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==Burials== {{Category see also|Burials at the Basilica of Saint-Denis}} [[File:Charles I of Anjou.JPG|thumb|right|[[Charles I of Naples]] (or Anjou)]] [[File:Charles Martel Saint Denis.jpg|thumb|right|Tomb of [[Charles Martel]]]] [[File:Robert II.jpg|thumb|[[Henry I of France|Henry I]] in background, [[Robert II of France|Robert II]], [[John I of France|John I]] d. 1316 and [[Joan II of Navarre|Jeanne]] d. 1349]] [[File:Basilica di saint Denis tomba enrico II e caterina de' Medici 02.JPG|thumb|At top are Effigies on the tomb of [[Henry II of France|Henry II]] and [[Catherine de' Medici]], carved by [[Germain Pilon]]<ref>Knecht, 227. Henry's gesture is now unclear, since a [[missal]], resting on a [[prie-dieu]] (prayer desk), was removed from the sculpture during the French revolution and melted down.</ref>]] [[File:Rotonde des Valois Intérieur.jpg|thumb|Drawing of tomb of Henry II and his wife, showing the Effigies at top and the double tomb below]] [[File:Henri II et Catherine de Médicis.JPG|thumb|Tombs of [[Henry II of France]] and his wife [[Catherine de' Medici]]]] [[File:Leon V of Armenia.jpg|thumb|Tomb of [[Levon V Lusignan of Armenia|Leon V of Armenia]]]] [[File:Tomb of Philippe le Bel in SaintDenis.JPG|thumb|Tomb of [[Philip IV of France|Philip IV]]]] [[File:Basilique St. Denis - Gisantds de Bertrand Du Guesclin, Charles VI, Isabeau de Baviere, Louis de Sancerre, Charles V le Sage, Jeanne de Bourbon.jpg|thumb|(From left clockwise) Gisants [[Bertrand du Guesclin]], [[Charles VI of France|Charles VI]], [[Isabeau of Bavaria]], [[Louis de Sancerre]], [[Charles V of France|Charles V]], [[Jeanne de Bourbon, Queen of France|Jeanne de Bourbon]]]] ===Kings=== All but five of the [[kings of France]] were buried in the basilica (with [[Charlemagne]], [[Philip I of France|Philip I]], [[Louis XI]], [[Charles X of France|Charles X]], & [[Louis Philippe I]] buried elsewhere), as well as a few other monarchs. The remains of the early monarchs were removed from the destroyed [[Abbey of St Genevieve]]. Some of the more prominent monarchs buried in the basilica are: * [[Clovis I]] (466–511) * [[Childebert I]] (496–558) * [[Aregund]] (515/520–580) * [[Fredegund]] (third wife of [[Chilperic I]]), (died 597) * [[Dagobert I]] (603–639) * [[Clovis II]] (634–657) * [[Charles Martel]] (686–741) * [[Pepin the Short]] (714–768) and his wife, [[Bertrada of Laon]] (born 710–727, died 783) * [[Charles the Bald]] (823–877) (his brass monument was melted down during the Revolution) and his first wife, [[Ermentrude of Orléans]] (823–869) * [[Carloman II]] (866–884) * [[Robert II of France]] (972–1031) and his third wife, [[Constance of Arles]] (986–1032) * [[Henry I of France]] (1008–1060) * [[Louis VI of France]] (1081–1137) * [[Louis VII of France]] (1120–1180) and his second wife, [[Constance of Castile]] (1140–1160) * [[Philip II of France]] (1165–1223) * St. [[Louis IX of France]] (1214–1270) * [[Charles I of Naples]] (1227–1285), an effigy covers his heart burial * [[Philip III of France]] (1245–1285) and his first wife, [[Isabella of Aragon, Queen of France]] (1248–1271) * [[Philip IV of France]] (1268–1314) * [[Leo V, King of Armenia]] (1342–1393) (cenotaph) * [[Charles VII, King of France]] (1403–1461) * [[Charles VIII, King of France]] (1470–1498) * [[Louis XII of France]] (1462–1515) * [[Francis I of France]] (1494–1547) * [[Henry II of France|Henry II]] (1519–1559) and [[Catherine de' Medici]] (1519–1589) * [[Francis II of France|Francis II]] (1544–1560) * [[Charles IX of France|Charles IX]] (1550–1574) (no monument) * [[Henry III of France|Henry III]] (1551–1589), also King of Poland (heart burial monument) * [[Henry IV of France|Henry IV]] (1553–1610) * [[Louis XIII of France|Louis XIII]] (1601–1643) * [[Louis XIV of France|Louis XIV]] (1638–1715) * [[Louis XV of France|Louis XV]] (1710–1774) * [[Louis XVI of France|Louis XVI]] (1754–1793) and [[Marie Antoinette]] (1755–1793) * [[Louis XVII of France|Louis XVII]] (1785–1795) (only his heart; his body was