A lock of hair found in the 1700s also suggests the skeleton could belong to the countess who ruled in the Low Countries of Europe.
Archaeologists were excavating areas around the
—when they found the skeleton. It had been lying in the Hofkapel, a former chapel located in the parliament building.here in total, local news outlet The Hague FM reported, but one is of particular interest as it may have belonged to a 15th-century countess known as Jacoba van Beieren. She was the countess of Holland, Zeeland and Hainaut in the Low Countries from 1417 to 1433.
A portrait of Jacoba van Beieren, also known as Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut, painted by Jan van Eyck. It is believed that her skeleton has been discovered near a senate building in the Netherlands.In another 1770 excavation, archaeologists discovered a lock of the countess's hair in the same area, adding to this potential theory.
Archaeologists have also found an extended area of the Hofkapel known as the Waalse Kerk, or Walloon Church. This used to be a special entrance, Mignonne Lenoir, an"Only the rich people of the court and the nobility entered the Hofkapel through this entrance," Lenoir told the news outlet.treasuresAs well as the tombs and special burials dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries, glassware was found in the old cesspit.
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