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** It makes more sense that this should be understood as an AlternateHistory fairytale, not a mistake, per se; a sort of "[[ForWantOfANail if our dear heroes had been there]], they could have saved the other prince and we would have known peace and prosperity!". Some serious [[invoked]] WildMassGuessing fodder here.

* The [[AluminiumChristmasTrees real]] ManInTheIronMask was arrested in 1669 or 1670. But to be fair, there is nary a similarity with the one in the film beyond being a mysterious masked prisoner in the Bastille.

* The ending narration says that Louis XIV (Philippe, in the film's context) brought his country and his subjects "prosperity and peace". In RealLife, Louis spent most of his reign waging war, never changing his ways - as well as persecuting religious minorities such as the Huguenots and Jansenists - and the utter ''mess'' he left France in is often considered to be one of the causes of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution in the long run, along with the inability of his successors to structurally reform the Ancient Régime.
** It makes more sense that this should be understood as an AlternateHistory fairytale, not a mistake, per se; a sort of "[[ForWantOfANail if our dear heroes had been there]], they could have saved the other prince and we would have known peace and prosperity!". Some serious [[invoked]]WildMassGuessing fodder here.
* At no point is it made clear that the Jesuits are a religious order of priests and brothers, properly known as the Society of Jesus. Aramis, their head, identifies himself as the "General of the Order of Jesuits", while the correct term is "Superior General of the Society of Jesus". Besides Aramis, the other Jesuits in the film don't wear clerical clothing, so it makes them look like a cabal akin to the Assassins or Templars in ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' - especially since a Jesuit (or suspected Jesuit) in disguise tries to kill Louis. Far from being an underground and persecuted sect (and neither {{evil|Jesuit}}), the Society of Jesus was one of the most influential Christian congregations in the Early Modern Period, running numerous schools and universities. While the Jesuits admittedly did face suppression in many parts of the world -- particularly England in the 1500s-1600s, where the Jesuits ''were'' forced underground and heavily persecuted -- for the rest of the world this didn't happen until the ''eighteenth'' century. Furthermore, in real life Louis never had any problems with the Jesuits; he was actually influenced by them in the latter half of his reign, and he had a Jesuit confessor. He ''did'', however, order the persecution of the Huguenots and Jansenists, both of which ''were'' persecuted theological movements in France (the Jesuits were the latters' rivals within Catholicism, in fact).

* The [[AluminiumChristmasTrees real]] Man in the Iron Mask was arrested in 1669 or 1670. But to be fair, there is nary a similarity with the one in the film beyond being a mysterious masked prisoner in the Bastille.

* The ending narration says that Louis XIV (Philippe, in the film's context) brought his country and his subjects "prosperity and peace". In RealLife, Louis spent most of his reign waging war, never changing his ways - as well as persecuting religious minorities such as the Huguenots and Jansenists - and the utter ''mess'' he left France in is often considered to be one of the causes of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution in the long run, along with the inability to structurally reform the Ancient Régime.

* The ending narration says that Louis XIV (Philippe, in the film's context) brought his country and his subjects "prosperity and peace". In RealLife, Louis spent most of his reign waging war, never changing his ways - as well as persecuting religious minorities such as the Huguenots and Jansenists - and the utter ''mess'' he left France in is often considered to be one of the causes of UsefulNotes/TheFrenchRevolution in the long run.

* The [[AluminiumChristmasTrees real]] Man in the Iron Mask was arrested in 1669 or 1670. But to be fair, there is nay a similarity with the one in the film beyond being a mysterious masked prisoner in the Bastille.

* At no point is it made clear that the Jesuits are a religious order of priests and brothers, properly known as the Society of Jesus. Aramis, their head, identifies himself as the "General of the Order of Jesuits", while the correct term is "Superior General of the Society of Jesus". Besides Aramis, the other Jesuits in the film don't wear clerical clothing, so it makes them look like a cabal akin to the Assassins or Templars in ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' - especially since a Jesuit (or suspected Jesuit) in disguise tries to kill Louis.
* Far from being an underground and persecuted sect (and neither {{evil|Jesuit}}), the Society of Jesus was one of the most influential Christian congregations in the Early Modern Period, running numerous schools and universities. While the Jesuits admittedly did face suppression in many parts of the world -- particularly England in the 1500s-1600s, where the Jesuits ''were'' forced underground and heavily persecuted -- for the rest of the world this didn't happen until the ''eighteenth'' century. Furthermore, in real life Louis never had any problems with the Jesuits; he was actually influenced by them in the latter half of his reign, and he had a Jesuit confessor. He ''did'', however, order the persecution of the Huguenots and Jansenists, both of which ''were'' persecuted theological movements in France (the Jesuits were the latters' rivals within Catholicism, in fact).

** It makes more sense that this should be understood as an AlternateHistory fairytale, not a mistake, per se; a sort of "[[For WantOfANail if our dear heroes had been there]], they could have saved the other prince and we would have known peace and prosperity!". Some serious [[invoked]]WildMassGuessing fodder here.

** It makes more sense that this should be understood as an AlternateHistory fairytale, not a mistake, per se; a sort of "[[WhatIf if our dear heroes had been there]], they could have saved the other prince and we would have known peace and prosperity!". Some serious [[invoked]]WildMassGuessing fodder here.

* The [[AluminiumChristmasTrees real]] Man in the Iron Mask was arrested in 1669 or 1670. But to be fair, there is nay a similarity with the one in the film beyond being a masked prisoner in the Bastille.

* Far from being an underground and persecuted sect, the Society of Jesus was one of the most influential Christian congregations in the Early Modern Period, running numerous schools and universities. While the Jesuits admittedly did face suppression in many parts of the world -- particularly England in the 1500s-1600s, where the Jesuits ''were'' forced underground and heavily persecuted -- for the rest of the world this didn't happen until the ''eighteenth'' century. Furthermore, in real life Louis never had any problems with the Jesuits; he was actually influenced by them in the latter half of his reign, and he had a Jesuit confessor. He ''did,'' however, order the persecution of the Huguenots and Jansenists, both of which ''were'' persecuted theological movements in France (the Jesuits were the latters' rivals within Catholicism, in fact).

* The ending narration says that Louis XIV brought his country and his subjects prosperity and peace. In real life, Louis spent most of his reign waging war, never changing his ways - as well as persecuting religious minorities such as the Huguenots and Jansenists - and the utter ''mess'' he left France in is often considered to be one of the ultimate causes of the French Revolution. (It makes more sense that this should be understood as an alternative history/fairytale, not a mistake, per se; a sort of "if our dear heroes had been there, they could have saved the other prince and we would have known peace and prosperity!")