This memorial is designed to serve as a "historical" cenotaph. Only her 'heart' was buried in the crypt of the "église de Saint Etienne de Dreux"...
[Translation from the original source, in French]:
In the chapel of the Virgin [at the "Collegiale de Saint Etienne de Dreux" -ed.], within the second nave after the bell-tower, can be found the entrails and the heart of Marie de Bourbon, countess of Dreux; daughter of Archambaud, 8th to bear the name, Lord of Bourbon; and of Beatrix of Archambaud, of the branch of Monluçon. In 1240, she married Jean I, of said name, count of Dreux, son of Robert III, of said name, count of Dreux; and of Eleaonor of Saint-Vallery. Marie of Bourbon (per A. Duchesne), after having lived as a widow for 26-years, died on the 23rd of August, 1274. Her heart was inhumed within the church of the collegiate of Saint-Etienne, at Dreux.
...The P. [Père / "Father" -ed.] Anselme adds: that it is in the chapel of Notre-Dame; whereas her body, is in the church of Saint-Yves, at Braine, town of the diocese of Soissons, situated on the banks of the Vesle River {the usual burial site of the counts and countesses of Dreux} ... The entrails and the heart of Marie de Bourbon are under a large tomb of stone positioned in the middle of the chapel; whereupon one can see the effigy of a princess sculpted, life-size, and one must note, so as to understand the epitaph which one may read, around the outside of the tomb, as six verses in "exametres", and a seventh in "pentametre"...
Note: A. Duchesne, historian, expert on the House of Dreux.
[In 13th-century LATIN, as engraved on her tomb]:
<< Membra sub hac specie sunl inleriora Marle, Drocarum quondam comitissœ, Christus eidem Regna dolorum del volilis, ubi prorsùs abundet. Vivere si donis, sensu, probilale, darelur, Hœc proba, larga bonis, sensala non morerelur; Sed, si mors isti non delulit, à modo Iristi Mente lamen memori, pone necesse mori. >>
Which means (its essence): under this effigy of a princess, "sub hac specie", are the internal organs, the heart and entrails of Marie.
[In 17th-centruty French]:
"Icy gist le cœur de Marie,
Cœur et prudent et généreux,
Que J.-C. chacun l'en prie,
La comble de présents aux cieux;
Sans cesse elle en fit de pieux.
Si l'on se conservoit la vie,
Par bel esprit, biens et vertu,
Marie eust a jamais vescu;
Puisque hélas! la mort l'a ravie,
Grave en ton triste souvenir
La nécessité de mourir."
[In 21st-century English]:
"Here lies Mary's heart,
Thoughtful, wise and generous,
May Jesus Christ, all do pray,
Help her to join those already in Heaven;
Ceaselessly, she remained pious.
And if one could preserve a life,
By wit, goods and virtue,
Marie to survive in eternity;
But alas! Death arrived to her delight,
Gravest of the sad memories of her loss
Is the very need to die."
SOURCE: "DOCUMENTS HISTORIQUES SUR LE COMTE ET LA VILLE DE DREUX.", page 177, 1859, by Édouard Lefèvre, (Garnier, imprimeur, rue de Grand-Cerf, Chartres, France).
Source - Harvard College Library (Google Books) [link]: https://books.google.com/books?id=q-4RAAAAYAAJ&pg=177&
---
See also, FAG memorial #117524997
[Translation from the original source, in French]:
In the chapel of the Virgin [at the "Collegiale de Saint Etienne de Dreux" -ed.], within the second nave after the bell-tower, can be found the entrails and the heart of Marie de Bourbon, countess of Dreux; daughter of Archambaud, 8th to bear the name, Lord of Bourbon; and of Beatrix of Archambaud, of the branch of Monluçon. In 1240, she married Jean I, of said name, count of Dreux, son of Robert III, of said name, count of Dreux; and of Eleaonor of Saint-Vallery. Marie of Bourbon (per A. Duchesne), after having lived as a widow for 26-years, died on the 23rd of August, 1274. Her heart was inhumed within the church of the collegiate of Saint-Etienne, at Dreux.
