History D’Artagnan skeleton found in a Dutch church near Maastricht.

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When we read the title of this news story, we might think it's a joke, but it's not a joke, because d'Artagnan exists in both history and fiction. The famous character from Alexandre Dumas's The Three Musketeers was inspired by a real person, Charles de Batz de Castelmore, Count d'Artagnan, who served under Louis XIV and died in 1673 during the Siege of Maastricht. The article mentions a skeleton found in the Netherlands that may belong to this real historical figure, based on its location and period, but there is still no definitive evidence. Although the adventurer d'Artagnan that most people know is fictional, he is based on a real man, and the discovery is being treated as a possible, but not confirmed, historical discovery. DNA tests are underway, genetic material has been extracted from the skeleton to compare it with the DNA of descendants of the paternal lineage of the De Batz family.​

Is d’Artagnan lying beneath a church in Maastricht? DNA will determine if remains found are those of the famous musketeer

The genetic remains from the teeth will be compared with those of a descendant of the count immortalized by Alexandre Dumas and who died in 1673 during the French siege of the Dutch city

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