Karl Wilhelm Naundorff

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Karl Wilhelm Naundorff

Karl Wilhelm Naundorff (also Naundorf ; * 1785 ? † August 10, 1845 in Delft ) was a German watchmaker who claimed until his death that Ludwig XVII. of France , and appeared as a pretender to the throne .

In 1810 he became a Prussian citizen in Spandau . In 1821 he moved to Brandenburg an der Havel . There he was initially accused of arson and imprisoned for three years in 1824 for forgery and fraud .

After his release he went to Gassen around 1827/1828 , where he was already pretending to be Duke of Normandy . Naundorff claimed to have been kidnapped from Paris and brought back to America. He did not provide any evidence of this.

In 1834 he was invited to Paris, where the Duke of Richmond's claim to the throne was up for negotiation. Naundorff was cited as a counterclaim.

Although Naundorff spoke little French, he managed to meet various former members of the court of Louis XVI. to convince that he is the Dauphin . Among them was Louis XVII's nanny, Agathe de Rambaud . He spoke to them as if he had known them from childhood. He also managed to give correct answers to most of the questions.

Marie Thérèse Charlotte , Prince Ludwig's eldest sister, however, did not recognize any resemblance to her brother in a picture presented to her and refused to see Naundorff.

In 1836, Naundorff asked Marie Thérèse to hand over property that actually belonged to him. Thereupon the police of King Ludwig Philip arrested him and deported him to England . There he tried unsuccessfully to build a bomb. Then he declared that he wanted to ascend to the throne again on January 1, 1840. As the date passed, he lost the majority of his supporters.

Naundorff died in the Netherlands on August 10, 1845, possibly from poisoning. He still had supporters there, because on his grave it says: “This is where Louis XVII rests. King of France ”.

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The following paragraphs are dubious. The Dauphin's grave is not known. Where is the story with the body painting? What is the story of civil rights? And if it's true, what does it mean? And why Weimar as the place of birth?

However, it should be clarified whether the heart in St. Denis could not have come from the Dauphin's brother, Louis Joseph (1781–1789), who died at Meudon Castle . There were rumors about it as early as the early 19th century. In later exhumation attempts of the body of Louis XVII. there was an empty coffin. Further inconsistencies are the body marks that were discovered when Naundorff died and that were linked to those of Louis XVII. matched: the scar on the lip, the birthmark on the thigh, the protruding teeth and the triangle mark of the vaccination.

In 2000, Belgian and German researchers made genetic comparisons of the heart DNA with the genetic material of other descendants of Maria Theresa living today that the heart was indeed Louis XVII. belonged, with which the matter was finally settled to the disadvantage of Naundorf.

An unexplained peculiarity is that Naundorff was granted citizenship in Spandau and Krossen without presenting a birth certificate, which was very unusual. Even in the assumed place of birth Weimar there was no birth entry as early as the 19th century.

literature

Hans Roger Madol: The Shadow King (1928)

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SURNAME Naundorff, Karl Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Naundorf, Karl Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German watchmaker who claimed to be Louis XVII until his death. of France and appeared as a pretender to the throne
DATE OF BIRTH 1785
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1845
Place of death Delft