Robert-François Damiens (French pronunciation: [ʁɔb...
wikipedia - 05 Jan 2022Robert-François Damiens (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛʁ fʁɑ̃swa damjɛ̃]; surname also recorded as Damier; 9 January 1715 – 28 March 1757) was a French domestic servant whose attempted assassination of King Louis XV in 1757[1] culminated in his public execution.[2] He was the last person to be executed in France by drawing and quartering, the traditional form of death penalty reserved for regicides.
