Ravaillac was quartered in the most horrible way (it took very long for the limbs to be detached from the body), Damiens was wheeled and tortured, Chatel i don't remember.
As for women, they were some cases women who were eventually broken on the wheel. That was very rare, indeed, but it happened, for example in Lille (north of France) in 1683 : http://histoiresdebourreaux.blogspot.fr/2010/02/une-femme-rouee-lille-1683.html
I don't know for the other european countries, but I think they were no less cruel than France.
As for women, they were some cases women who were eventually broken on the wheel. That was very rare, indeed, but it happened, for example in Lille (north of France) in 1683 : http://histoiresdebourreaux.blogspot.fr/2010/02/une-femme-rouee-lille-1683.html
I don't know for the other european countries, but I think they were no less cruel than France.