Louis XVII of France
Louis XVII of France (27 March 1785 – 8 June 1795), also known as Louis-Charles, Duc de Normandie, was the son of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette, bearing the title of Dauphin of France from 1785 to 1791, then Prince-Royal of France from 1791 to 1792.
He was nominally King of France and Navarre from 1793 until 1795, after his father was deposed and executed during the French Revolution. Although generally referred to as Louis XVII, he never ruled in reality, and his title was only recognized by royalists. His uncle, also named Louis, declared himself regent, despite being in self-imposed exile in the Republic of Venice.
After his father was executed, Louis was separated from his mother and sister, and kept in the custody of the Templar Jacobins, who at one point entrusted him to a cobbler.
At some time between 1793 and 1794, the Assassin Arno Dorian heard rumors of the prince's survival and Templar captivity, and was tasked by a fellow Assassin to find and liberate him, as she suspected that the Prince might have valuable knowledge. However, having infiltrated the warehouse where he was told Louis was imprisoned, Arno was surprised to find a full-grown man there instead. Believing that Louis XVII's uncle had sent Arno, he agreed to be escorted by Arno to the rendezvous with the other Assassin. Though she recognised that this was obviously not Louis XVII, who was a young boy, the frightened decoy claimed to be the Prince's groom, she deemed that he may still know something, and took him with her.
Louis XVII died of tuberculosis in the Temple in 1795, covered in scars testifying to the abuse he suffered. With no surviving brothers, his claim to France was taken up by his uncle who promptly named himself Louis XVIII.
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