Dutch archaeologists believe that they have located the tomb of Louis XIV musketeer Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan in a small Catholic church in the Netherlands.
According to a leading French historian, Charles de Batz de Castelmore dArtagnan, who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard, was buried a few kilometres away at Saint Peter and Paul Church in Wolder, Holland, The Times Online reports.
The trail is very precise, according to Odile Bordaz, author of several works on the musketeer.
She has marked down theories that d'Artagnans body was brought back to France, and has been insisting the Dutch authorities and the Catholic Church approve an archaeological dig of the site.
According to recently discovered documents, during the siege, bodies of French officers were buried in the nearest Catholic Church. D'Artagnan died during the Siege of Maastricht on June 25, 1673.
Alexandre Dumas wrote the novel The Three Musketeers in 1844 after reading about d'Artagnans exploits in Les Memoires de Monsieur d'Artagnan, which was published almost 150 years earlier.
Bordaz also said that d'Artagnan reputation as a lady killer was absolutely right
The musketeers and their officers led joyous lives and multiple conquests not only on the battlefield but also in the secret of the alcoves, she said.- From CathNews
How interesting! I had no idea that D'Artagnan was based on a real historical person.
ReplyDeleteActually, Deanna, neither did I until I cam across this article! A couple of days later I was searching through Amazon and noticed a book that was about all of the real Musketeers. I just thought they were characters that Alexandre Dumas imagined.
ReplyDeletecan anyone tell me what D'Artagnan's (De batz) two sisters names were please
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