# The Three Musketeers — Character guide

> Key figures in The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas.

- [D'Artagnan](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/d_artagnan.md): A young Gascon who travels to Paris to join the Musketeers and becomes embroiled in court intrigue.
- [Athos](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/athos.md): A noble Musketeer, mentor to D'Artagnan, haunted by a dark secret from his past.
- [Porthos](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/porthos.md): A boastful but loyal Musketeer, known for his strength and love of fine living.
- [Aramis](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/aramis.md): A Musketeer with a secret ambition to join the church, skilled in diplomacy and romance.
- [Milady de Winter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/milady_de_winter.md): A beautiful and deadly spy for Cardinal Richelieu, who becomes D'Artagnan's nemesis.
- [Cardinal Richelieu](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/cardinal_richelieu.md): The powerful chief minister of France, who schemes against the queen and the Musketeers.
- [Constance Bonacieux](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/constance_bonacieux.md): The queen's seamstress and D'Artagnan's love interest, caught in political intrigue.
- [Duke of Buckingham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/duke_of_buckingham.md): The English duke who loves Queen Anne of Austria, sparking a political crisis.
- [King Louis XIII](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/king_louis_xiii.md): The King of France, caught between the queen and Cardinal Richelieu.
- [Queen Anne of Austria](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/queen_anne_of_austria.md): The Queen of France, secretly in love with the Duke of Buckingham.
- [M. de Tréville](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/m_de_treville.md): Captain of the King's Musketeers and D'Artagnan's patron.
- [Planchet](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/planchet.md): D'Artagnan's clever and loyal manservant.
- [Monsieur Bonacieux](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/monsieur_bonacieux.md): Constance's greedy and cowardly husband, a landlord in Paris.
- [Lord de Winter](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/lord_de_winter.md): Milady's brother-in-law, who becomes her enemy after learning her true nature.
- [John Felton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/john_felton.md): A Puritan English officer who is manipulated by Milady into assassinating Buckingham.
- [Kitty](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/kitty.md): Milady's maid who falls in love with D'Artagnan and helps him.
- [Comte de Rochefort](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/comte_de_rochefort.md): Cardinal Richelieu's agent, who first encounters D'Artagnan at Meung.
- [Bazin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/bazin.md): Aramis's pious manservant who hopes his master will become a priest.
- [Mousqueton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/mousqueton.md): Porthos's loyal and well-fed manservant.
- [Madame de Chevreuse](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/madame_de_chevreuse.md): A friend of the queen involved in court intrigues.
- [Comte de Wardes](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/comte_de_wardes.md): A nobleman and enemy of D'Artagnan, involved with Milady.
- [M. de Jussac](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/m_de_jussac.md): A captain of the Cardinal's Guards who fights the Musketeers.
- [Bernajoux](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/bernajoux.md): A member of the Cardinal's Guards wounded in a duel by D'Artagnan.
- [M. de Cahusac](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/m_de_cahusac.md): A guardsman of the Cardinal who fights the Musketeers.
- [M. de Bassompierre](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/m_de_bassompierre.md): A French nobleman and Marshal of France.
- [M. Coquenard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/m_coquenard.md): A wealthy procurator whose wife is Porthos's mistress.
- [Madame Coquenard](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/madame_coquenard.md): The procurator's wife and Porthos's mistress.
- [M. des Essart](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/m_des_essart.md): Captain of the Guards of M. des Essart, a friend to D'Artagnan.
- [Father Joseph](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/father_joseph.md): Cardinal Richelieu's trusted confidant and agent.
- [M. de la Trémouille](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/m_de_la_tremouille.md): A French nobleman involved in the siege of La Rochelle.
- [Bicarat](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/bicarat.md): A member of the Cardinal's Guards who fights alongside Jussac.
- [Montague](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/montague.md): An Englishman who serves as a messenger for Milady.
- [Brisemont](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/brisemont.md): A man who delivers poisoned wine to the Musketeers.
- [Mademoiselle Michon](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/mademoiselle_michon.md): A name used by Madame de Chevreuse in disguise.
- [M. de Schomberg](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/m_de_schomberg.md): A French military commander at the siege of La Rochelle.
- [Comte de Toiras](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/comte_de_toiras.md): A French commander defending the island of Ré.
- [Vitray](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/vitray.md): A man who sells D'Artagnan his second horse.
- [Chalais](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/chalais.md): A nobleman executed for conspiracy against Richelieu.
- [Molière](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/the_three_musketeers_se/characters/moliere.md): A historical reference to the playwright, not a character.

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