Nabo (died 1667) was the African court dwarf at the court of King Louis XIV of France. He was a favorite of Queen Maria Theresa of Spain, Louis' wife, who enjoyed his company and played peek-a-boo with him. In 1667, he had an affair with Maria Theresa, resulting in the birth of a black baby. Louis decided to have the child passed off as dead, but he instead send Alexandre Bontemps to deliver the illegitimate child to a nunnery to be raised as a nun there. He then had Nabo murdered, and his body was found by some ladies at the Palace of Versailles as they played in the water.
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Nabo's body in the water