Baron de Richemont (c. 1785;10 August 1853) was one of several claimants to be Louis XVII, the Dauphin who died during the French Revolution.

His real identity was probably either Henri Hebert (born 1788) or Claude Perrin (born 1786).

Baron de Richemont

Richemont was in prison in Milan for seven years and began to put forward his claims in Paris in 1828. In 1833, he was again arrested, was brought to trial in the following year and condemned to twelve years' imprisonment. To complicate matters, at one point during his trial a letter was read out from Karl Wilhelm Naundorff, arguably the best known Louis XVII claimant. He escaped after a few months and left the country, to return in 1840. He died at Gleizé, the name of Louis Charles de France being inscribed on his tomb until the government ordered its removal.

Baron de Richemont

Sources

Jean de Bonnefon, Le baron de Richemont, fils de Louis XVI

Henri Gisquet, Mémoires de M. Gisquet, ancien préfet de police, écrits par lui-même, t. III, Paris, Marchant, 1840, p. 34-53. Joseph-Marie Quérard, Les Supercheries littéraires dévoilées, t. III, Paris, 1850, p. 69-121. Armand Fouquier, Causes célèbres de tous les peuples, t. II, no 38 (« Les Faux dauphins »), Paris, 1859. Rene Le Conte, Louis XVII et les faux Dauphins

Baron de Richemont

1780s births

1853 deaths

People from Lagnieu

Louis XVII impostors

Year of birth missing

Prisoners and detainees of Austria

Escapees from French detention