Which preposition to use with decapitation

of Occurrences 14%

To the downfall of the liturgy succeeded a new spectacle,the decapitation of an archbishop.

as Occurrences 1%

The chronicler gave the name of the Saxon who thus suffered untimely decapitation as Hosmer.

in Occurrences 1%

This Place is interesting to the historian as being the spot where Counts Egmont and Hoorn suffered decapitation in the reign of Philip II of Spain, by order of the Duke of Alva, who witnessed the execution from a window of one of the houses.

than Occurrences 1%

When I assured them that there was no more question of their decapitation than of mine, and that they were perfectly safe, they broke into a discordant jubilation like that of a children's school let loose; life had nothing more to give them.

Which preposition to use with  decapitation