Dramatis Personae + 

Period, 1660⁠–⁠1671 + 

Louis XIV, King of France. + 

Maria Theresa, his queen and Infante of Spain. + 

Anne of Austria, the Queen Mother. + 

Gaston, Duke of Orléans, uncle of the King. + 

Duchesse d’Orléans, his wife. + 

Philippe, Duc d’Anjoy, brother of the king, afterwards Duc d’Orléans, called Monsieur. + 

Henrietta of England, his wife, afterwards Duchesse d’Orléans, called Madame. + 

Cardinal Mazarin. + 

Bernouin, his valet. + 

Brienne, his secretary. + 

M. le Duc de Beaufort. + 

Prince de Condé. + 

Chavalier de Lorraine, favorite of Philippe d’Orléans. + 

Comte de Sainte-Aignan, attending on the king. + 

Mademoiselle Marie de Mancini, niece of Cardinal Marzarin. + 

Maids of Honor to Madame, Henrietta, Duchesse d’Orléans + 

Mademoiselle Aure de Montalais. + 

Mademoiselle Athenaïs de Tonnay-Charente, afterwards Madame de Montespan. + 

Mademoiselle Louis de La Vallière + 

La Molina, Anne of Austria’s Spanish nurse. + 

Ladies of the French Court + 

Duchesse de Chevreuse. + 

Madame de Motteville. + 

Madame de Navailles. + 

Mademoiselle de Châtillon. + 

Comtesse de Soissons. + 

Louise de Kéroualle, afterwards Duchess of Portsmouth. + 

Maréchal Grammont + 

Comte de Guiche, his son, in love with Madame Henrietta. + 

M. de Manicamp, friend of the Comte de Guiche. + 

M. de Malicorne, in love with Mademoiselle de Montalais. + 

M. d’Artagnan, Lieutenant, afterwards Captain, of the King’s Musketeers. + 

Comte de la Fère (Athos). + 

Raoul, Vicomte de Bragelonne, his son. + 

M. d’Herblay, afterwards Bishop of Vannes, General of the Order of Jesuits, and Duc d’Alméda (Aramis). + 

Baron du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds (Porthos). + 

Jean Poquelin de Molière. + 

Vicomte de Wardes. + 

M. de Villeroy. + 

M. de Foquet, Superintendent of Finance. + 

Madame Foquet, his wife. + 

Messieurs Lyonne and Letellier, Foquet’s associates in the ministry. + 

Marquise de Bellière, in love with Foquet. + 

Friends of Foquet + 

M. de La Fontaine. + 

M. Gourville. + 

M. Pélisson. + 

M. Conrart. + 

M. Loret. + 

L’Abbé Foquet, brother of the Superintendent. + 

M. Vanel, a Councillor of Parliament, afterwards Procureur-Général. + 

Marguerite Vanel, his wife, a rival of la Marquise de la Bellière. + 

M. de Saint-Remy, maître hotel to Gaston of Orléans. + 

Madame de Saint-Remy, his wife. + 

Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Intendant of Finance, afterwards Prime Minister. + 

Messieurs d’Imfreville, Destouches, and Forant, in Colbert’s service. + 

Messieurs Breteuil, Marin, and Hervart, colleagues of Colbert. + 

Messieurs d’Eymeris, Lyodot, and Vanin, Farmers-General. + 

Seldon, a prisoner at the Bastille. + 

No. 3, Bertaudière, afterwards “The Iron Mask.” + 

M. de Saint-Mars, Governor of Île Sainte Marguerite. + 

A Franciscan Friar, General of the Order of Jesuits. + 

Jesuits + 

Baron von Wostpur. + 

Monseigneur Herrebia. + 

Meinheer Bonstett. + 

Signor Marini. + 

Lord MacCumnor. + 

Grisart, a physician. + 

Louis Constant de Pressigny, Captain of the King’s Frigate Pomona. + 

M. de Gesvres, Captain of the King’s Guards. + 

M. de Biscarrat, an officer of the King’s Guards. + 

M. de Friedrich, an officer of the Swiss Guards. + 

Messire Jean Percerin, the King’s tailor. + 

M. Valot, the King’s physician. + 

Planchet, a confectioner in the Rue des Lombards, former servant of d’Artagnan. + 

Madame Gechter, his housekeeper. + 

Daddy Célestin, Planchet’s servant. + 

Bazin, servant to M. d’Herblay. + 

Grimaud, and old servant of Athos. + 

Mousqueton, servant of Porthos. + 

Blasois, servant to Athos. + 

Olivain, servant of Vicomte de Bragelonne. + 

In the service of Foquet. + 

Jupenet, a printer. + 

Gétard, an architect. + 

Danicamp. + 

Menneville, an adventurer. + 

M. Lebrun, painter. + 

M. Faucheux, a goldsmith. + 

Vatel, Foquet’s steward. + 

Toby, one of Foquet’s servants. + 

Yves, a sailor. + 

Keyser, a Dutch fisherman. + 

Maître Cropolé, of the hostelry of the Medici at Blois. + 

Pitrino, his assistant. + 

Madame Cropolé. + 

Landlord of the Beau Paon Hotel. + 

Superior of the Carmelite Convent at Chaillot. + 

Guénaud, Mazarin’s physician. + 

The Théatin Father, the Cardinal’s spiritual director. + 

English + 

Charles II, King of England. + 

Parry, his servant. + 

General Monck, afterwards Duke of Albermarle. + 

Digby, his aide-de-camp. + 

General Lambert. + 

James, Duke of York, brother of Charles II. + 

George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham. + 

Lord Rochester. + 

Duke of Norfolk. + 

Miss Mary Grafton. + 

Miss Stewart. + 

Host of the Stag’s Horn tavern. + 