Charles-Henri Sanson
![Posthumous portrait of Sanson by [[Eugène Lampsonius]] for a 1851 republication of ''[[Un épisode sous la Terreur]]'', an 1830 short story by [[Honoré de Balzac]]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/BalzacEpisodeTerror.jpg)
Charles-Henri Sanson, full title ''Chevalier Charles-Henri Sanson de Longval'' (; 15 February 1739 – 4 July 1806), was the royal executioner of France during the reign of King Louis XVI, as well as high executioner of the First French Republic. He administered capital punishment in Paris for over 40 years. By his own hand he executed nearly 3,000 people, including Robert-François Damiens who attempted to assassinate King Louis XV. Sanson was the executioner of Louis XVI.
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