Category: History - European
Theory which supposes the Man with the Iron Mask to have been a Brother of Louis XIV.--Voltaire the first to support this Theory in his _Siècle de Louis XIV._, and in the _Dictionnaire Philosophique_--Certain Improbabilities in his Story--Account of the Man with the Iron Mask...
Theory which supposes the Man with the Iron Mask to have been a Brother of Louis XIV.--Voltaire the first to support this Theory in his _Siècle de Louis XIV._, and in the _Dicti...
2. CHAPTER II.First Hypothesis--Portrait of Buckingham--Causes of his Visit to France--Ardour with which he was received--His Passion for Anne of Austria--Character of this Princess--Journey...
3. CHAPTER III.Second Hypothesis--First Feelings of Anne of Austria towards Louis XIII.--Joy which she experienced on arriving in France--First Impressions of Louis XIII.--His Aversion to Spai...
4. CHAPTER IV.Third Hypothesis--Reconciliation of Louis XIII. and Anne of Austria--The Queen _enceinte_ for the Fourth Time--Suspicions with which Royal Births have sometimes been received--P...
5. CHAPTER V.Motives which hinder one from admitting the Existence, the Arrest, and the Imprisonment of a mysterious Son of Anne of Austria--The Period at which he is said to have been hande...
6. CHAPTER VI.The Count de Vermandois--His Portrait--Mademoiselle de la Vallière, his Mother--Anecdote from the _Mémoires Secrets pour servir à l’Histoire de Perse_--Father Griffet adopts its...
7. CHAPTER VII.Causes which render the Theory probable that makes Monmouth the Man with the Iron Mask--Political Position of Monmouth--His Portrait--He is persuaded to revolt against his Uncle...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Bases on which Saint-Foix has founded his Theory--Disputes of Saint-Foix and Father Griffet--The Recollection of Monmouth becomes Legendary in England--Ballads announcing his Re...
9. CHAPTER IX.François de Vendôme, Duke de Beaufort--His Portrait--His Conduct during the War of the Fronde--Unimportance of this Individual--Motives cited by Lagrange-Chancel in support of h...
10. CHAPTER X.Causes of the Expedition to Candia--Court Intrigue--Turenne and the Duke d’Albret--Preparations for the Expedition--Beaufort Commands it--Departure of the Fleet--Its Arrival bef...
11. CHAPTER XI.General Considerations on the Abduction of the Armenian Patriarch Avedick--Despatch of the Marquis de Ferriol to Constantinople as Ambassador--Difficulties peculiar to this Post...
12. CHAPTER XII.Avedick--His Origin--His Protector, the Grand Mufti, Feizoulah Effendi--The two Churches, schismatic and catholic, exist in perfect concord--Fall of Mustapha II.--Death of the M...
13. CHAPTER XIII.The Chevalier de Taulès--How he was led to believe that Avedick was the Man with the Iron Mask--A clear Proof furnished him of the impossibility of his Theory--Taulès persists a...
14. CHAPTER XIV.Avedick is at first confined in the Prisons of the Arsenal--From Marseilles he is conducted to Mount Saint-Michel--Description of Mount Saint-Michel--Treatment to which Avedick...
15. CHAPTER XV.Description of Pignerol--Its Past, its Situation--Portrait of Saint-Mars--His Scruples and his Integrity--Fouquet’s Arrival at Pignerol--Brief Account of the Surintendant’s Care...
16. CHAPTER XVI.Remark of Fouquet’s Mother--The Prisoner’s Piety--Danger which he escapes at Pignerol--Incessant Supervision over him at La Pérouse, near Pignerol--Excessive Scruples of Saint-M...
17. CHAPTER XVII.Sudden and singular Arrival of Lauzun in Fouquet’s Room--The latter had known him formerly under the Name of the Marquis de Puyguilhem--Lauzun enumerates his Dignities and calls...
18. CHAPTER XVIII.Theory which makes Fouquet the Man with the Iron Mask--Arguments advanced by M. Lacroix--Some to be absolutely rejected and some discussed--Fouquet not in possession of a danger...
19. CHAPTER XIX.Intervention of the Kings of France in Italy--Policy of Henri II., Henri IV., and Louis XIII.--Judicious Conduct of Richelieu--Treaty of Cherasco--Menacing Ambition of Louis XIV...
20. CHAPTER XX.The Regent of Savoy’s Perplexity--She discloses Matthioly’s Conduct to Louis XIV.--Arrival of Catinat at Pignerol--Arrest of the Baron d’Asfeld and his Imprisonment at Milan--Th...
21. CHAPTER XXI.Period from which the Theory that makes Matthioly the Man with the Iron Mask dates--Numerous Writers who have concerned themselves with the Abduction of this Individual--Argumen...
22. CHAPTER XXII.The Isles Sainte-Marguerite--Their Appearance--Their Past--Various Causes of their Celebrity--How I was led to suppose that Matthioly was not taken to Exiles by Saint-Mars--Docu...
23. CHAPTER XXIII.Behaviour of Charles IV., Duke of Mantua, towards his ex-Minister--His true Sentiments with reference to him--Precautions prescribed to Villebois and Lagrade for the Prisoners l...
24. CHAPTER XXIV.The Use of a Mask formerly very general--Frequently adopted for Prisoners in Italy--Its Employment not difficult in the Case of Matthioly--Origin of the Legend of the Man with t...
25. CHAPTER I.Theory which supposes the Man with the Iron Mask to have been a Brother of Louis XIV.--Voltaire the first to support this Theory in his _Siècle de Louis XIV._, and in the _Dicti...
