The heart of Henry of Almayne (or Almain) (born 1235), son of Richard Earl of Cornwall and King of Germany and nephew of Henry III, was preserved in a golden heart shrine (or vase) near, or possibly within, the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey. The Confessor's shrine from that period was later dismantled and a new one re-erected in the reign of Mary I but no heart shrine for Henry now remains in this chapel. His body was buried at Hailes Abbey.
Henry had given property to the Westminster monks to finance lights to burn at the Shrine of St Edward so it seems he had a devotion to the cult of this saintly king. His wife was Constance de Bearn but they had no children. While attending Mass at the church of San Silvestro in Viterbo in Italy in 1270 he was murdered by Guy de Montfort, in revenge for the ill treatment of the body of his father (Simon de Montfort) after the battle of Evesham. Dante, in his Inferno Canto XII, mentions the fact of the preservation of the heart "on the banks of the Thames"
so called because of his father's German connections as King of the Romans (Almain is derived from Allemagne, the French word for Germany), was the son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall and Isabel Marshal.[1][2]
He was knighted by his father the day after Richard was crowned King of the Romans.
As a nephew of both Henry III and Simon de Montfort, he wavered between the two at the beginning of the Barons' War, but finally took the royalist side and was among the hostages taken by Montfort after the Battle of Lewes (1264), was held at Wallingford Castle and later released.[3][4]
In 1268 he took the cross with his cousin Edward, who, however, sent him back from Sicily to pacify the unruly province of Gascony. Henry took the land route with Philip III of France and Charles I of Sicily.
While attending mass at Chiesa di San Silvestro (also called Chiesa del Gesù) in Viterbo on 13 March 1271, he was murdered by his cousins Guy {d.1288} and Simon the younger de Montfort {d.1271}, sons of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, in revenge for the beheading of their father and older brother at the Battle of Evesham.[5] The deed is mentioned by Dante Alighieri, who took it upon himself to place Guy de Montfort in the seventh circle of hell in his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, which was written at least 40 years after Henry's death.
Henry was buried at Hailes Abbey.
Henry had given property to the Westminster monks to finance lights to burn at the Shrine of St Edward so it seems he had a devotion to the cult of this saintly king. His wife was Constance de Bearn but they had no children. While attending Mass at the church of San Silvestro in Viterbo in Italy in 1270 he was murdered by Guy de Montfort, in revenge for the ill treatment of the body of his father (Simon de Montfort) after the battle of Evesham. Dante, in his Inferno Canto XII, mentions the fact of the preservation of the heart "on the banks of the Thames"
so called because of his father's German connections as King of the Romans (Almain is derived from Allemagne, the French word for Germany), was the son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall and Isabel Marshal.[1][2]
He was knighted by his father the day after Richard was crowned King of the Romans.
As a nephew of both Henry III and Simon de Montfort, he wavered between the two at the beginning of the Barons' War, but finally took the royalist side and was among the hostages taken by Montfort after the Battle of Lewes (1264), was held at Wallingford Castle and later released.[3][4]
In 1268 he took the cross with his cousin Edward, who, however, sent him back from Sicily to pacify the unruly province of Gascony. Henry took the land route with Philip III of France and Charles I of Sicily.
While attending mass at Chiesa di San Silvestro (also called Chiesa del Gesù) in Viterbo on 13 March 1271, he was murdered by his cousins Guy {d.1288} and Simon the younger de Montfort {d.1271}, sons of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, in revenge for the beheading of their father and older brother at the Battle of Evesham.[5] The deed is mentioned by Dante Alighieri, who took it upon himself to place Guy de Montfort in the seventh circle of hell in his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, which was written at least 40 years after Henry's death.
Henry was buried at Hailes Abbey.
The heart of Henry of Almayne (or Almain) (born 1235), son of Richard Earl of Cornwall and King of Germany and nephew of Henry III, was preserved in a golden heart shrine (or vase) near, or possibly within, the Shrine of St Edward the Confessor in Westminster Abbey. The Confessor's shrine from that period was later dismantled and a new one re-erected in the reign of Mary I but no heart shrine for Henry now remains in this chapel. His body was buried at Hailes Abbey.
Henry had given property to the Westminster monks to finance lights to burn at the Shrine of St Edward so it seems he had a devotion to the cult of this saintly king. His wife was Constance de Bearn but they had no children. While attending Mass at the church of San Silvestro in Viterbo in Italy in 1270 he was murdered by Guy de Montfort, in revenge for the ill treatment of the body of his father (Simon de Montfort) after the battle of Evesham. Dante, in his Inferno Canto XII, mentions the fact of the preservation of the heart "on the banks of the Thames"
so called because of his father's German connections as King of the Romans (Almain is derived from Allemagne, the French word for Germany), was the son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall and Isabel Marshal.[1][2]
He was knighted by his father the day after Richard was crowned King of the Romans.
As a nephew of both Henry III and Simon de Montfort, he wavered between the two at the beginning of the Barons' War, but finally took the royalist side and was among the hostages taken by Montfort after the Battle of Lewes (1264), was held at Wallingford Castle and later released.[3][4]
In 1268 he took the cross with his cousin Edward, who, however, sent him back from Sicily to pacify the unruly province of Gascony. Henry took the land route with Philip III of France and Charles I of Sicily.
While attending mass at Chiesa di San Silvestro (also called Chiesa del Gesù) in Viterbo on 13 March 1271, he was murdered by his cousins Guy {d.1288} and Simon the younger de Montfort {d.1271}, sons of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, in revenge for the beheading of their father and older brother at the Battle of Evesham.[5] The deed is mentioned by Dante Alighieri, who took it upon himself to place Guy de Montfort in the seventh circle of hell in his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, which was written at least 40 years after Henry's death.
Henry was buried at Hailes Abbey.
Henry had given property to the Westminster monks to finance lights to burn at the Shrine of St Edward so it seems he had a devotion to the cult of this saintly king. His wife was Constance de Bearn but they had no children. While attending Mass at the church of San Silvestro in Viterbo in Italy in 1270 he was murdered by Guy de Montfort, in revenge for the ill treatment of the body of his father (Simon de Montfort) after the battle of Evesham. Dante, in his Inferno Canto XII, mentions the fact of the preservation of the heart "on the banks of the Thames"
so called because of his father's German connections as King of the Romans (Almain is derived from Allemagne, the French word for Germany), was the son of Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall and Isabel Marshal.[1][2]
He was knighted by his father the day after Richard was crowned King of the Romans.
As a nephew of both Henry III and Simon de Montfort, he wavered between the two at the beginning of the Barons' War, but finally took the royalist side and was among the hostages taken by Montfort after the Battle of Lewes (1264), was held at Wallingford Castle and later released.[3][4]
In 1268 he took the cross with his cousin Edward, who, however, sent him back from Sicily to pacify the unruly province of Gascony. Henry took the land route with Philip III of France and Charles I of Sicily.
While attending mass at Chiesa di San Silvestro (also called Chiesa del Gesù) in Viterbo on 13 March 1271, he was murdered by his cousins Guy {d.1288} and Simon the younger de Montfort {d.1271}, sons of Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester, in revenge for the beheading of their father and older brother at the Battle of Evesham.[5] The deed is mentioned by Dante Alighieri, who took it upon himself to place Guy de Montfort in the seventh circle of hell in his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, which was written at least 40 years after Henry's death.
Henry was buried at Hailes Abbey.
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