Effigy of Charles I of Anjou, Royal tombs, Basilique
Effigy of Charles I of Anjou, 1226-85, king of Naples and Sicily 1266-85, son of Louis VII and Blanche of Castile, dressed in chainmail as a knight and holding a heart and a broken sword, commissioned c. 1326 by Queen Clementia of Hungary, his great-granddaughter, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Only his heart is buried here. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13440607
Media ID
45135439
Size
7087px x 4724px
(5.1MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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