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  • NAME: The Man in the Iron Mask
  • OCCUPATION: Criminal
  • DEATH DATE: 1703
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: France
  • PLACE OF DEATH: France
  • AKA: Eustache Dauger
  • AKA: Marchioly

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The Man in the Iron Mask wore a black velvet mask to hide his identity. He was arrested in 1681, and was held as a political prisoner at Pignerol and the Bastille.


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The Man in the Iron Mask, otherwise known as "Eustache Dauger" and "Marchioly," wore a black velvet mask to hide his true identity. He was arrested in 1681, and was held as a political prisoner under the custody of prison guard Bénigne d'Auvergne de Saint-Mars at the Fortress of Pignerol before he was transferred to the Bastille. After decades of imprisonment, he died in France circa 1703.

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