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Thursday
Dec162010

Found! King Henri IV's Mummified Head!

DateThursday, December 16, 2010 at 9:20AM

Frans II Pourbus, "Portrait of Henri IV (1553-1610) King of France:.After his untimely murder at the hands of a Catholic fundamentalist on May 14, 1610, King Henri IV of France was buried alongside his royal counterparts in the Basilica of Saint Denis.

During the Revolution, his body and those of his fellow monarchs were dug up and scattered by revolutionaries.  Among them was a certain secret admirer of "good king Henri" who, evidently, made off with his head! 

Find out what happened to it here: The Telegraph, 14 December 2010, and here: The Associated Press, 16 December 2010.

Another French identity mystery solved!

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