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Charles-Joseph de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace


Charles Alexandre Marc Marcelin de Hénin-Liétard d'Alsace, prince of Henin and Count of Beaumont was a French prince executed by Guillotine.

He was born the third son in Brussels, and baptised in the church of the Koudenberg on the 17 juin 1744 , son of Alexandre Gabriel Joseph de Hénin-Liétard, Marquess of La Verre. The Archbishop of Mechelen, Cardinal d'Alcase was his uncle. Because of his small hight, he was named le prince des nains.

He was in military service of the count of Artois. He entered the French court and had a liaison with Sophie Arnould, provocing a scandal. He was put on trial and executed by guillotine on the same day in Paris during the terror, on the 7 juillet 1794.


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