Kastel Klause
John the Blind or John of Luxembourg, was the Count of Luxembourg from 1313 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King of Poland. He is well known for having died while fighting in the Battle of Crécy at age 50, after having been blind for a decade. Originaly he was burried in Old-Minster Abbey which was destroyed in 1543. During the the French Revolution, the mortal remains were salvaged by the Villeroy & Boch industrialist family and hidden in an attic room. Later they moved to the Klause chapel built in 1834 near Kastel-Staadt on a rock above the town. In 1945, the Luxembourg government moved the remains to the crypt of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg.
Kastel Klause
John the Blind or John of Luxembourg, was the Count of Luxembourg from 1313 and King of Bohemia from 1310 and titular King of Poland. He is well known for having died while fighting in the Battle of Crécy at age 50, after having been blind for a decade. Originaly he was burried in Old-Minster Abbey which was destroyed in 1543. During the the French Revolution, the mortal remains were salvaged by the Villeroy & Boch industrialist family and hidden in an attic room. Later they moved to the Klause chapel built in 1834 near Kastel-Staadt on a rock above the town. In 1945, the Luxembourg government moved the remains to the crypt of the Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg.