The skeleton of one of history’s most swashbuckling figures may have finally been found buried beneath the floor of a church in the Netherlands. The remains, in situ for the past three and a half centuries, are believed to belong to Charles de Batz de Castelmore, better known as Count d’Artagnan—a real-life French musketeer, close aide to King Louis XIV, and the inspiration for Alexandre Dumas’s beloved adventure stories. D’Artagnan was killed during the Siege of Maastricht in 1673 and was long rumored to have been buried at St. Peter and Paul Church in the city, though no evidence had ever surfaced—until now. Jos Valke, a deacon at the church who helped unearth the skeleton, told the BBC he is 99 percent certain the remains are d’Artagnan’s. “We became quite silent when we found the first bone,” he said, citing a buried bullet, a coin dated 1660 and the skeleton’s position beneath the former altar as key indicators. A sample has been sent to Germany for analysis.
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