Posted on 04/25/2024 1:54:02 PM PDT by CheshireTheCat
French royal treasurer Pierre de Remi was hanged on the Montfaucon gibbet on this date in 1328.*
A commoner made good, Pierre de Remi ascended, descended, and finally depended with the chance fortunes of his courtly protectors.
He couldn’t say that he ought not have seen it coming. As the trusted aide of Louis of Navarre, our Pierre took the helm of the royal treasury after that man ascended the throne as Louis X, upon which occasion the new king executed dad’s faithful treasurer on spurious charges to appease his factional rivals.
Death came at this crowd fast, for Pierre de Remi had only a few months in his post before Louis X also shuffled off the mortal coil — and the treasurer was promptly sacked (but at least not killed) by his successor. No problem: Pierre de Remi just cozied up to the new king’s younger brother and waited for a bout of dysentery to turn over the succession card once again.*....
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The phrase ”prodigious spoliation” is one that could be applied to the Biden administration every day. Unfortunately we don’t have the gibbet like they did.
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