Musketeer D'Artagnan's grave in Netherlands, historian says

The Ottawa Citizen ^ | 15 Nov 2008 | Adam Sage

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[BGHater]

History, brave French guy ping.

[KayEyeDoubleDee]

If he was buried in the Netherlands, does that mean he was a Huguenot?

[mass55th]

My favorite D’Artagnan was Michael York.

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[Lonesome in Massachussets]

does that mean he was a Huguenot?

My first thought, too. Almost certainly not, since he was serving a Catholic Monarch during the Seventh Century. A good number of Huguenots lived and died in Holland and other parts of the Netherlands, percisely to avoid France, the French Monarch and the Roman Church.

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[stylecouncilor]

ping

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See also D’Artagnan’s death at the 1673 siege of Maastricht which is a nice write up of the Siege of Maastricht.

[IronJack]

And what of Athos, Porthos, and Aramis?

[Daffynition]

I love the Three Musket Tears.

[kalee]

ping

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The Real Musketeers

"Henri D'Aramitz (Aramis) was a squire and a lay priest, the nephew of M. de Tresvilles, the captain of the Musketeers. Armand de Sillegue, Lord of Athos, (Athos) was killed in a duel before D'Artagnan ever joined the Musketeers. Isaac de Portau (Porthos) arrived in Paris only a year before D'Artagnan and was initially turned down by the Musketeers, but was later accepted (1643) after he had proved himself within regiment. Cardinal Richelieu was the de facto ruler of France from 1624 on. Richelieu's older brother had been killed in a duel, and he worked steadily to try to enforce laws forbidding dueling for many years. Milady, Duchesse de Winter was actually the Countess of Carlisle, who was, in fact, an agent of Cardinal Richelieu. (She stole two diamond studs from the Duke of Buckingham!) "

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[KayEyeDoubleDee]

Oliver Reed, who played Proximo, in Gladiator, was in both 3 & 4:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072281/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073012/

And Charlton Heston played Richelieu in 4:

Pretty amazing that they could turn around and do a sequel in just a year.

Nowadays, the television series [like the Sopranos, or Battlestar Galactica] can't even stick to a one-year schedule.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Tres bien, merci. Of moet ik zeggen, dank je!

[mass55th]

Watched a neat program on Michael York that I’d downloaded from a UK site. In it he traveled to Wales and learned about his family heritage. On his trip, he learned quite a bit about his father’s youth and service time in WWII. It’s interesting to note that he’s been married to the same woman since 1968. He’s only been married once. That’s something you rarely see in Hollywood.

[mass55th]

I always liked Oliver Reed too. He's been dead almost 10 years. According to IMDB: "He was severely injured and almost died during the filming of The Three Musketeers (1973) when he was stabbed in the throat during the windmill duel scene."

Also reported there: "He died of a heart attack in a bar after downing three bottles of Captain Morgan's Jamaica rum, eight bottles of German beer, numerous doubles of Famous Grouse whiskey, and beating five much younger Royal Navy sailors at arm-wrestling. His bar bill for that final lunch time totaled 270 Maltese lira, almost £450."

He was quite the character according to his biography on IMDB.

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Thank you.

I love that update.

I just loved the movie with Gean Kelly.

I didn’t realize what had happen to d’Artagnan in real life. I thought he had lived forever.

Thank you again.

[gimme1ibertee]

Awesome statue. Very interesting story. Thanks for the links!