Effigies of Ermentrude and Carloman, Royal tombs, Basilique Saint-Denis, Saint-Denis, France

Effigies of Ermentrude, 825-69, queen of East Francia, wife of Charles II the Bald, and Carloman, 751-71, king of the Franks 768-71, son of Pepin the Short and brother of Charlemagne, in the Basilique Saint-Denis, Paris, France. Saint-Louis commissioned this tomb in 1263-64 and Carloman's body was brought here from Reims. The basilica is a large medieval 12th century Gothic abbey church and burial site of French kings from 10th - 18th centuries. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Abbey Church Of Saint Denis, France