xenocratus2d ago

Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2rew2dgzzo

Musketeer d'Artagnan's remains believed found under Dutch church

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

BBC News
Show threadbrightball2d ago

Hold on…that was an entirely fictional story?

Is there some part of it that was based on real people?

Show threadrags2riches

Some Swedes will be delighted to learn that not only was there a historical d'Artagnan, but also a real life cardinal named Mazarin. But I have yet to find a historical person named Loranga.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loranga,_Masarin_och_Dartanjan...

Loranga, Masarin och Dartanjang - Wikipedia

Mar 25 at 5:26pmWeb
Show threadBayart2d ago
There were in fact two Mazarin cardinals. The one people know about, who happened to be one of the major statesmen in Europe at the time, and his brother who was notoriously useless.