List of unusual deaths
Renaissance

List of unusual deaths

Section Title: Renaissance
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Name of person	Image	Date of death	Details

George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence	-	18 February 1478	George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, was allegedly executed by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine, apparently his own choice once he accepted he was to be killed.

Hans Staininger	Braunau am Inn 003.JPG	1567	Hans Staininger, the burgomaster of Braunau (then Bavaria, now Austria), died when he broke his neck by tripping over his own beard.

Tycho Brahe	Tycho Brahe.JPG	24 October 1601	Tycho Brahe contracted a bladder or kidney ailment after attending a banquet in Prague, and died eleven days later. According to Kepler's first-hand account, Brahe had refused to leave the banquet to relieve himself because it would have been a breach of etiquette.

Sentence(s)

George Plantagenet was executed by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine on 18 February 1478.

final_sentence: George Plantagenet was executed by drowning in a barrel of Malmsey wine on 18 February 1478.