Edward III (play) - Characters

Characters

The English

  • King Edward III
  • Queen Philippa – his wife
  • Edward, the Black Prince – their son
  • The Earl of Salisbury – partially based on Sir Walter de Manny; Salisbury was deceased by the events of the second half of the play
  • Countess of Salisbury – his wife
  • Earl of Warwick – her father (fictitiously)
  • Sir William Montague – Salisbury's nephew
  • Earl of Derby
  • Lord Audley – portrayed as an old man, though he was historically no older than 30 at the time of the play
  • Lord Percy
  • John Copland – esquire, later Sir John Copland
  • Lodowick – Kind Edward's secretary
  • Two Esquires
  • Herald

Supporters of the English

  • Robert, Count of Artois – Earl of Richmond (historically deceased)
  • Lord Mountford – Duke of Brittany
  • Gobin de Grace – French prisoner

The French

  • King John II
  • Prince Charles – Duke of Normandy, his son
  • Prince Philip – his youngest son (historically not yet born)
  • Duke of Lorraine
  • Villiers – Norman lord
  • Captain of Calais
  • Another Captain
  • Mariner
  • Three Heralds
  • Two Citizens from Crécy
  • Three other Frenchmen
  • Woman with two children
  • Six wealthy citizens of Calais
  • Six poor citizens of Calais

Supporters of the French

  • King of Bohemia
  • Polonian Captain
  • Danish troops

The Scots

  • King David the Bruce of Scotland
  • Sir William Douglas
  • Two Messengers

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