Michał Piekarski
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Michał Piekarski, also known as Michael Piekarski, was a Polish petty nobleman and landowner, who attempted to assassinate King Sigismund III in 1620.
Sigismund III around the time of the assassination attempt
Piekarski being dismembered by horses during execution, 1620
François Ravaillac
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François Ravaillac was a French Catholic who assassinated King Henry IV of France in 1610.
Michał Piekarski
…estates at Binkowice in southeastern Poland where he was most likely born. In May 1610, when king Henry IV of France was successfully assassinated by François Ravaillac, Piekarski, then still a young man, decided to kill Sigismund III of Poland. He eagerly waited and prepared for almost 10 years before attempting it…
François Ravaillac brandishing his dagger, in a 17th-century engraving
Assassination of Henry IV, engraving by Gaspar Bouttats.
Ravaillac murdering Henry IV, rue de la Ferronnerie in Paris