Pierre Barrière (born?, died August 31, 1593) was a would-be assassin of King

Henry IV of France Henry IV (; 13 December 1553 – 14 May 1610), also known by the epithets Good King Henry (''le Bon Roi Henri'') or Henry the Great (''Henri le Grand''), was King of Navarre (as Henry III) from 1572 and King of France from 1589 to 16 ...

. Barrière attempted an assassination of Henry IV on 27 August 1593. His assassination attempt failed when he was denounced by a Dominican priest to whom he had confessed. He was executed on 31 August 1593 by breaking on the wheel and

dismemberment Dismemberment is the act of completely disconnecting and/or removing the limbs, skin, and/or organs from a living or dead being. It has been practiced upon human beings as a form of capital punishment, especially in connection with regicid ...

References

16th-century births 1593 deaths 1593 crimes Failed regicides People executed by breaking wheel French assassins Executed French people Executed failed assassins 16th-century executions by France 16th-century French criminals Year of birth unknown {{Crime-bio-stub