Nevers. Cathedral St. Cyr & Juliette. Gisant of Yolande de Bourgogne. (Updated over a year ago)

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FRENCH GOTHIC Anonymous (active c. 1150 - c. 1500): Yolande de Bourgogne was countess of Never and wife if Jean Tristan son of St. Louis. He died in Tunis in 1270. In 1271 she married Robert de Dompierre who had a son called Charles. Yolande gave him another son. When she was accused of murdering her stepson, her husband killed her. Her tomb was in the Cordeliers before being moved to the cathedral.

Tags: french , gothic , medieval , sculpture

Added to CSU World Image Archive on October 28, 2007.

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