Baron de Richemont

Baron de Richemont (c. 1785 – 10 August 1853) a French imposter who claimed to be Louis XVII, the dauphin (heir to the throne) who died in prison during the French Revolution.

His real identity was uncertain but is generally identified by historians as Henri Hébert (born 1788) or possibly Claude Perrin (born 1786), with the latter being a potential pseudonym.

Richemont was imprisoned in Milan from 1818 to 1825 after being arrested for traveling under a false identity. He first advanced his royal claims in Paris in 1828. In 1833, he was arrested; he was tried the following year convicted, and sentenced to 12 years in prison. During his trial a letter from Karl Wilhelm Naundorff, a rival claimant, was read in court, adding to the confusion. De Richemont escaped his imprisonment after several months and fled the country. He returned to France in 1840. He died at Gleizé on 10 August 1853, with "Louis Charles de France" inscribed on his tomb until the government ordered its removal.

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