Henriet Cousin

Henriet Cousin is a minor antagonist of the novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and Disney's 1996 film adaptation of the same name. He is the local city executioner who is in league with Claude Frollo.

Novel
Cousin appeared briefly in the film as he was ordered by the authorities to hang the young gypsy girl Esmeralda after she was forced by Pierrat Torturue to falsely confess for the attempted murder of Captain Phoebus, unaware of the fact that Frollo was the one responsible for committing the act in the first place. After Emseralda's right to sanctuary was revoked before she was betrayed by Frollo, Cousin willingly carried the act to hang her, but this led an angry Quasimodo to brutally push Frollo from the cathedral to his death before burying himself in Emseralda's grave.

It is unknown what happened to Cousin afterwards following the deaths of Frollo and Esmeralda.

Film
Cousin briefly appeared in the film, where he is holding a fire torch as Judge Claude Frollo and his soldiers are overseeing the executions of the gypsy population (including a captive Phoebus). Starting off with Emseralda, Cousin (with a smirk) eagerly passes the torch to Frollo, who offers to set Esmeralda free in exchange for being his lover, an act that Esmeralda refuses. Cousin watches in delight as Frollo sets Esmeralda to be burned at the stake, but this was foiled when Quasimodo comes by to rescue her and bring her back to the cathedral for sanctuary, much to the people's delight. This act drove an angry Frollo to order Cousin and the rest of the soldiers to lay siege on the cathedral, though the citizens freed Phoebus and the gypsies and helped them in warding off the soldiers.

It is unknown what happened to Cousin following Frollo's death as his fate is left undisclosed.