Victim in The Return of Martin Guerre
Peasant of Artigat who left home in 1548, lost a leg at St Quentin in 1557 and returned in 1560; died at some point before 1594.
1556–1560 · Artigat, County of Foix, and Toulouse · Executed
In 1556 a man walked into a Pyrenean village claiming to be its missing husband. His wife accepted him for three years, until the real one came home. Read the case.
Dated events
Martin Guerre is born, by most accounts, in Hendaye in the Basque country.
The family moves to Artigat and changes its name from Daguerre to Guerre.
The real Martin Guerre appears before the Parlement of Toulouse during the appeal.
Arnaud du Tilh is hanged in front of the Guerre house in Artigat.