FINAL RESTING PLACE OF BLIND KINS OF BOHEMIA
KILLED AT URECY. A dispute, it was reported last month, was in progress between Czechoslovakia and Luxemburg over the possession of the body of cJan de Luxembourg, King of Bohemia. Jean, who was killed in 1346 at tho battle of Crecy, was a son and a father of Emperors of Germany. He was totally blind when ho took part in tho battle of Crecy, but it is on record that he mndo a valiant fight. The king's remains have already been moved about a dozen times, but toward the end of the eighteenth century Frederick William, King of Prussia, had them entombed in a chateau near Reichenbcrg, whose present owner is a friend of the cx-Binister of Fnanec for Czecho-Slovakia. When the latter suggested that the body should be transferred to Prague, his friend agreed, and obtained the consent of tho German government. Then the Government of Luxembourg stepped in and claimed that tho remains of Jean de Luxembourg ought to be given a final resting-place in the small country which he had glorified in history. Legal measures are being taken, and it -will be for the Judges in Berlin to determine the final restingrlaee of this king who died nearly 600 < rears ago. ] 1 " •** i 1
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6947, 28 June 1929, Page 4
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