List of Historical Figures Dramatised By Shakespeare - F

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• Sir John Falstaff (based on both Sir John Oldcastle and Sir John Fastolfe) is a central character of Henry IV, Part 1, Henry IV, Part 2, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. In the Henry plays, he is "bad angel" to prince Hal, and is eventually rejected by him. He is the lecherous gull of the title characters in Merry Wives. His death is reported in Henry V, although he is not a character in that play. He is (with Hamlet) one of the two most significant roles in Shakespeare.
• Sir John Fastolfe (John Fastolf) is a coward, stripped of his garter in Henry VI, Part 1.
• Lord Fitzwalter (Walter FitzWalter, 5th Baron FitzWalter) is among those who challenges Aumerle in Richard II.

For France see King Charles VI, King Charles VII, The Constable of France, King Lewis XI, King Philip II