Quentin Durward - Characters

Characters

  • Quentin Durward, a Scottish cadet
  • Ludovic Lesley, Le Balafré ("scarred"), his maternal uncle
  • Maitre Pierre, a merchant; afterwards King Louis XI of France
  • Tristan L'Hermite, his provost-marshal
  • Dame Perrette, hostess of "The Fleur de Lys"
  • Jacqueline, her servant; afterwards Isabelle, Countess of Croye
  • Lady Hameline, her aunt
  • Lord Crawford, commander of Scottish archers
  • Count de Dunois, grand huntsman
  • Louis, Duke of Orléans, the future Louis XII of France
  • Cardinal John of Belue
  • The Bishop of Auxerre
  • Oliver Le Dain, the court barber
  • Princess Beaujeau and Princess Joan, the king's daughters
  • Philippe de Crèvecœur d'Esquerdes, Count of Burgundy
  • The Countess, his wife
  • Toison d'Or, his herald
  • William de la Marck, a Flemish outlaw, the freebooting Boar of the Ardennes, and Louis's supporter
  • Carl Eberson, his son
  • Hayraddin Mangrabin, a Bohemian
  • Zamet, his brother
  • Marthon, a gipsy woman
  • Louis of Bourbon, Prince-Bishop of Liège
  • Pavillon, a currier and syndic
  • Gertrude, his daughter
  • Peterkin Gieslaer, his deputy
  • Nikkel Blok, a butcher
  • Duke Charles of Burgundy, or Charles the Bold
  • Le Glorieux, his jester

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