Antoine de Beauterne was actually François Antoine, chief huntsman (lieutenant des Chasses) of king Louis XV and a professional wolf hunter, sent to stop the attacks of the Beast of Gévaudan with fourteen crack marksmen as assistants selected. The error concerning his name may stem from confusion with his son's. Antoine replaced Grand-louvetier Denneval and to the surprise of all on September 21, 1765 announced he had killed the beast somewhere farther in the mounts of Velay. Antoine was keen to prove that and called on a survivor of the attack La Pucelle, a young girl famous for fending the beast off with a spindle. Louis XV (February 16, 1710 – May 10, 1774), called the Well-Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé), was King of France from 1715 to 1774. ... Monument to the Beast of Gévaudan in Lozère, France The Beast of Gévaudan (French: La bête du Gévaudan) was a creature that terrorised the general area of the former province of Gévaudan (in todays Lozère département), in the Margeride Mountains in... September 21 is the 264th day of the year (265th in leap years). ... 1765 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

Antoine appeared as a character in "Brotherhood of the Wolf" film. U.S. movie poster for Brotherhood of the Wolf Brotherhood of the Wolf (original French title Le Pacte des loups) was a 2001 movie directed by Christophe Gans, starring Samuel Le Bihan, Vincent Cassel, Monica Bellucci and Mark Dacascos, and written by Gans and Stéphane Cabel. ...