AMAZING FINDS
. OLD DUTCH COFFINS. SIXTEENTH CENTURY RULERS. Received December 9, 12.20 p.m. LONDON, Dec. 8. The Times representative at The Hague says a divining rod has resulted in ah important historical discovery at Breda, where a Dutch woman diviner was asked to discover whether there were any underground canals. She located a subway crossing Prince’s Chapel in the Great Church and expressed the opinion that the entrance to it would be discovered within the church. Officials lifted a wooden partition and found a stone staircase leading to a largo vault with many niches and subways containing several old coffins, which are believed to contain the bodies of, the first Counts of Nassau —ancestors of Queen Wilhemina.
The coffins were opened in the presence of the Queen’s Master of Ceremonies. One contained the remains of a child, and another the remains of a woman.
It is suggested that the others may contain the bodies of Henry 111, of Nassau and his two wives, who died early in the Sixteenth Century. The child may have been the daughter of William the Silent by his first marriage.
After consultation, the vault was closed down.. Investigations in the Roval archives are- proceeding to establish the identity of the remains.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 10, 9 December 1937, Page 12
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