Besme, also called Behmef, real name apparently Charles Dianovitz (), was a Bohemian in the pay of the Duke of Guise, who is recorded as the assassin of Protestant leader Gaspard de Coligny in 1572, using either a dagger or a "big sword". The assassin group called itself Picards de Bohème.
Later subsequently was made prisoner while warring against the Protestants of Saintonge, who put him to death.Les trois mousquetaires; edited and annotated, for use in colleges and schools, by F. C. Sumichrast International modern language series. 1889. // Biographical and Qeographical Note
He is mentioned once in The Three Musketeers.
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External links rootsweb.com Catholic encyclopedia (see section THE MASSACRE)