Henri de Talleyrand-Périgord, comte de Chalais (1599–1626) was a favorite of
Louis XIII of France
Louis XIII (; sometimes called the Just; 27 September 1601 – 14 May 1643) was King of France from 1610 until his death in 1643 and King of Navarre (as Louis II) from 1610 to 1620, when the crown of Navarre was merged with the French crown.
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He was born in 1599 as son to Daniel de Talleyrand-Périgord, Prince de Chalais and Françoise de Montluc, daughter of
Maréchal de Montluc. He started to serve in the military early in his life. He was at the
Siege of Montauban in 1621. He became Head of the King's Wardrobe to King Louis XIII.
He married Charlotte de Castille and fought and killed her lover in a duel.
He was accused of conspiracy against
Richelieu, arrested at
Nantes
Nantes (, ; ; or ; ) is a city in the Loire-Atlantique department of France on the Loire, from the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast. The city is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, sixth largest in France, with a pop ...
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beheaded
Decapitation is the total separation of the head from the body. Such an injury is invariably fatal to humans and all vertebrate animals, since it deprives the brain of oxygenated blood by way of severing through the jugular vein and common c ...
by an unskilled axeman who took over 30 blows to sever the head.
See also
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Chalais conspiracy
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Biography
1599 births
1626 deaths
Henri
Henri De Talleyrand-Périgord
Executed French nobility
17th-century executions by France
People executed by France by decapitation
French duellists
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