François Villon

François Villon was born in Paris around 1431. He bore the name Montcorbier or that of des Loges, and took that of Guillaume de Villon, a chaplain, who had taken him in. A bachelor in 1449 and master of arts in 1452, he was involved in June 1455 in a brawl with a priest, fled, then obtained letters of remission. Around the end of 1456 he took part in the robbery of the Collège de Navarre, was imprisoned at Meung-sur-Loire and freed when Louis XI passed through in October 1461. Sentenced to hanging in 1462, he saw his sentence commuted to banishment on 5 January 1463. What became of him afterwards is unknown.

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• PoetryBallad of the Hanged MenBallade des pendusFrançois Villon · 1463LiteraturePublic domain