"Rais, Gilles De"@en . "Gilles de Montmorency-Laval (prob. c. September 1405 \u2013 26 October 1440), Baron de Rais, was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later conviction as a confessed serial killer of children.A member of the House of Montmorency-Laval, Gilles de Rais grew up under the tutelage of his maternal grandfather and increased his fortune by marriage."@en . . "1405Z"^^ . . . "1440-10-26Z"^^ . . . "Gilles de Montmorency-Laval, Gilles de Retz, Gilles de Rays, Gilles de Raiz"@en . . "French serial killer" . "1440Z"^^ . "The Original Bluebeard"@en .