Discovered Skeleton Could Solve Mysterious Disappearance Of Swedish Count Who Vanished 322 Years Ago

MessageToEagle.com – The Swedish Count Philip Christoph Königsmarck disappeared 322 years ago under mysterious circumstances.

What happened to him remains unknown, but it has long been suspected he was murdered because of a love triangle between him, his childhood friend Sophia Dorothea and the future English King George Louis.

Now, scientists have unearthed a skeleton that might cast new light on this unsolved mystery.

The skeleton was found in the Hanover Castle, which actual name is Leineschloss (Leine Castle) in Germany.

In former times it was the residence of the kings of Hanover Germany. The history of the castle goes back into the 12th century when it was first created as a Franciscan Monastery.

On August 10 this year, during the renovation of the castle construction workers found very old human remains buried eight meters below the ground. Experts have now examined the bones and tissue, but the cause of death has not yet been determined. It is currently believed the skeleton belongs to the Swedish Count Philip Christoph König Marcks who vanished without a trace 322 years ago.

With help of DNA samples, experts will son be able compare if the bones match other living descendants of the Swedish nobleman. The results will also prove whether the count was murdered or not.

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Count Philip Christoph Königsmarck was born in 1665. After wandering and fighting in various parts of Europe he entered the service of Ernest Augustus, Elector of Hanover in 1689.

While being in Hanover, he began a love affair with Sophia Dorothea, whom he knew since childhood. It was the start of a love relationship that some years later would end in tragedy. She had already been as a 16-year-old promised away to his cousin, the Elector Georg Ludwig – who in 1714 became King George I of England.

Philip Christoph von Königsmarck assisted her in one or two futile attempts to escape from Hanover. Remembered as the lover of the princess, due to the large amount of love letters that are now preserved at the University of Lund, he was seized, and disappeared from history.

On the morning of 2 July 1694, after a meeting with Sophia, he disappeared from the Leineschloss castle.

Historians suspect he was murdered at the instigation of George Louis, and his body was disposed of in a river, possibly the Leine in Germany. It is alleged that two of those involved in his death made confessions years later.

Sophia was detained at the castle of Ahlden. She spent the rest of her days there and in the surrounding city. She died in 1726 at the age of 60 years.

DNA will now finally shed more light on this unsolved mystery and we will soon find out what really happened to the count on that night. Who knows, maybe King George I of England did not kill the Swedish count after all.

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