Miklós Kásler - Zoltán Szentirmay (szerk.): Identifying the Árpád Dynasty Skeletons Interred in the Matthias Church. Applying data from historical, archaeological, anthropological, radiological, morphological, radiocarbon dating and genetic research (Budapest, 2021)

CHAPTER THREE – Archaeological, anthropological and radiological data

skeletons in December 1848. They wrote the following about the find in the fourth grave: “female, aged between 20 and 30 years; the left side of the pelvis indicates that the fetal remains were between 7 and 8 months old. The position she was found in shows that she died while pregnant” (Hungarian National Museum Historical Records Archive). As the womans skeleton related to the fetus was lost, the current skeletons do not contain a skeleton that could be linked to the fetus, given the currently available archaeological data (Biczó

2016). As noted, however, the genetic study conducted on the fetus in 2019 does suggest the identity of the mother and father.

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