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Gilles de Rais castle

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Château de Tiffauges located here is a castle once owned by Giles de Rais and may have been a place where he murdered a few of the hundreds of children he is suspected of killing.

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Gilles de Rais

Gilles de Montmorency-Laval (also known as Gilles de Retz) (1404–1440), Baron de Rais, was a Breton knight, a leader in the French army and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known by his reputation and conviction as a prolific serial killer of children.

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