The Man in the Iron Mask
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Man in the Iron Mask
Louis XIV of France
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later
The Man in the Iron Mask (film)
Man in the Iron Mask
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The Man in the Iron Mask
Contents
Articles
Man in the Iron Mask
Louis XIV of France
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later
The Man in the Iron Mask (film)
Man in the Iron Mask
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 Encyclopedie (French for "Questions on the
Encyclopedia"), published in 1771, the writer and ph
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