A Cyclopaedia of Female Biography/Florine

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search

FLORINE,

Daughter of the Duke of Burgundy, was betrothed to Suenon, King of Denmark, and accompanied this prince to the first crusade, in 1097. She was to have married him immediately after the conquest of Jerusalem. But they were both killed in a battle, with all their companions. Not one was left to bury the slain