Eustache Dauger: The Man In The Iron Mask

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The man in the iron mask

Nobody knew his name for sure, but he did go to prison for 35 and nobody knows why.The man in the iron mask died in 1703, and born in 1637, he joined the army and was kicked out for killing a young boy.In 1703 people found a corpse of a man in a tomb near the cemetery with his face covered, and nobody knows whether he was forced to wear the iron mask or not.The first record of the man goes back to July 1669 Eustache Dauger would be coming, who was “only a servant.” This man would be the “man in the iron mask.”And those are the facts I know about the man in the iron mask. Theory 1

People believe that the man in the iron mask was Eustache Dauger,and that he was the twin brother of Louis XIV.But before they thought he was Ercole Matthiole was the man in the iron man in the iron mask because he was a long time prisoner and his name was similar to the name “Marchioly”, which is the name that the mask was buried under.Unfortunately, Matthiole likely died in 1694, several years too early for him to be the man in the iron mask.The king will sentence him to death if he speaks one word about his actual needs.That is what I would say is the first theory of the man in the iron mask. …show more content…

Theory #2
The king is the son 's older brother and put him in prison to keep him from the throne.The king put a mask over his face to hide his true identity.He escaped prison and was killed on his way to paris.His mask was not iron it was cloth, he only wore it in public.That is my second theory for the man in the iron