List of Historical Figures Dramatised By Shakespeare - L

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• Lady:
  • Lady Mortimer, daughter of Glendower and wife of Edmund Mortimer, sings in Welsh in Henry IV, Part 1.
  • Lady Northumberland is the Earl of Northumberland's wife, who dissuades him from joining the rebels at Gaultree Forest in Henry IV, Part 2.
  • Lady Percy (sometimes called Kate) is Hotspur's wife in Henry IV, Part 1, and returns (as his widow) in Henry IV, Part 2.
  • See also Lady Anne and Lady Bona.

For Lancaster see John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, Prince John of Lancaster or King Henry IV (aka Bolingbroke). Other members of the House of Lancaster include King Henry V, King Henry VI, Queen Margaret, Prince Edward and Lady Anne.

• Lepidus is one of the Triumvirs, the three rulers of Rome after Caesar's death, in Julius Caesar and Antony and Cleopatra.
• Lewis:
  • King Lewis XI of France, insulted by Edward IV's marriage to Lady Grey, allies himself with Warwick and Margaret in Henry VI, Part 3.
  • Lewis is the Dauphin in King John. He marries John's niece, Blanche, to cement an alliance with England. Later he leads forces against John.
• Caius Ligarius is one of the conspirators against Caesar in Julius Caesar.
• Limoges is the Duke of Austria in King John. He is intimidated—and eventually beheaded in battle—by the Bastard.
• The Bishop of Lincoln speaks in favour of Henry's divorce in the trial scene of Henry VIII.
• The Lord Mayor of London (historically Edmund Shaa, although not identified as such in the play) is fooled by Richard and Buckingham, and supports Richard's succession, in Richard III.
• The Lord Chamberlain in Henry VIII is a conflation of two historical Lords Chamberlain, one of them Lord Sandys, who is also a character in the play. (The other is the Earl of Worcester.)
• The Lord Chancellor (historically Sir Thomas More, although not identified as such in the play) is among the Privy Counsellors who accuse Cranmer in Henry VIII.
• The Lord Chief Justice is a dramatic foil to Falstaff in Henry IV, Part 2.
• Sir Thomas Lovell is a courtier of King Henry in Henry VIII.

For Louis see Lewis.