The Courtier of Versailles

Dramatis Personae

Dramatis Personae*denotes historical character

JEANNE YVETTE MAS DU BOIS: Born in Paris on May 2, 1665. Daughter of Gaston Louis du Bois, the Comte de Moreuil and Adelaide Lomenie du Mas.

JULES HENRI DU MAS: Born 1643. Brother to Adelaide Lomenie du Mas, second son of the Comte de Clemont. Serves as one of the King's fencing masters. Married to Berthe de Grange. Father to two daughters.

*LOUIS XIV (1638-1715): The Sun King. Inherited the crown at the age of four from his father, Louis XIII, in 1643.

GASTON LOUIS DU BOIS: The Comte de Moreuil, born 1639. Serves as a minor member of the Counseil d'État as a finance minister.

ADELAIDE LOMENIE MAS DU BOIS: The Comtesse de Moreuil, born 1645. A member of the Bas Bleu, a society of intellectual, educated women.

RAOL LEON MAS DU BOIS: Born 1663. Former soldier and Musketeer. Overseer of the Du Bois estates and instructor at a regional academy.

LYNETTE LA MARECHAL: Born 1664. Daughter of the Duc du Vermorel. Best friend to Jeanne du Bois.

OLYMPE DE CINQUE-MARS: Born 1665. Daughter of the Marquis de Solignac. Best friend to Jeanne du Bois.

*FRANÇOIS-ATHÉNAÏS DE ROCHECHOUAART DEMORTEMART, MARQUISE DE MONTESPAN (1641-1707): Daughter of the great house of Mortemart. Educated at the Convent of St. Mary at Saintes. Married to Louis-Henri de Pardaillan de Gondrin, Marquis de Montespan, a minor Gascon noble with whom she bore two children. Became mistress of Louis XIV in 1667.

*FRANÇOIS SCARRON (1635-1719): Born in a jail, granddaughter to a Huguenot hero. Befriended by the Marquise de Montespan, she became the governess to the children of Louis XIV and Athénais.

*MONSIEUR PHILIPPE, DUC D'ORLEANS (1640-1701): Only brother to Louis XIV.

PERCY DE POLIGNAC: Born 1663. Son of the Baron L'Haire.

HENRI BOUCHER D'AUBIGNE: Born 1663. Son of the Baron d'Aubigne, former soldier, current Musketeer.

ANTOINE DE LA FERTE: Born 1662. Best friend to Henri d'Aubigne. Musketeer.

GERARD DE GRAMONT: Born 1661. Friend to Henri d'Aubigne. Musketeer.

LAURENT DE VENTADOUR: Born 1663. Friend to Henri d'Aubigne. Musketeer.

BERNADETTE FANTINE MAS DU BOIS: Born 1667. Jeanne's sister.

*FRANÇOIS MICHEL LE TELLIER, MARQUIS DE LOUVOIS (1639-1691): Minister of War under Louis XIV.

*MARIE-THÉRÈSE D’AUTRICHE (1668-1683): Daughter of Philip IV of Spain. Queen Consort of France. Married to Louis XIV in 1660.