Guy Fawkes
English military personnel
Guy Fawkes, also known as Guido Fawkes while fighting for the Spanish, was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics involved in the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605. He was born and educated in York; his father died when Fawkes was eight... Wikipedia
Born: April 13, 1570, York, United Kingdom
Died: January 31, 1606 (age 35 years), Westminster, London, United Kingdom
Parents: Edward Fawkes and Edith Fawkes
Siblings: Anne Fawkes and Elizabeth Fawkes
Conviction(s): High treason
Criminal penalty: Hanged, drawn and quartered
Criminal status: Executed
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Guy Fawkes was born in 1570 and though his father was a staunch Protestant, his mother married for a second time into a strongly Catholic family.
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