Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli

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Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli was a 17th-century Italian diplomat and politician from Mantua, best known for his controversial imprisonment by Louis XIV’s France and later speculation that he may have been the real Man in the Iron Mask.

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Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli canonical 4
Ercole Antonio Mattioli 2

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian diplomat ⓘ
count ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
allegiance Duchy of Mantua ⓘ
arrestedBy agents of Louis XIV ⓘ
associatedWith Casale Monferrato ⓘ
Louis XIV of France ⓘ
Man in the Iron Mask ⓘ
Mantua ⓘ
Pignerol ⓘ
birthDate 1640 ⓘ
birthPlace Duchy of Montferrat ⓘ
Valenza ⓘ
causeOfArrest betrayal of secret negotiations over Casale ⓘ
chronologicallyWithin 17th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Duchy of Mantua ⓘ
Italy ⓘ
dateOfArrest 1679 ⓘ
deathDate 1694 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of France ⓘ
Pignerol fortress ⓘ
detainedBy Kingdom of France ⓘ
Louis XIV of France ⓘ
employer Charles IV, Duke of Mantua and Montferrat ⓘ
Duke of Mantua ⓘ
linked to: Guglielmo Gonzaga
familyName Mattioli ⓘ
genreOfNotability historical mystery ⓘ
givenName Ercole ⓘ
linked to: Hercules
hasTitle Count ⓘ
mannerOfDetention secret imprisonment without public trial ⓘ
nativeLanguage Italian ⓘ
notableEvent kidnapped near Turin by French agents in 1679 ⓘ
secretly informed Spain and Savoy of the Casale treaty ⓘ
notableFor being arrested by agents of Louis XIV of France ⓘ
later speculation linking him to the Man in the Iron Mask ⓘ
long-term imprisonment in French fortresses ⓘ
secret negotiations with France over the sale of Casale Monferrato ⓘ
occupation diplomat ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participantIn diplomatic negotiations between Mantua and France ⓘ
secret treaty of 1678 for the sale of Casale to France ⓘ
placeOfDetention Exilles fortress ⓘ
linked to: Fort of Exilles

Island of Sainte-Marguerite ⓘ
Pignerol fortress ⓘ
positionHeld minister of the Duke of Mantua ⓘ
subjectOf theory identifying him as the Man in the Iron Mask ⓘ
workLocation Duchy of Mantua ⓘ
Mantua ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Man in the Iron Mask → allegedIdentity → Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli ⓘ
Pignerol prison → notablePrisoner → Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli ⓘ
Pignerol fortress → notablePrisoner → Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli ⓘ
Bénigne Dauvergne de Saint-Mars → detained → Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli ⓘ
Mattioli → hasNotableBearer → Ercole Antonio Mattioli ⓘ
linked to: Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli
Mattioli → historicallyAssociatedWith → Ercole Antonio Mattioli ⓘ
linked to: Count Ercole Antonio Mattioli