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May 6, 2016 · Historians have discounted the theory popularized by Voltaire and Dumas that the masked man was the twin brother of Louis XIV, according to Sonnino.
Monsieur Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (21 September 1640 – 9 June 1701) was the younger son of King Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, and the younger brother of King Louis XIV. He was the founder of the House of Orléans, a cadet branch of the ruling House of Bourbon .
Mar 5, 2020 · During the 19th century, the French author Alexandre Dumas tackled the question in his historical novels. Dumas theorized that the prisoner was King Louis XIV’s twin brother Philippe, imprisoned to simplify the throne’s inheritance and keep Louis XIV in power.
May 27, 2015 · One theory holds that he was a lowly valet implicated in a political scandal, but he’s also been identified as a debauched nobleman, a failed assassin and even the twin brother of Louis XIV.
A section of his novel The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later—the final installment of his D'Artagnan saga—features this prisoner, portrayed as Louis XIV's identical twin and forced to wear an iron mask.
Apr 3, 2014 · Louis XIV had a brother named Philippe, who was two years younger. On May 14, 1643, when Louis XIV was just 4 and a half years old, his father passed away.
Eleven years later, in 1671, after the death of his first wife Henrietta of England, Louis XIV forced his brother to marry Princess Elisabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine. They had three children, including future regent Philippe II, Duke of Orleans and Mademoiselle de Chartres.
Oct 3, 2017 · Dumas’s version puts forward what became the most popular theory of the prisoner’s identity: Louis XIV’s twin brother, Philippe, who had been born first and jeopardized the Sun King’s ...
Jun 28, 2019 · According to his version, The Man in the Iron Mask was actually Louis XIV's identical twin brother who had been born first – and was therefore first in line to the throne.
Jun 5, 2024 · Philippe I de France, duc d’Orléans was the first of the last Bourbon dynasty of ducs de Orléans. He was the younger brother of King Louis XIV (reigned 1643–1715), who prevented him from exercising political influence but tolerated him as an overtly respected and covertly despised figure at court.
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