Pierre de Rémy

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Pierre de Rémy († executed 1328 ) was treasurer of King Charles IV (reigned 1322-1328).

After Philip VI took office. Pierre de Rémy was arrested on charges of misappropriating state finances. Without being given the opportunity to defend himself, he was sentenced to death by hanging on April 25, 1328 by a resolution of the parliament .

When he was led to the execution of the “Gibet de Montigny”, which was reserved for ordinary criminals, Pierre de Rémy accused himself of further acts that no one had previously accused him of, including high treason against the king and the state. The gravity of these crimes made it impossible to judge him in Montigny - they turned around and hung him at the nearby Gibet de Montfaucon, reserved for newly confessed crimes . Even Rémy's contemporaries assumed that this honor was the only goal of his confessions.

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