The Long-Lost Bones of The Fourth Musketeer May Have Been Found

Remains may have been discovered beneath a church remains found beneath altar area at St Peter and Paul Church in Wolder, Maastricht.

Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan served King Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers he was a 17th-century soldier and minor noble.

Was killed during the siege of Maastricht in June 1673 reported to have been hit by a musket shot to the neck.

St Peter and Paul Church archaeologists unearthed a skeleton found during church floor repairs repair workers discovered the skeleton after floor tiles cracked from subsidence.

Tomb contents a French coin dated to 1660 and a bullet were found with the skeleton coin from the period and a bullet positioned at chest level were recovered.