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    The Prisoner of the Iron Mask

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  1. 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).

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  3. May 27, 2015 · The anonymous prisoner has since inspired countless stories and legends—writings by Voltaire and Alexandre Dumas helped popularized the myth that his mask was made of iron—yet most...

  4. May 6, 2016 · The Man in the Iron Mask was a prisoner arrested in 1669 and held in the Bastille and other French jails for more than three decades, until his death in 1703. His identity...

  5. the man in the iron mask (born c. 1658?—died November 19, 1703, Paris, France) was a political prisoner, famous in French history and legend, who died in the Bastille in 1703, during the reign of Louis XIV.

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  6. Mar 5, 2020 · The Man in the Iron Mask was a prisoner arrested in the late 17th century and held in the infamous Bastille. But who was he and what did he do wrong?

  7. The Man in the Iron Mask: The True Story of Europe’s Most Famous Prisoner. Written by Josephine Wilkinson. Review by G. J. Berger. In 1669, French soldiers arrested Eustache d’Auger. He was jailed without formal charges or trial, not uncommon for those who displeased the all-powerful King Louis XIV.

  8. May 16, 2023 · The mysterious prisoner was a man named Eustache Dauger or Danger. The first version of his name could be an error or the result of a badly formed ‘u’, for variants of Danger (d’Anger, d’Angers, Dangers) with an ‘n’ appear most frequently in the official correspondence.

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