Louis Comte

Louis Apollinaire Christien Emmanuel Comte "The King's Conjurer" (born Geneva, 22 June 1788 – Rueil, 25 November 1859), also known simply as Comte, was a celebrated nineteenth-century Parisian magician, greatly admired by Robert-Houdin.

He performed for Louis XVIII at the Tuileries Palace and was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by Louis-Philippe.

He was sometimes called "The Conjurer of the Three Kings" (Louis XVIII, Charles X, and Louis-Philippe).

[1] In 1814, Comte became the first conjurer on record to pull a white rabbit out of a top hat[2] though this is also attributed to the much later John Henry Anderson.

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