Balthasar Gérard

Balthazar Gérard
Portrait of Gérard, c. 16th century. Author unknown. Stedelijk Museum het Prinsenhof, Delft
Bornc. 1557
Vuillafans, Franche-Comté, Holy Roman Empire
Died14 July 1584(1584-07-14) (aged 26–27)
Delft, Holland
Known forAssassination of William the Silent

Balthazar Gérard (c. 1557 – 14 July 1584) was the assassin of the Dutch revolt's leader, William the Silent of the House of Orange.

Gérard was tortured and then executed for the assassination, in a manner considered brutal even by the standards of the 16th century.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.