#otd 1484 died Elisabeth of Künsberg, abbess of the monastery Himmelkron. In 1909 her epitaph was found during renovation works. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 970 died Peter I, Tsar of Bulgaria.#medievaldeath Pic.: Constantine Manasses' chronicle, Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1361 died Villana de' Botti, professed member of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. A cult began shortly after her death, and she was beatified in 1824. This later tomb in Santa Maria Novella (Florence) commemorates her. #medievaldeath Pic: WC

#otd died Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France. In the image, her husband, Philip III of France, and his men hold wake at her deathbed. #medievaldeath MS: London, BL Royal 20 C VII, f. 6v

#otd 814 Charlemagne died. Here is a little known depiction of his death, including cradling of the soul and being tempted by demons. #medievaldeath Ms.: Chantilly, musée Condé, Ms722, f. 114v (Vincent de Beauvais)

#otd 1415 (or 5 March 1416) died Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Navarre by marriage to Charles III of Navarre. She was burried in in the Cathedral of Santa María la Real in Pamploma. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 946 died Edith, the first wife of Otto the Great. She was buried in Magdeburg, first in the Mauritius Monastery, later in the cathedral, from 1510 in this tomb. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd 1397 died Rupert Pipan, son of Rupert of the Palatinate, who later became King Rupert. Rupert Pinan is buried in St. Martin, Amberg. #medievaldeath Pic.: Wikipedia Commons

#otd or yesterday 1002 emperor Otto III died. This miniature depicts the rumor of him getting poisoned with a glove. #medievaldeath MS: Sächsische Weltchronik, Staats-und Universitätsibliothek Bremen, msa 0033, fol. 68v.

#otd 1424 Margaret of Bavaria, duchess of Burgundy, died. This tomb, which shows her next to her husband John the Fearless, is now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon. #medievaldeath Pics.: Wikipedia Commons