# Henry VI, Part I — Character guide

> Key figures in Henry VI, Part I by William Shakespeare.

- [Lord Talbot](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/talbot.md): English commander leading the war in France, captured and later dies with his son.
- [Charles the Dauphin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/charles_dauphin.md): French heir to the throne, leads resistance against English forces.
- [John Talbot](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/john_talbot.md): Son of Lord Talbot, fights bravely and dies alongside his father.
- [King Henry the Fifth](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/henry_v.md): Deceased English king whose legacy looms over the conflict with France.
- [Richard Plantagenet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/richard_plantagenet.md): Ambitious nobleman who later becomes Duke of York, central to English court strife.
- [Edmund Mortimer](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/mortimer.md): Imprisoned nobleman who reveals Plantagenet's royal lineage before dying.
- [Margaret](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/margaret.md): French noblewoman courted by Suffolk, later becomes Queen of England.
- [Sir William Lucy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/sir_william_lucy.md): English messenger and diplomat who reports Talbot's fate.
- [Joan of Arc](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/joan_of_arc.md): French peasant girl leading armies, claiming divine guidance, later captured.
- [Countess of Auvergne](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/countess_of_auvergne.md): French noblewoman who attempts to capture Talbot but is outwitted.
- [Earl of Salisbury](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/salisbury.md): English nobleman and commander killed by a cannon shot at Orleans.
- [Duke of Alençon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/alencon.md): French duke and military commander fighting alongside the Dauphin.
- [Earl of Suffolk](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/suffolk.md): English nobleman who arranges Margaret's marriage to King Henry.
- [Duke of Somerset](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/somerset.md): English nobleman and rival to Plantagenet in the court power struggle.
- [Cardinal of Winchester](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/cardinal_of_winchester.md): Powerful English churchman and political schemer against Gloucester.
- [Reignier](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/reignier.md): Duke of Anjou and father of Margaret, involved in French court politics.
- [Saint George](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/george.md): Patron saint invoked by English soldiers in battle cries.
- [Basset](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/basset.md): English soldier and follower of Somerset in the York-Somerset feud.
- [Duke of Gloucester](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/duke_of_gloucester.md): English regent and uncle to King Henry, protector of the realm.
- [Duke of Burgundy](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/burgundy.md): French nobleman allied with England, later persuaded to switch sides by Joan.
- [Sir Thomas Gargrave](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/sir_thomas_gargrave.md): English soldier mortally wounded during the siege of Orleans.
- [Sir John Fastolfe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/sir_john_fastolfe.md): English knight accused of cowardice for fleeing battle.
- [King Edward the Third](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/edward_iii.md): Former English king referenced in claims to the French throne.
- [Bastard of Orleans](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/bastard_of_orleans.md): French commander and ally of the Dauphin during the war.
- [Woodvile](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/woodvile.md): English lieutenant serving under Talbot, killed in battle.
- [Vernon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/vernon.md): English soldier and follower of York in the York-Somerset dispute.
- [Richard Earl of Cambridge](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/richard_earl_of_cambridge.md): Executed nobleman and father of Richard Plantagenet, mentioned in backstory.
- [Sir William Glansdale](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/sir_william_glansdale.md): English captain killed during the assault on Orleans.
- [Lionel Duke of Clarence](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/lionel_duke_of_clarence.md): Ancestor of the Plantagenet line, referenced in genealogy.
- [King Henry the Fourth](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/henry_iv.md): Former English king, grandfather of Henry VI, mentioned in lineage.
- [King Richard II](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/king_richard_ii.md): Deposed English king referenced in discussions of royal succession.
- [Earl of Warwick](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/warwick.md): English nobleman and supporter of the Yorkist cause.
- [Edmund Langley](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/henry_vi_part_i_se/characters/edmund_langley.md): Duke of York and ancestor of Richard Plantagenet, mentioned in lineage.

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