Divine Comedy
De la Broce appears in Dante's Purgatory, in Canto VI, with the other spirits of those who, though redeemed, were prevented from making a final confession and reconciliation due to having died by violence:
I saw the soul
cleft from its body out of spite and envy --
not, so it said, because it had been guilty --
I mean Pier de la Brosse,
and may the Lady of Brabant
while she's still in this world, watch
her ways—or end among a sadder flock
(from Allen Mandelbaum's translation)
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| Name | Broce, Pierre De La |
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| Date of death | June 30, 1278 |
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