D'Artagnan was killed during the Siege of Maastricht in 1673 and later immortalised in the stories of Alexandre Dumas.

More than 350 years after the death of legendary French musketeer d’Artagnan, his remains may well have been found under the floor of a Dutch church.

Jos Valke, who is deacon at St Peter and Paul Church in Maastricht, helped unearth the skeleton and is 99% certain that the remains belong to Charles de Batz de Castelmore, a close aide to France’s Sun King Louis XIV who was known as Count d’Artagnan.

D’Artagnan was killed during the Siege of Maastricht in 1673, but later immortalised in the adventure stories of Alexandre Dumas as a friend of the Three Musketeers.

    • Railcar8095@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Also he was a Count, but everywhere he’s portrayed as an underdog fighting the corruption of the elites.

      • pastermil@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        1 day ago

        I’ve read The Three Musketeers, and while he’s indeed portrayed as a hero, there’s not a part that portray him as an underdog. Also, he’s an elite soldier, so he works for the government!

      • iglou@programming.devEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Is he? I mean, his main occupation in all the fictional depictions I’ve read and seen is to be a Musketeer… The full name of the company literally being “Musketeers of the King”. Doesn’t seem to be against the elite to me!

  • melsaskca@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 day ago

    Not just Jos Valke but all of the people in the whole church area helped to find that one musketeer. All of them…for one.