Thank you for posting so many great articles on your blog. I was especially fascinated by this particular one about Henri IV. In his portraits, the French king sometimes looked a little peculiar – the facial reconstruction, however, shows a good-looking man.
Interesting details also about earring use. I recently saw a painting of Henri’s brother-in-law, Henri III, in which the latter sports a rather large earring.
Some of your blog readers have commented that the forensic examination of Henri’s head shows little respect for the dead, but you stated that he will be officially reburied at St. Denis this year.
I am currently working on a biography of Anna of Saxony (1544-77). She was said to be misshapen and rather unattractive. Because of her scandalous lifestyle, her family had her buried in an unmarked grave in Meissen Cathedral, near Dresden, Germany. I wish authorities would allow the exhumation of her body to shed light on her alleged disabilities.
If you are interested, here is my blog on Anna:
http://princessesofgermany.blogspot.com/

Best wishes from a fellow historian,
Ingrun

Lets see all of your years behind a microscope that give your argument ANY merit if all.

Did you not even read the article at all? Let me Repeat the facts that you CLEARLY missed.

a 19-person multidisciplinary team composed of forensic anthropologists, archaeologists, geneticists and even perfumers examined the head

NINETEEN PEOPLE. Who have gone to school, graduated and dedicate their ENTIRE lives to their work. Do you not know ANYTHING about anthropology?

I will dumb it down for you because clearly you need it.

“Radiocarbon dating returned a date range of between 1450 and 1650; Henry was assassinated in 1610″

( I’m almost positive that there were no ‘ warriors that wore ‘bones’ in their ears in 1610 and in all places Australia? where do you even GET this rediculous information)

Many royal Kings wore earrings. Read a book. Learn some history….

” the embalming method matched the very specific technique used at Henry’s request”

Henry SPECIFICALLY requested to be embalmed “in the style of the Italians.”

Which Mnimises mutilation. Which dumbed down means they did not open the skull, they did not touch the brain, and left all internal structures intact.They left it ALONE. Which is NOT typically done in embalmings.

Before you go making ignorant comments like this, you should probably stop talking for a while seeing as how you know absolutely nothing about anything especially anthropologically speaking.

Read a book every once in a while. Fool… I don’t even understand why people like you are allowed to even speak out loud.

He may be a king to you but to me he be a Clever Man, a Karadji. Due to the size of the piercing in his ear, i am guessing he may have had a bone through it at some point, a fashion which I am certain was never adopted by men of the valois court. The blackened skin, the deliberate decapitation marks, the red and white ochre in his hair etc etc

I reckon that head belongs in Australia to be buried with the Warrior it adorned – Bembilwyam.