Gilles de Rais was tried and executed in which year?
1440
1450
1430
1460
Answer
1440 was the year Gilles de Rais was tried and executed. He was a French nobleman and military commander who fought in the Hundred Years' War. After the war, he was accused of murdering children and was burned at the stake for his crimes.
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