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'''Guido "Guy" Fawkes''' (April 13, 1570 - January 31, 1606) was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed [[Gunpowder Plot]] of 1605.
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|fullname = Guy Fawkes
|alias = Guido Fawkes
|origin = York, England
|occupation = Soldier
|type of villain = Anarchist
|goals = Kill King [[James VI and I|James I]] (failed)
|crimes = Conspiracy<br>Attempted assassination
|hobby = }}'''Guido "Guy" Fawkes''' (April 13, 1570 - January 31, 1606) was a member of a group of provincial English Catholics who planned the failed [[Gunpowder Plot]] of 1605.


Fawkes was born and educated in York. His father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic. Fawkes later converted to Catholicism and left for the continent, where he fought in the Eighty Years' War on the side of Catholic Spain against Protestant Dutch reformers. He travelled to Spain to seek support for a Catholic rebellion in England but was unsuccessful. He later met [[Robert and Thomas Wintour|Thomas Wintour]], with whom he returned to England.
Fawkes was born and educated in York. His father died when Fawkes was eight years old, after which his mother married a recusant Catholic. Fawkes later converted to Catholicism and left for the continent, where he fought in the Eighty Years' War on the side of Catholic Spain against Protestant Dutch reformers. He travelled to Spain to seek support for a Catholic rebellion in England but was unsuccessful. He later met [[Robert and Thomas Wintour|Thomas Wintour]], with whom he returned to England.
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