Full List of Characters

MARIE DE ROHAN 1600-1679
'Nothing was really impossible to a woman of her beauty and wit.'



ANNE OF AUSTRIA 1601-1666
Spanish born Queen of France - Marie's patron and friend



LOUIS XIII 1601-1643
King of France - Marie's most implacable enemy


ARMAND-JEAN DU PLESSIS, CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU 1585-1642
Louis' first minister and Marie's nemesis



WAT MONTAGU 1603-1677
Buckingham's secret agent and close friend of Marie



GEORGE VILLIERS, MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM 1592-1628
Favourite of James I and Charles I and close friend of Marie



HENRY RICH, LORD HOLLAND 1590-1649
Ambassador to France, close friend of Buckingham and Marie's lover



CESAR DE BOURBON, DUC DE VENDOME 1594-1665
Bastard son of Henri IV and close friend of Marie



GASTON D'ORLEANS 1608-1660
Louis XIII's brother



CHARLOTTE DE MONTMORENCY, DUCHESSE DE CONDE 1594-1650
Henri de Montmorency's sister and Marie's enemy



HENRIETTA MARIA 1609-1669
Henri IV and Marie de Medici's youngest daughter. Queen of England and close friend of Marie


BOISROBERT
Richelieu's friend and spy


HENRI II, DUC DE MONTMORENCY 1595-1632
Marie and Henri shared a need to protect and love Anne of Austria



LOUISE MARGUERITE DE LORRAINE, PRINCESSE DE CONTI 1588-1631
Claude, Duc de Chevreuse's sister and close friend of Marie



LUISA DE SALDAGNA BERTAUD
Anne's Spanish born maid of honour and enemy of Marie



MARIE DE MEDICI 1573-1642
Italian born widow of Henri IV and mother of Louis, Gaston and Henrietta Maria


ANNETTE
Marie's body servant


RENAULT
Marie's body servant


JEAN BAPTISTE - MARSHAL D'ORNANO 1581-1626
Gaston's governor and friend of Marie



FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY - FATHER JOSEPH 1577-1638
Richelieu's Grey Eminence, mentor and spy



CLAUDE DE LORRAINE, DUC DE CHEVREUSE 1577-1657
Marie's second husband


FRANCOIS DE BASSOMPIERRE 1579-1646
Close friend of Louis and secret lover of Louise-Marguerite


HENRI DE TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD, COMTE DE CHALAIS 1599-1626
Close friend of Gaston and Louis... and Marie's most ardent admirer



HERCULE DE ROHAN, DUC DE MONTBAZON 1568-1654
Marie's father


JAMES LAMONT
Scots Guard and friend of Wat Montagu



PIERRE LA PORTE 1603-1680
Anne of Austria's portmanteau


CHARLES 1 1600-1649
Prince of Wales and King of England



JAMES HAY, LORD CARLISLE 1590-1636
Ambassador to France, husband of Lucy Hay



ALEXANDRE DE BOURBON, CHEVALIER DE VENDOME 1598-1629
Bastard son of Henri IV and brother of Cesar



ANTOINE DE PUYLAURENS 1607?-1636
Gaston's close friend and crony


LUCY HAY COUNTESS CARLISLE 1599-1660
James Hay's wife, friend of Henrietta Maria and Richelieu's spy


LOUIS VIII DE ROHAN, PRINCE DE GUEMENEE 1598-1667
Marie's brother