Giles de Rais

Giles de Rais
(1404 AD - 1440 AD)
   A nobleman and soldier in the French army, he fought along with Joan of Arc against the English. Peasant children, mainly boys, disappeared wherever de Rais traveled or lived. These crimes were overlooked, but when he stole money from the nobility to solve his financial problems, he was tortured for two days. Then he was hanged and burned at the same time. de Rais was better known as Bluebeard the Pirate.

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