"D'Artagnan's remains found." Topic

Article on the BBC.

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After the "studies" are done, I hope they return his remains to their resting place.

That is interesting! I did not know the origins of the Three Musketeers. Thank you, FD, for posting this!

Very interesting. If the remains are found to be likely those of D'Artagnan, I wonder why they were not originally returned to France after the siege or at some point shortly thereafter? You would think that the French would want a hero to rest in French soil. Even assuming that Louis intended to permanently keep the city, once it was bargained away, you would think that they would want to take the remains of a "hero" back to France.

I admit to learning something new when reading about the 1673 siege by the French. I never thought that France and England were allies at any point during the time of the Sun King. This makes the movie "The Admiral" about Michiel de Ruyter more understandable to me. I did not have the benefit of English subtitles and could never figure out why one of the major battle scenes involved a French fleet when I thought that the battle involved the English. I think that it is time for me to go down the rabbit holes of the Anglo-Dutch and Franco-Dutch wars.

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But would he not want to be eventually buried along side Raquel Welsh? 🤔
Or on top of? 😉

Very cool, thanks for sharing!

35th, I would if I were him

Very good point!

If the remains are found to be likely those of D'Artagnan, I wonder why they were not originally returned to France after the siege or at some point shortly thereafter?

Historically, most people who died in wars were buried close to where they fell in battle. Having your body taken back to home for burial was not easy, due to logistical restraints (lots of "dead weight" to fit into your baggage) and issues of hygieny (unless the temperatures were below freezing).

Thus, it was often limited to select few. And even then it could require some macabre measures – in medieval times high ranking nobles who had died in battle sometimes had their bodies boiled to separate the bones, which were then sent home for burial, while presumably the softer tissue was buried locally.

Even as recently as WWII, lots of dead were buried in battlefields close to the areas where they fought, though in cases where the distances were short enough the bodies might be taken back home for burial.