10 British Kings Buried In Unusual Places

1. King Richard I's Heart Is Buried At Rouen, His Entrails In Châlus And The Rest Of His Body With King Henry II's Remains At Fontevraud Abbey

Sons often like to be buried with their fathers - even ones they tried to depose, it seems. Such is the case with Richard the Lionheart, who reigned on the English throne between July 6, 1189 and April 6, 1199. Having claimed the castle of Châlus-Chabrol following a rebellion in the Haute-Vienne region of France, King Richard I was walking around the perimeter of the fort without any chainmail on when he was accidentally shot in the shoulder by a crossbowman on March 25, 1199. A surgeon carelessly removed the arrow, mangling the king's arm, and the wound became gangrenous - leading to Richard I dying in his mother's arms on April 6, 1199. In order to spread Richard's body over as many places that were important to him as possible, his heart was interred at Rouen in Normandy (in a tomb pictured above), his entrails were buried at Châlus-Chabrol where he died, while the remainder of his anatomy was placed next to that of his father, King Henry II, at Fontevraud Abbey in Anjou. Interestingly the King's heart was exhumed in 2012 and it was found that it had been embalmed - including with frankincense, leading many to believe Richard the Lionheart was held in as high regard as Jesus Christ by some people in France at the time of his death.