The heart of the 16th-century French queen was stolen

The golden box contains the heart of Queen Anne de Bretagne - the only person who has become the French queen twice has been stolen.

Friday night, April 13, at the Thomas-Dobrée museum, the city of Nantes of France, thieves took the heart of Queen Anne's box - the only person in history to be crowned. Queen 2 times in life.

Queen Anne - Heart box - Photo: The Telegraph).

The gold box is finely carved, with a crown and 9 lilies above.

The box is the property of the Thomas-Dobrée museum since 1886 and is displayed in a special glass case at the museum, since last Tuesday.

Philippe Grosvalet, president of the Loire-Atlantique department, which owns the museum, said: "Thieves have attacked our common heritage and stole a priceless thing. Not just a symbol, a container Queen Anne's heart is a historical treasure. '

Painting of Queen Anne.

In 1514, Queen Anne died. She was buried in accordance with regulations and buried next to members of the French royal family.

But to show that her heart belonged to Brittany, it was placed in the grave of her parents, at the Carmelite nuns' chapel in Nantes.

Dubbed the richest woman in Europe, her hands were sought by many kings. In 1483, her father arranged for her to take the Prince of Wales, Edward, but the young prince disappeared and is thought to have been killed by his uncle Richard III.

In 1491, she married Charles VIII of France and was crowned queen when she was 12 years old. In 1498, the king died without a follower. A year later, she married Louis XII and became the only woman to be crowned the French queen twice.