...The P. [Père / "Father" -ed.] Anselme adds: that it is in the chapel of Notre-Dame; whereas her body, is in the church of Saint-Yves, at Braine, town of the diocese of Soissons, situated on the banks of the Vesle River {the usual burial site of the counts and countesses of Dreux} ... The entrails and the heart of Marie de Bourbon are under a large tomb of stone positioned in the middle of the chapel; whereupon one can see the effigy of a princess sculpted, life-size, and one must note, so as to understand the epitaph which one may read, around the outside of the tomb, as six verses in "exametres", and a seventh in "pentametre"...
Note: A. Duchesne, historian, expert on the House of Dreux.
[In 13th-century LATIN, as engraved on her tomb]:
<< Membra sub hac specie sunl inleriora Marle, Drocarum quondam comitissœ, Christus eidem Regna dolorum del volilis, ubi prorsùs abundet. Vivere si donis, sensu, probilale, darelur, Hœc proba, larga bonis, sensala non morerelur; Sed, si mors isti non delulit, à modo Iristi Mente lamen memori, pone necesse mori. >>
Which means (its essence): under this effigy of a princess, "sub hac specie", are the internal organs, the heart and entrails of Marie.
[In 17th-centruty French]:
"Icy gist le cœur de Marie,
Cœur et prudent et généreux,
Que J.-C. chacun l'en prie,
La comble de présents aux cieux;
Sans cesse elle en fit de pieux.
Si l'on se conservoit la vie,
Par bel esprit, biens et vertu,
Marie eust a jamais vescu;
Puisque hélas! la mort l'a ravie,
Grave en ton triste souvenir
La nécessité de mourir."
[In 21st-century English]:
"Here lies Mary's heart,
Thoughtful, wise and generous,
May Jesus Christ, all do pray,
Help her to join those already in Heaven;
Ceaselessly, she remained pious.
And if one could preserve a life,
By wit, goods and virtue,
Marie to survive in eternity;
But alas! Death arrived to her delight,
Gravest of the sad memories of her loss
Is the very need to die."
SOURCE: "DOCUMENTS HISTORIQUES SUR LE COMTE ET LA VILLE DE DREUX.", page 177, 1859, by Édouard Lefèvre, (Garnier, imprimeur, rue de Grand-Cerf, Chartres, France).
Source - Harvard College Library (Google Books) [link]: https://books.google.com/books?id=q-4RAAAAYAAJ&pg=177&
---
See also, FAG memorial #117524997
This memorial is designed to serve as a "historical" cenotaph. Only her 'heart' was buried in the crypt of the "église de Saint Etienne de Dreux"...
[Translation from the original source, in French]:
In the chapel of the Virgin [at the "Collegiale de Saint Etienne de Dreux" -ed.], within the second nave after the bell-tower, can be found the entrails and the heart of Marie de Bourbon, countess of Dreux; daughter of Archambaud, 8th to bear the name, Lord of Bourbon; and of Beatrix of Archambaud, of the branch of Monluçon. In 1240, she married Jean I, of said name, count of Dreux, son of Robert III, of said name, count of Dreux; and of Eleaonor of Saint-Vallery. Marie of Bourbon (per A. Duchesne), after having lived as a widow for 26-years, died on the 23rd of August, 1274. Her heart was inhumed within the church of the collegiate of Saint-Etienne, at Dreux.
...The P. [Père / "Father" -ed.] Anselme adds: that it is in the chapel of Notre-Dame; whereas her body, is in the church of Saint-Yves, at Braine, town of the diocese of Soissons, situated on the banks of the Vesle River {the usual burial site of the counts and countesses of Dreux} ... The entrails and the heart of Marie de Bourbon are under a large tomb of stone positioned in the middle of the chapel; whereupon one can see the effigy of a princess sculpted, life-size, and one must note, so as to understand the epitaph which one may read, around the outside of the tomb, as six verses in "exametres", and a seventh in "pentametre"...
Note: A. Duchesne, historian, expert on the House of Dreux.
[In 13th-century LATIN, as engraved on her tomb]:
<< Membra sub hac specie sunl inleriora Marle, Drocarum quondam comitissœ, Christus eidem Regna dolorum del volilis, ubi prorsùs abundet. Vivere si donis, sensu, probilale, darelur, Hœc proba, larga bonis, sensala non morerelur; Sed, si mors isti non delulit, à modo Iristi Mente lamen memori, pone necesse mori. >>
Which means (its essence): under this effigy of a princess, "sub hac specie", are the internal organs, the heart and entrails of Marie.
