It was a great scientific sensation when Shakespeare Known for drama Third. Richard The remains of the late English king were found in 2012 lester From under the concrete in one of the city’s parking lots.
Richard III at the funeral service at Leicester Cathedral on March 22, 2015
Scientists managed to find the descendants of the previous king, whose personality was very controversial for centuries, and succeeded in extracting intact DNA samples from the skeleton of the king who died 528 years ago. Then, in February 2013, they made an historic announcement: The Third Indeed. Richard’s grave.
Wonderful detective work
In 2012 Philippa Langley Locate where III. It was the skeleton of King Richard of England. Now the obsessed British historian believes: after Richard, he found the ruler between 1100-1135 Henry I So is the resting place of the King, the only English ruler since William the Conqueror to not have a definitively identifiable tomb. Will they find out where he is?
Another car park
The historian thinks so Henry I He suffered a similar fate unworthy of A.K Third. Richard. Based on his research and analyses, the remains of Henry I are also lying under the gray asphalt of a parking lot. Philippa Langley is convinced that the nearly 900-year-old royal tomb lies under the car park of the British Ministry of Justice prison in Reading, which was closed in 2013. Based on his research, the location of the grave was marked with the letter “K” in an ancient survey .
There are strong arguments that the king’s tomb is here
– the 60-year-old historian, recipient of the Order of the British Empire, boldly claimed on Monday at for DailyMail.com.
Philippa Langley III. Richard with his reconstructed wax head
Philippa Langley’s obsessive efforts are featured in 2022’s The Lost King. The historian has now set up his foundation called “Hidden Monastery”, with which he is raising money for a new excavation, estimated to cost £55,000.
Henry the Conqueror was the fourth son of William the Conqueror, and although he believed he would never inherit the throne, he proved a cruel and ruthless ruler after being crowned king in 1100.
Henry I is famous for holding the record for the largest number of illegitimate children born to an English monarch, with approximately 20-25 sons born out of wedlock.
Henry I died on December 1, 1135 in Normandy. He was then taken to Rouen, where his intestines were buried, and his embalmed body was sent back to England. According to historical records, he was buried in Reading Abbey, which was founded by the king 14 years ago.
In 1921, a memorial plaque was erected at the spot where the abbey’s high altar once stood – according to historical records for the area, Henry I was buried here. Philippa Langley believes her accounts show that the altar may have been moved at some point, so historians may have been looking for the tomb in the wrong place.
We know from historical records that Henry I was buried in a sarcophagus in front of the original high altar at Reading Abbey. By reading many recent documents and experiences, it seems that the high altar was moved to the west inside the monastery church at a later time.
– announced the chronicler, and then added: if they find the burial place of Henrik I, the goal is to put up a monument. This means that Henry is no longer the forgotten king of England.
