Episode 3 of 3

Execution of Montmorency

Name: Execution of Montmorency
Start: 1632-10-30
Location: Toulouse

When: 30 October 1632
Where: Toulouse
Part of: Suppression of the Rebellion of Gaston d'Orléans and Execution of Montmorency

Montmorency was executed as a traitor in Toulouse on 30 October 1632. He was beheaded with a guillotine-like device.

Montmorency was executed in Toulouse on 30 October 1632. He was beheaded in the town hall using a guillotine-like device, a detail recorded in the memoirs of Jacques, vicomte de Puysegur.

Sources

Henri de Montmorency, 4th Duke of Montmorency Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-13
Battle of Castelnaudary Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-21

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