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<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">The </span>'''Man in the Iron Mask'''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> (French: </span>''L'Homme au Masque de Fer)''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> is a name given to a prisoner arrested as Eustache Dauger in 1669 or 1670, and held in a number of jails, including the </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastille Bastille]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> and the Fortress of Pignerol (today </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinerolo Pinerolo]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">). He was held in the custody of the same jailer, </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9nigne_Dauvergne_de_Saint-Mars Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">, for a period of 34 years. He died on 19 November 1703 under the name of Marchioly, during the reign of </span>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV_of_France Louis XIV of France]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> (1643–1715). The possible identity of this man has been thoroughly discussed and has been the subject of many books, because no one ever saw his face, which was hidden by a mask of black velvet cloth.</span> | |||
<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">In the second edition of his ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Questions_sur_l%27Encyclop%C3%A9die&action=edit&redlink=1 Questions sur l'Encyclopédie]'' (French for "Questions on the Encyclopedia"), published in 1771, the writer and philosopher [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voltaire Voltaire] claimed that the prisoner wore an iron mask and was the older, illegitimate brother of Louis XIV. In the late 1840s, the writer [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Dumas,_p%C3%A8re Alexandre Dumas] elaborated on the theme in the final installment of his ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers Three Musketeers]'' saga: here the prisoner is forced to wear an iron mask and is Louis XIV's twin brother.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-BBCdocu_1-0" style="line-height:1em;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_in_the_Iron_Mask#cite_note-BBCdocu-1 [1]]</sup></p> | |||
<p style="margin-top:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:19.1875px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">What facts are known about this prisoner are based mainly on correspondence between his jailer and his superiors in Paris.</p> | |||
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Revision as of 13:55, 29 April 2013
The Man in the Iron Mask (French: L'Homme au Masque de Fer) is a name given to a prisoner arrested as Eustache Dauger in 1669 or 1670, and held in a number of jails, including the Bastille and the Fortress of Pignerol (today Pinerolo). He was held in the custody of the same jailer, Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars, for a period of 34 years. He died on 19 November 1703 under the name of Marchioly, during the reign of Louis XIV of France (1643–1715). The possible identity of this man has been thoroughly discussed and has been the subject of many books, because no one ever saw his face, which was hidden by a mask of black velvet cloth.
In the second edition of his Questions sur l'Encyclopédie (French for "Questions on the Encyclopedia"), published in 1771, the writer and philosopher Voltaire claimed that the prisoner wore an iron mask and was the older, illegitimate brother of Louis XIV. In the late 1840s, the writer Alexandre Dumas elaborated on the theme in the final installment of his Three Musketeers saga: here the prisoner is forced to wear an iron mask and is Louis XIV's twin brother.[1]
What facts are known about this prisoner are based mainly on correspondence between his jailer and his superiors in Paris.
