7 Astonishing Things Seen By Humankind Only Once

The Iron Mask prisoner

The Man in the Iron Mask is a mysterious prisoner who was transferred from one prison to another, several times in the 16th century. The reason this story became famous, was because the writer, Voltaire described it in his “The Age of Louis XIV” novel. There was a theory that the prisoner was the king’s twin brother. That is why he had to wear a mask which was, by the way, velvet and not made of iron. Over the years, rumors declared him The Man in the Iron Mask.