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- Bagot is a favourite of Richard in Richard II.
- Lord Bardolph is a nobleman, one of the Percy faction, in Henry IV, Part 2.
- The Bastard of Orleans is one of the French leaders in Henry VI, Part 1.
- For Beaufort see Bishop of Winchester.
- For Bedford see Prince John of Lancaster, who was the Duke of Bedford.
- Lord Berkeley acts as messenger from York to Bolingbroke in Richard II.
- The Duke of Berry is a French leader in Henry V.
- Bishop:
- The Bishop of Carlisle supports Richard in Richard II.
- Bishop of Ely:
- The Bishop of Ely (1) conspires with the Archbishop of Canterbury in the opening scene of Henry V.
- The Bishop of Ely (2) ultimately shows his opposition to Richard in Richard III.
- Bishop of Winchester:
- The Bishop of Winchester (later "the Cardinal") is the uncle and chief enemy of Humphrey Duke of Gloucester in Henry VI, Part 1 and Henry VI, Part 2.
- For The Bishop of Winchester in Henry VIII, see Gardiner.
- For The Bishop of Lincoln see Bishop of Lincoln.
- Blanche is King John's niece, married (by arrangement among the kings, to seal an alliance) to the Dauphin.
- Blunt:
- Sir James Blunt is a supporter of Richmond in Richard III.
- Sir John Blunt is a supporter of the king in Henry IV, Part 2.
- Sir Walter Blunt is a soldier and messenger to the king in Henry IV, Part 1. He is killed by Douglas while wearing the king's armour.
- Roger Bolingbroke is chaplain to the Duchess of Gloucester and orchestrates the demon-summoning in Henry VI, Part 2.
- For Bolingbroke see also King Henry IV.
- Lady Bona is King Lewis's sister-in-law, whose hopes to marry Edward are thwarted in Henry VI, Part 3.
- The Duke of Bourbon fights on the French side in Henry V.
- For Cardinal Bourchier see Cardinal.
- Boy in Richard III is the young son of the murdered Clarence (described in one speech as little Ned Plantagenet).
- Brackenbury is the Lieutenant of the Tower of London in Richard III.
- The Duke of Britain is a French leader in Henry V.
- Brutus:
- Marcus Brutus (usually just Brutus) is a central character of Julius Caesar, who conspires against Caesar's life and stabs him.
- See also Decius Brutus.
- Buckingham:
- The Duke of Buckingham (1) is a Lancastrian in Henry VI, Part 2. His death is reported in Henry VI, Part 3.
- The Duke of Buckingham (2) is a Yorkist in Henry VI, Part 3, and is a co-conspirator with Richard—although he is eventually rejected, then murdered on Richard's orders—in |Richard III.
- The Duke of Buckingham (3), an enemy of Wolsey, falls from grace and is executed by Henry in Henry VIII.
- For Anne Bullen see Anne.
- Burgundy:
- The Duke of Burgundy (1) brokers the peace treaty between the kings of France and England in the last act of Henry V.
- The Duke of Burgundy (2) fights firstly in alliance with the English, and later in alliance with the French, in Henry VI, Part 1.
- Bushy is a favourite of Richard in Richard II.
- Doctor Butts is the king's physician in Henry VIII. He alerts the king to Cranmer's humiliation in refused admittance to the council chamber.
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