New edit (law) of Cardinal Richelieu (Armand Jean du Plessis; 1585-1642) on 2 June 1626 introducing the death penalty for fighting in duel. Celebre duel in broad daylight between Bouteville and Beuvron on the Place Royale (Place des Vosges) in Paris on 21 June 1627 despite the ban - Francois de Montmorency Bouteville (Montmorency-Bouteville) (1600-1627) was decapite and Francois dHarcourt; Marquis de Beuvron fled to England to escape from his sentence (On 12 May 1627 at the Place Royale in Paris; Montmorency-Bouteville dueled Beuvron without fatality; but Montmorency-Boutevilles second; Franois de Rosmadec; Comte de Chappelles; dueled and killed Beuvrons second; the Marquis de Bussi dAmboise. While Beuvron took refuge in England; Montmorency-Bouteville and Rosmadec; despite their nobility; were beheaded at the Place de Greve in Paris on 22 June 1627) Engraving from ??Le duel a travers les ages??by Letainturier-Fra