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The Man in the Iron Mask ( French: L'Homme au Masque de Fer; died 19 November 1703) was an unidentified prisoner of state during the reign of King Louis XIV of France (1643–1715). Warranted for arrest on 28 July 1669 under the pseudonym of "Eustache Dauger", he was incarcerated on 24 August and held for 34 years in the custody of the same ...
- Man in The Iron Mask (Disambiguation)
Film and television. The Man in the Iron Mask, a German...
- Ercole Antonio Mattioli
He has been associated with the Man in the Iron Mask....
- 1998 Film
The Man in the Iron Mask is a 1998 American action drama...
- Man in The Iron Mask (Disambiguation)
Mar 13, 1998 · The Man in the Iron Mask: Directed by Randall Wallace. With Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu. The cruel King Louis XIV of France has a secret twin brother whom he keeps imprisoned.
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Mar 5, 2020 · Historians point to two men as the most often suspected identities behind the iron mask: Ercole Matthiole and Eustache Dauger. The former was an Italian count who had betrayed Louis XIV politically in the 1670s. His last name was so similar to an alias that was often used for the Man in the Iron Mask — “Marchioly.”
May 27, 2015 · Matthiole was an Italian count who was abducted and jailed after he tried to double-cross Louis XIV during political negotiations in the late-1670s. He was a longtime prisoner, and his name is ...
Oct 3, 2017 · By the 18th century the number of possible identities kept increasing. Some said the man in the iron mask was a bastard son of Anne of Austria (Louis’s mother) and half brother to the king.
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May 16, 2023 · Here are 10 facts about France’s most famous prisoner. 1. The Man in the Iron Mask was a real person. Although best known as a fictional character created by Alexandre Dumas, the Man in the Iron Mask was a real person. Voltaire, who studied legends from the Bastille, Provence and the island of Sainte-Marguerite, incorrectly deduced that the ...
