The Man in the Iron Mask

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Joseph LaGrange-Chancel also wrote about the Man in the Iron Mask, after his stay in prison. He was a prisoner on Sainte-Marguerite during the 1720s. He said that the Man in the Iron Mask had stayed there during the mid to late 1600s. Voltaire also made this claim. He went on to say that Saint-Mars (the governor of Sainte-Marguerite and once keeper of the famous prisoner) called the Man in the Iron Mask “my prince.” Of course, this claim is only hearsay. Furthermore, Chancel would have heard this information nearly twenty years after the prisoner had died. There was sufficient time for unfounded rumors to circulate. Then again, it could have very well been true.

Some other speculations regarding the identity of the Man in the Iron Mask include him being the Duc of Beaufort or Antonio Ercole Matthioli. The former man was said to have been the lover of Louis XIV’s mother. He was imprisoned so that no one would learn that the king was a bastard. The latter was an enemy of the king who had been tried for treason. Nevertheless, there, regrettably, remains no proof of any of these claims. With all of the rumors convoluting the story, it is doubtful that we will ever know who the Man in the Iron Mask was.

Sources

Mark, Ruth, Who Was the Man With the Iron Mask?, retrieved 4/7/10, essortment.com/all/whowasthemanwith_rlhm.htm

The Man in the Iron Mask, retrieved 4/7/10, theunexplainedmysteries.com/iron-mask.html

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