[In 17th-centruty French]:
"Icy gist le cœur de Marie,
Cœur et prudent et généreux,
Que J.-C. chacun l'en prie,
La comble de présents aux cieux;
Sans cesse elle en fit de pieux.
Si l'on se conservoit la vie,
Par bel esprit, biens et vertu,
Marie eust a jamais vescu;
Puisque hélas! la mort l'a ravie,
Grave en ton triste souvenir
La nécessité de mourir."
[In 21st-century English]:
"Here lies Mary's heart,
Thoughtful, wise and generous,
May Jesus Christ, all do pray,
Help her to join those already in Heaven;
Ceaselessly, she remained pious.
And if one could preserve a life,
By wit, goods and virtue,
Marie to survive in eternity;
But alas! Death arrived to her delight,
Gravest of the sad memories of her loss
Is the very need to die."
SOURCE: "DOCUMENTS HISTORIQUES SUR LE COMTE ET LA VILLE DE DREUX.", page 177, 1859, by Édouard Lefèvre, (Garnier, imprimeur, rue de Grand-Cerf, Chartres, France).
Source - Harvard College Library (Google Books) [link]: https://books.google.com/books?id=q-4RAAAAYAAJ&pg=177&
---
See also, FAG memorial #117524997
[Translation from the original source, in French]:
In the chapel of the Virgin [at the "Collegiale de Saint Etienne de Dreux" -ed.], within the second nave after the bell-tower, can be found the entrails and the heart of Marie de Bourbon, countess of Dreux; daughter of Archambaud, 8th to bear the name, Lord of Bourbon; and of Beatrix of Archambaud, of the branch of Monluçon. In 1240, she married Jean I, of said name, count of Dreux, son of Robert III, of said name, count of Dreux; and of Eleaonor of Saint-Vallery. Marie of Bourbon (per A. Duchesne), after having lived as a widow for 26-years, died on the 23rd of August, 1274. Her heart was inhumed within the church of the collegiate of Saint-Etienne, at Dreux.
...The P. [Père / "Father" -ed.] Anselme adds: that it is in the chapel of Notre-Dame; whereas her body, is in the church of Saint-Yves, at Braine, town of the diocese of Soissons, situated on the banks of the Vesle River {the usual burial site of the counts and countesses of Dreux} ... The entrails and the heart of Marie de Bourbon are under a large tomb of stone positioned in the middle of the chapel; whereupon one can see the effigy of a princess sculpted, life-size, and one must note, so as to understand the epitaph which one may read, around the outside of the tomb, as six verses in "exametres", and a seventh in "pentametre"...
Note: A. Duchesne, historian, expert on the House of Dreux.
[In 13th-century LATIN, as engraved on her tomb]:
<< Membra sub hac specie sunl inleriora Marle, Drocarum quondam comitissœ, Christus eidem Regna dolorum del volilis, ubi prorsùs abundet. Vivere si donis, sensu, probilale, darelur, Hœc proba, larga bonis, sensala non morerelur; Sed, si mors isti non delulit, à modo Iristi Mente lamen memori, pone necesse mori. >>
Which means (its essence): under this effigy of a princess, "sub hac specie", are the internal organs, the heart and entrails of Marie.
[In 17th-centruty French]:
"Icy gist le cœur de Marie,
Cœur et prudent et généreux,
Que J.-C. chacun l'en prie,
La comble de présents aux cieux;
Sans cesse elle en fit de pieux.
Si l'on se conservoit la vie,
Par bel esprit, biens et vertu,
Marie eust a jamais vescu;
Puisque hélas! la mort l'a ravie,
Grave en ton triste souvenir
La nécessité de mourir."
[In 21st-century English]:
"Here lies Mary's heart,
Thoughtful, wise and generous,
May Jesus Christ, all do pray,
Help her to join those already in Heaven;
Ceaselessly, she remained pious.
And if one could preserve a life,
By wit, goods and virtue,
Marie to survive in eternity;
But alas! Death arrived to her delight,
Gravest of the sad memories of her loss
Is the very need to die."
SOURCE: "DOCUMENTS HISTORIQUES SUR LE COMTE ET LA VILLE DE DREUX.", page 177, 1859, by Édouard Lefèvre, (Garnier, imprimeur, rue de Grand-Cerf, Chartres, France).
Source - Harvard College Library (Google Books) [link]: https://books.google.com/books?id=q-4RAAAAYAAJ&pg=177&
---
See also, FAG memorial #117524997
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