French Court — Minor Figures

19 figures from The Vicomte de Bragelonne who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Beaufort

first appears Chapter 14

Chapter 14 · admired: D’Artagnan “For five years together, I was a hero every day; at least, so I was told by persons of judgment; and that is a long period for heroism, trust me, sire, a period of five years. Nevertheless, I have faith in what these people told me, for they were good judges. They were named M. de Richelieu, M. de Buckingham, M. de Beaufort, M. de Retz, a mighty genius himself in street warfare,—in short, the king, Louis XIII., and even the queen, your noble mother, who one day condescended to say, ‘Thank you.’”
Chapter 45 · captor: Mazarin “That may be, for Monsieur le Prince; but M. Beaufort, for example—whom I held suffering so long in the dungeon of Vincennes?”

cardinal · first appears Chapter 14

Chapter 14 · enemies with D’Artagnan “I was a man, sire, when the Cardinal de Richelieu, who was a judge of manhood, discovered an enemy in me.”
Chapter 14 · admired: D’Artagnan “For five years together, I was a hero every day; at least, so I was told by persons of judgment; and that is a long period for heroism, trust me, sire, a period of five years. Nevertheless, I have faith in what these people told me, for they were good judges. They were named M. de Richelieu, M. de Buckingham, M. de Beaufort, M. de Retz, a mighty genius himself in street warfare,—in short, the king, Louis XIII., and even the queen, your noble mother, who one day condescended to say, ‘Thank you.’”

first appears Chapter 14

Chapter 14 · admired: D’Artagnan “For five years together, I was a hero every day; at least, so I was told by persons of judgment; and that is a long period for heroism, trust me, sire, a period of five years. Nevertheless, I have faith in what these people told me, for they were good judges. They were named M. de Richelieu, M. de Buckingham, M. de Beaufort, M. de Retz, a mighty genius himself in street warfare,—in short, the king, Louis XIII., and even the queen, your noble mother, who one day condescended to say, ‘Thank you.’”

valet de chambre · first appears Chapter 9

Chapter 9 · employer: Louis XIV “formerly I used to get Laporte, my valet de chambre, to read historical subjects to me”

historical figure · first appears Chapter 41

Chapter 41 · enemies with Anne of Austria “England, that was her hatred of Richelieu and her love for Buckingham;”
Chapter 46 · with Louis XIV “the Palais Royal, which M. de Richelieu left him”

court lady · first appears Chapter 39

Chapter 39 · with Mazarin “the cardinal, who was lying on his bed with a weary and careworn face, his cards were held by the Comtesse de Soissons”