The hero of the “ Blue Beard ” pantomime is said to have been Giles de Laval Seigneur de Retz, who was born in the late fourteenth century. He was accused of murdering six of his seven wives and was burnt at the stake at Nantes in 1440.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 78, 1 April 1931, Page 7
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