About Jacques Chausson
Lived 1618 – 1661 (aged 42–43). Jacques Chausson was a French writer.
Jacques Chausson ( – 29 December 1661) was a French ex-customs manager and writer. He was arrested on 16 August 1661 and charged with attempted rape of a young nobleman, Octave des Valons. He was convicted of sodomy and sentenced to death. His tongue was cut out and he was burned at the stake (without being suffocated first, the more common and "merciful" practice).
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Who was Jacques Chausson?
French criminal
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Jacques Chausson was born in 1618.
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Jacques Chausson died on 29 December 1661.
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Jacques Chausson was a writer.
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Jacques Chausson was French.
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