Besme
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Besme, also called Behmef, real name apparently Charles Dianovitz (), was a Bohemian in the pay of the Duke of Guise, who is recorded as the assassin of Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny in 1572, using either a dagger or a "big sword". The assassin group called itself Picards de Bohème.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Besme is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to Czech, Protestantism and public domain.
It sits within the topics 16th-century people from Bohemia, Czech nobility and Year of birth unknown.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
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- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 4
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Charles
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Bohemia
- Place of death
- Bouteville
- Image
- Páni z Janovic a Klenové - coat of arms.png
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- date of death
- 1577-00-00
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
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Besme, also called Behmef, real name apparently Charles Dianovitz (), was a Bohemian in the pay of the Duke of Guise, who is recorded as the assassin of Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny in 1572, using either a dagger or a "big sword". The assassin group called itself Picards de Bohème.
Later subsequently was made prisoner while warring against the Protestants of Saintonge, who put him to death.
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