26. CHAPTER II.First Hypothesis--Portrait of Buckingham--Causes of his Visit to France--Ardour with which he was received--His Passion for Anne of Austria--Character of this Princess--Journey...
27. CHAPTER III.Second Hypothesis--First Feelings of Anne of Austria towards Louis XIII.--Joy which she experienced on arriving in France--First Impressions of Louis XIII.--His Aversion to Spai...
28. book xi. vol vi. p. 296. Letter from Father Suffren, already quoted.[82] A similar and as perfect return of lively affection and reciprocal tenderness was produced anew on the occasion of the illness of February, 1643, to which Louis XIII. succu...
29. CHAPTER IV.Third Hypothesis--Reconciliation of Louis XIII. and Anne of Austria--The Queen _enceinte_ for the Fourth Time--Suspicions with which Royal Births have sometimes been received--P...
30. CHAPTER V.Motives which hinder one from admitting the Existence, the Arrest and the Imprisonment of a mysterious Son of Anne of Austria--The Period at which he is said to have been handed...
31. CHAPTER VI.The Count de Vermandois--His Portrait--Mademoiselle de la Vallière, his Mother--Anecdote from the _Mémoires Secrets pour servir à l’Histoire de Perse_--Father Griffet adopts its...
32. CHAPTER VII.Causes which render the Theory probable that makes Monmouth the Man with the Iron Mask--Political Position of Monmouth--His Portrait--He is persuaded to revolt against his Uncle...
33. CHAPTER VIII.Bases on which Saint-Foix has founded his Theory--Disputes of Saint-Foix and Father Griffet--The Recollection of Monmouth becomes Legendary in England--Ballads announcing his Re...
34. CHAPTER IX.François de Vendôme, Duke de Beaufort--His Portrait--His Conduct during the War of the Fronde--Unimportance of this Individual--Motives cited by Lagrange-Chancel in support of h...
35. CHAPTER X.Causes of the Expedition to Candia--Court Intrigue--Turenne and the Duke d’Albret--Preparations for the Expedition--Beaufort Commands it--Departure of the Fleet--Its Arrival bef...
36. CHAPTER XI.General Considerations on the Abduction of the Armenian Patriarch Avedick--Despatch of the Marquis de Ferriol to Constantinople as Ambassador--Difficulties peculiar to this Post...
37. CHAPTER XII.Avedick--His Origin--His Protector, the Grand Mufti, Feizoulah Effendi--The two Churches, schismatic and catholic, exist in perfect concord--Fall of Mustapha II.--Death of the M...
38. CHAPTER XIII.The Chevalier de Taulès--How he was led to believe that Avedick was the Man with the Iron Mask--A clear Proof furnished him of the impossibility of his Theory--Taulès persists a...
39. CHAPTER XIV.Avedick is at first confined in the Prisons of the Arsenal--From Marseilles he is conducted to Mount Saint-Michel--Description of Mount Saint-Michel--Treatment to which Avedick...
40. CHAPTER XV.Description of Pignerol--Its Past, its Situation--Portrait of Saint-Mars--His Scruples and his Integrity--Fouquet’s Arrival at Pignerol--Brief Account of the Surintendant’s Care...
41. book vi. p. 274; Lafare, chap. vii. p. 211; Sismondi, _Histoire des[340] _Mémoires de D’Artagnan_, by Sandraz de Courtilz, Cologne, 1701, vol. iii. pp. 222 and 385; _Annales de la Cour et de Paris_, for the years 1697 and 1698, vol. ii. p. 380.
42. CHAPTER XVI.Remark of Fouquet’s Mother--The Prisoner’s Piety--Danger which he escapes at Pignerol--Incessant Supervision over him at La Pérouse, near Pignerol--Excessive Scruples of Saint-M...
43. CHAPTER XVII.Sudden and singular Arrival of Lauzun in Fouquet’s Room--The latter had known him formerly under the Name of the Marquis de Puyguilhem--Lauzun enumerates his Dignities and calls...
44. CHAPTER XVIII.Theory which makes Fouquet the Man with the Iron Mask--Arguments advanced by M. Lacroix--Some to be absolutely rejected and some discussed--Fouquet not in possession of a danger...
45. CHAPTER XIX.Intervention of the Kings of France in Italy--Policy of Henri II., Henri IV., and Louis XIII.--Judicious Conduct of Richelieu--Treaty of Cherasco--Menacing Ambition of Louis XIV...
46. CHAPTER XX.The Regent of Savoy’s Perplexity--She discloses Matthioly’s Conduct to Louis XIV.--Arrival of Catinat at Pignerol--Arrest of the Baron d’Asfeld and his Imprisonment at Milan--Th...
47. CHAPTER XXI.Period from which the Theory that makes Matthioly the Man with the Iron Mask dates--Numerous Writers who have concerned themselves with the Abduction of this Individual--Argumen...
48. CHAPTER XXII.The Isles Sainte-Marguerite--Their Appearance--Their Past--Various Causes of their Celebrity--How I was led to suppose that Matthioly was not taken to Exiles by Saint-Mars--Docu...
49. CHAPTER XXIII.Behaviour of Charles IV., Duke of Mantua, towards his ex-Minister--His true Sentiments with reference to him--Precautions prescribed to Villebois and Laprade for the Prisoners l...
50. CHAPTER XXIV.The Use of a Mask formerly very general--Frequently adopted for Prisoners in Italy--Its Employment not difficult in the Case of Matthioly--Origin of the Legend of the Man with t...