of the north tower and spire of St Denis have begun and archaeological excavations are underway.
Work Begins on the Spire of Saint-Denis
Basilica of Saint-Denis: Newly discovered graves bring back the past

 

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The intact coffin of Louise de Lorraine (queen of Henri III) was rediscovered in 1806 during demolition work at the couvent de Capucines in Paris .
The coffin was later transported to St Denis in 1817 and reburied during the Bourbon Restoration.