dumped into a mass grave) * [[Louis XVIII of France|Louis XVIII]] (1755–1824) ===Other royalty and nobility=== * [[Blanche of France (daughter of Philip IV)]] * [[Nicolas Henri, Duke of Orléans]] (1607–1611), son of Henry IV * [[Gaston, Duke of Orléans]] (1608–1660), son of Henry IV ** [[Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Montpensier]] (1605–1627), wife of Gaston ** [[Marguerite of Lorraine]] (1615–1672), Duchess of Orléans and second wife of Gaston ** [[Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier|Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans]] (1627–1693), ''la Grande Mademoiselle'' ** [[Jean Gaston d'Orléans]] (1650–1652), Duke of Valois ** [[Marie Anne d'Orléans]] (1652–1656), Mademoiselle de Chartres * [[Henrietta Maria of France]] (1609–1669), wife of [[Charles I of England|Charles I of Scotland and England]] * [[Philippe I, Duke of Orléans]] (1640–1701), brother of Louis XIV ** [[Princess Henrietta of England]] (1644–1670), first wife of Philippe ** [[Elisabeth Charlotte of the Palatinate]] (1652–1722), second wife of Philippe * [[Maria Theresa of Spain]] (1638–1683), consort of Louis XIV ** [[Louis, Grand Dauphin|Louis of France]] (1661–1711), ''le Grand Dauphin'' ** [[Duchess Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria|Maria Anna Victoria of Bavaria]] (1660–1690), Dauphine of France, wife of Louis ** [[Princess Anne Élisabeth of France]] (1662), daughter of Louis XIV ** [[Princess Marie Anne of France]] (1664), daughter of Louis XIV ** [[Princess Marie Thérèse of France (1667–1672)|Marie Thérèse of France]] (1667–1672), daughter of Louis XIV ** [[Philippe Charles, Duke of Anjou]] (1668–1671), Duke of Anjou, son of Louis XIV ** [[Louis François of France]] (1672), Duke of Anjou, son of Louis XIV * [[Philippe II, Duke of Orléans]] (1674–1723), Regent of France * [[Louis, Dauphin of France, Duke of Burgundy|Louis of France]] (1682–1712), Duke of Burgundy, later Dauphin of France ** [[Princess Marie Adélaïde of Savoy|Marie Adélaïde of Savoy]] (1685–1712), Duchess of Burgundy, later Dauphine of France ** Louis of France (1704–1705), Duke of Brittany ** [[Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707–1712)|Louis of France]] (1707–1712), Duke of Brittany * [[Charles, Duke of Berry (1686–1714)|Charles of France]] (1686–1714), Duke of Berry ** [[Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans]] (1695–1719), Duchess of Berry ** Na (not baptized) d'Alençon (1711) ** Charles d'Alençon(1713) Duke of Alençon ** Marie Louise Élisabeth d'Alençon (1714) * [[Marie Leszczyńska]] (1703–1768), consort of Louis XV ** [[Princess Louise Élisabeth of France|Louise Élisabeth of France]] (1727–1759), Duchess of Parma ** [[Princess Henriette of France|Henriette of France]] (1727–1752), daughter of Louis XV and twin of the above ** [[Princess Louise of France|Louise of France]] (1728–1733), daughter of Louis XV ** [[Louis, Dauphin of France (1729–1765)|Louis of France]] (1729–1765), Dauphin of France (only his heart; his body was buried in the [[Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Sens|Cathedral of Saint-Étienne]]) *** [[Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain]] (1726–1746), first wife of above ** [[Philippe, Duke of Anjou|Philippe of France]] (1730–1733), Duke of Anjou ** [[Princess Marie Adélaïde of France]] (1732–1800), daughter of Louis XV ** [[Princess Victoire of France]] (1733–1799), daughter of Louis XV ** [[Princess Sophie of France]] (1734–1782), daughter of Louis XV ** [[Princess Louise of France (1737–1787)|Princess Louise of France]] (1737–1787), daughter of Louis XV, ** [[Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France]] (1781–1789), first son of [[Louis XVI]] and [[Marie Antoinette]] ** [[Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France]] (1786–1787), second daughter of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette * [[Henri de La Tour d'Auvergne, Vicomte de Turenne]] (1611–1675), Maréchal General de France.
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