Editing Man in the Iron Mask (section)

====Disgrace====
In April 1659, Eustache Dauger de Cavoye and others{{efn|name=roissy}} were invited by the [[Louis Victor de Rochechouart de Mortemart|duke of Vivonne]] to an Easter weekend party at the castle of [[Roissy-en-Brie]]. By all accounts, it was a debauched affair of merry-making, with the men involved in all sorts of sordid activities, including attacking an elderly man who claimed to be Cardinal Mazarin's attorney. It was also rumoured, among other things, that a [[black mass]] was enacted and that a pig was baptised as "[[Carp]]" in order to allow them to eat pork on Good Friday.{{sfn|Mongrédien|1961|p=212}}{{sfn|Noone|1988|pp=213–215}}

When news of these events became public, an inquiry was held and the various perpetrators jailed or exiled. There is no record as to what happened to Dauger de Cavoye but, in 1665, near the [[Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye]], he allegedly killed a young [[Page (occupation)|page boy]] in a drunken brawl involving the Duc de Foix. The two men claimed that they had been provoked by the boy, who was drunk, but the fact that the killing took place close to where Louis XIV was staying at the time meant that this crime was deemed a personal affront to the king and, as a result, Dauger de Cavoye was forced to resign his [[French Royal Army|commission]]. His mother died shortly afterwards. In her will, written a year earlier, she passed over her eldest surviving sons Eustache and Armand, leaving the bulk of the estate to their younger brother Louis. Eustache was restricted in the amount of money to which he had access, having built up considerable debts, and left with barely enough for "food and upkeep".{{sfn|Noone|1988|p=216}}