See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES See also:

• HENRI

HENRI See also:

• CHARLES HENRI SANSON (b. 1739)
• SANSON, NICOLAS (1600-1667)

SANSON (b. 1739)  , public executioner of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris from 1788 to 1795, was the son of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• SANSON, CHARLES HENRI (b. 1739)
• SANSON, NICOLAS (1600-1667)

Sanson or Longval, who received in 1688 the See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office of executeur See also:

• DES

des hautes euvres de Paris, which became hereditary in his See also:

• FAMILY

family . Sanson's See also:

• BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers exercised the same See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in other towns . In the last days of 1789 See also:

• GORSAS, ANTOINE JOSEPH (1752-1793)

Gorsas in the Courtier de Paris accused Sanson of harbouring a Royalist See also:

• PRESS (through Fr. presse from Lat. pressare, frequentative of premere, to crush, squeeze, press)

press in his See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house . Sanson was brought to trial, but acquitted, and Gorsas withdrew the See also:

• ACCUSATION (Lat. accusatio, accusare, to challenge to a causa, a suit or trial at law)

accusation . After the See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVI., a statement by Sanson was inserted in the Thermometre politique (13th See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1793) in See also:

• CONTRADICTION, PRINCIPLE OF (principium contradictionis)

contradiction of the false statements made in respect of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's behaviour when confronted with See also:

• DEATH

death . He surrendered his office in 1795 to his son See also:

• HENRI

Henri, who had been his See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy for some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, and held his See also:

• FATHER

father's office till his death in 184o . There is no See also:

• RECORD (Lat. recordari, to recall to mind, from cor, heart or mind)

record of the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder Sanson's death . Henri's son See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement Henri was the last of the family to hold the office . The romantic tales told of C . H . Sanson have their origin in the apocryphal Memoires pour servir a l'histoire de la Revolution Franyaise See also:

• PAR (Lat. par, equal)

par Sanson (2 vols., 1829; another ed., 1831), of which a few pages of introduction emanate from See also:

• BALZAC, HONORS DE (1790-1850)
• BALZAC, JEAN LOUIS GUEZ DE (1594-1654)

Balzac, and some other See also:

• MATTER

matter from Lheritier de l'See also:

• AIN

Ain . Other Memoires of Sanson, edited by A .

See also:

• GREGOIRE, HENRI (1750—1831)

Gregoire (ps. for V . Lombard) in 183o, and by M. d'Olbreuze (6 vols., 1862—1863) are equally fictitious . The few facts definitely ascertainable are collected by G . Lenotre in La See also:

• GUILLOTINE

Guillotine See also:

• PENDANT (through Fr. from Lat. pendere, to hang)

pendant la Revolution (1893) . Cf . M .See also:

• TOURNEUX, JEAN MAURICE (1849— )

Tourneux, Bibliographie de l'histoire de Paris .. . (189o, &c.), vol. i . Nos . 3963-3965, and vol. iv., s.v .