 In a socio-political context of persecution of Huguenots and famine, the plot was on a European scale.The conspiracy aimed at overturning Louis XIV's government and change into republic provinces like "Provence", "Dauphiné" and "Languedoc", with the military support of Switzerland, Spain and United Netherlands (Dutch Republic).Based in London, Roux was betrayed, denounced in May 1668, illegally kidnapped in Switzerland and jailed, and then condemned to death by "breaking on the wheel" in Paris on 21 June 1669.