十大神秘人物第三位——铁面人

铁面人（死于1703年11月）是一个囚犯，在法国国王路易十四统治期间，曾在多个监狱被关押过，其中包括巴士底狱。此人的身份目前尚不清楚。因为他的脸隐藏在一副软绒面具里，从来没人见到过。而流传下来的故事里涉及到这副面具时都说是铁面具。首次有这个囚犯的记载是在1669年，那时一个路易十四的大臣把他转移安置在皮格纳鲁监狱，并要求要在监狱长的照看下。

据当时囚犯随身带过去的一封信，此人叫厄斯塔什·多热尔。信上要求，监狱长要准备一间设有多层门的小房子给他，以阻止外面的任何人听到里面说话。这个囚犯被告知，假如他跟其他人提及无关于他目前的需求，他将被杀死。监狱长是唯一能够看到这个囚犯的人，并且每天给他送食物吃。这个囚犯死后，他的一切所有物都被销毁了。时至今日，没有人知道他究竟是谁。

3 Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask (died November 1703) was a prisoner held in a number of Jails (including the Bastille) during the reign of King Louis XIV of France. The true identity of the man is unknown because no one ever saw his face which was hidden by a black velvet mask. Fictional retellings of the story refer to the mask as an “Iron” mask. The first records that mention the prisoner are from 1669 when Louis XIV’s minister placed the prisoner in the care of the governor of the prison of Pignerol.

According to the letter that accompanied him, the man’s name was Eustache Dauger. The letter instructed the governor to prepare a cell with multiple doors - to prevent anyone outside from listening in. The prisoner was told that if he spoke to anyone of anything other than his immediate needs, he would be killed. The Governor was the only person who was to see the prisoner, and he provided him with his daily food. When the prisoner died, all of his belongings were destroyed. To this day, no one knows who he was.