Germany Miscellaneous

King’s daughter was buried alive

A horrible discovery has been made in the crypt of Schönfelder Castle. The coffin of an illegitimate daughter of Augustus II of Poland and his mistress Anna Constantia of Brockdorff, named Augusta Anna Constantia contains scratches on the inside. How could she have been buried alive? Augusta was just 17 years old in 1725 when she married Heinrich [read more]