On 31st July 1602, Charles de Gontault, Duke and Marshal of Biron, was beheaded in the Bastille.


On 31st July 1602, Charles de Gontault, Duke and Marshal of Biron, was beheaded in the Bastille, accused and convicted of high treason to King Henry IV of France. - Histoire Populaire de la France, Tome Deuxième Ch. Lahure's Publication, circa 1860


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