Portrait of the 'Temple Child', a missing-link in the case of Louis XVII.

The corpse of Louis XVII was autopsied in 1795 in order to leave no doubts as to the cause of his death in a troubled revolutionary period. It was searched in 1846 for identification purposes, but the estimated age of the subject unearthed did not fit. However, a forensic facial reconstruction on the skull showed a resemblance with Louis XVII that supports the theory of a substitution plot in 1795.