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Basilica of St Denis

Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia (1383)

Funerary effigy of Béatrice de Bourbon. © Pascal Lemaître - Centre des monuments nationaux.Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia † 1383, was the daughter of Louis Ier of Bourbon and Marie of Hainaut, wife of Jean of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia.

This funerary effigy is located in the Jacobin church in Paris. This funerary statue is an example of a monument resting on a column.

Beatrice of Bourbon is dressed with the typical Aristocratic dress dating from the end of the fourteenth century.

More information about recumbent effigies.

The Cathedral Basilica of Saint-Denis is home to numerous Valois tombs and recumbent statues, including those of knight Bertrand du Guesclin, panellist Guillaume de Châtel, King Jean II le Bon and Blanche de Navarre.



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