Robert-François Damiens was a French domestic servant whose attempted assassination of King Louis XV in 1757 culminated in his public execution. He was the last person to be executed in France by dismemberment, the traditional form of death penalty reserved for regicides.
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King Louis XV
Damiens before his judges
Execution of Damiens
Idealized mid-19th century depiction of Damiens's execution by French illustrator Théophile Fragonard; in reality Damiens would have been supine on an execution platform, mostly unclothed, and hideously wounded from torture.
Casanova (pictured) was one of the most notable eyewitnesses of Damiens's executionAbout this person
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FranceStatus
deceased
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Lived 1715 to 1757 · aged 42
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