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Balthasar Gérard ( Vuillafans, 1557 – Delft, 14 luglio 1584) è noto per aver assassinato il principe e statolder Guglielmo I d'Orange, primo leader della Repubblica delle Sette Province Unite .
Balthasar Gérard (alternative spellings Gerards or Gerardts; c. 1557 – 14 July 1584) was the assassin of the Dutch revolt's leader, William the Silent of the House of Orange (William the Silent, and later known as the "Father of the Fatherland").
GÉRARD, Balthasar. Adriano H. Luijdjens. Nativo della Franca Contea, covò per anni l'intenzione di uccidere Guglielmo il Taciturno, nemico della chiesa cattolica. Recatosi nei Paesi Bassi, seppe nel maggio 1584 venire in contatto col predicatore di corte del principe, Pierre de Villiers.
14 lug 2013 · After 4 days of torture, on this date in 1584, Balthasar Gérard (Geeraerts) finally met his end by beheading on the wheel. Gérard managed to be both historically important and wholly forgettable: an assassin working for Spain against the Netherlands, his regicide was met with a predictably stiff punishment.
Balthasar Gérard (niederländisch Balthasar Gerards; * um 1557 in Vuillafans in der Franche-Comté; † 14. Juli 1584 in Delft ) war der Mörder Wilhelms von Oranien . Als Katholik und Bewunderer Philipps II. fasste Gérard den Plan, Wilhelm von Oranien zu ermorden.
Balthazar Gérard, né à Vuillafans en 1557 et mort à Delft le 14 juillet 1584, est connu pour avoir assassiné Guillaume Ier d'Orange-Nassau, comte de Nassau, prince d'Orange.
The killer of William the Silent, Balthasar Gérard, was subjected to an absolutely horrific execution. Was there any public reaction or outcry against this cruelty? What factors led to such a sentence being imposed? Am I wrong in thinking his sentence unusually cruel for the times?
