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Man in the Iron Mask

1640 - 1703

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The Man in the Iron Mask (French: L'Homme au Masque de Fer; died 19 November 1703) was an unidentified prisoner of state during the reign of Louis XIV of France (1643–1715). The strict measures taken to keep his imprisonment secret resulted in a long-lasting legend about his identity. Warranted for arrest on 19 July 1669 under the pseudonym of "Eustache Dauger", he was apprehended near Calais on 28 July, incarcerated on 24 August, and held for 34 years in the custody of the same jailer, Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars, in four successive French prisons, including the Bastille. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Man in the Iron Mask has received more than 5,129,955 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Man in the Iron Mask is the 12th most popular extremist (down from 10th in 2019), the 330th most popular biography from Italy (down from 256th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Extremist.

The man in the iron mask is most famous for being a prisoner of King Louis XIV.

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  • 5.1M

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  • 71.39

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.97

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Man in the Iron Mask ranks 12 out of 283. Before him are Gavrilo Princip, Elizabeth Báthory, Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Herostratus, and Gilles de Rais. After him are Abdullah Öcalan, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Ramón Mercader, Andrei Chikatilo, and Ted Kaczynski.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1640, Man in the Iron Mask ranks 3. Before him are Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, and Philippe I, Duke of Orléans. After him are Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, Michał Korybut Wiśniowiecki, Pu Songling, La Voisin, Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe, Gaspar Sanz, Aphra Behn, Antoine Coysevox, and Barbara Palmer, 1st Duchess of Cleveland. Among people deceased in 1703, Man in the Iron Mask ranks 4. Before him are Robert Hooke, Charles Perrault, and Mustafa II. After him are John Wallis, Vincenzo Viviani, Johann Christoph Bach, Samuel Pepys, Ilona Zrínyi, Erik Dahlbergh, Phetracha, and Nicolas de Grigny.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Man in the Iron Mask ranks 330 out of 5,161. Before him are Charles Borromeo (1538), Aldo Moro (1916), Pope Eugene I (600), Pope Alexander III (1100), Pope Marinus I (830), and Salvatore Riina (1930). After him are Pope Eugene II (780), Giambattista Vico (1668), Antonio da Correggio (1489), Cosimo de' Medici (1389), Pope Agatho (574), and Tinto Brass (1933).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Italy

Among extremists born in Italy, Man in the Iron Mask ranks 1. After him are Charles Ponzi (1882), Patrizia Reggiani (1948), Tommaso Buscetta (1928), Carlo Gambino (1902), Matteo Messina Denaro (1962), Johnny Torrio (1882), Vincenzo Peruggia (1881), Luciano Leggio (1925), Leonarda Cianciulli (1893), Sante Geronimo Caserio (1873), and Frank Nitti (1886).

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