One possibility suggested for this man's identity was General du Bulonde, who, in 1691, raised the siege of Cuneo against the order of Catinat.
One possibility suggested for this man's identity was General du Bulonde, who, in 1691, raised the siege of Cuneo against the order of Catinat. He is now generally believed to have been Count Girolamo Mattioli, minister to the duke of Mantua, who refused to honor his promise to give up the fortress of Casale to the French. This replaced an earlier theory holding that this prisoner was the twin brother of Louis XIV. FTP, name this famous occupant of the Bastille, the subject of literary works by Zschokke, Fournier, and Dumas.
One possibility suggested for this man's identity was General du Bulonde, who, in 1691, raised the siege of Cuneo against the order of Catinat.
The Man in the Iron Mask