QP:Characters

Those marked “(H)” are recorded in history

Scotland

 * (H) Mary of Guise, Queen Mother of Scotland, and widow of King James V
 * (H) Mary, Queen of Scots, aged seven, her daughter


 * Francis Crawford of Lymond, Master of Culter
 * Richard Crawford, Lord Culter, his brother


 * (H) Thomas Erskine, Master of Erskine, Chief Privy Councillor and Special Ambassador
 * (H) Margaret Fleming, his wife
 * (H) Jenny Stewart, Lady Fleming, mother to Margaret Erskine and illegitimate daughter of King James IV of Scotland; governess to Queen Mary
 * (H) Lord Fleming, Jenny’s son, and brother to Margaret Erskine
 * (H) Mary Fleming, his sister, maid of honour to Queen Mary
 * (H) Agnes Fleming, his sister, maid of honour to Queen Mary
 * (H) Arthur Erskine, one of Thomas Erskine’s brothers


 * (H) George Douglas of Pittendriech, brother of the Earl of Angus and uncle to Lady Lennox
 * (H) James Douglas of Drumlanrig, his brother-in-law


 * (H) Michel Hérisson, a Scots sculptor resident in Rouen
 * (H) Brice Harisson, his brother, in the service of the Protector Somerset in London

Ireland

 * Phelim O’LiamRoe, Prince of Barrow and feudal lord of the Slieve Bloom
 * Thady Boy Ballagh, his ollave
 * Piedar Dooly, his servant
 * Theresa Boyle, an Irish widow resident at Neuvy
 * Oonagh O’Dwyer, her niece
 * Hélie and Anne Moutier, relatives of Oonagh resident in Blois
 * (H) Cormac O’Connor, heir to Brian Faly O’Connor, captain of Offaly
 * (H) George Paris, an agent

France

 * (H) Henri II, King of France
 * (H) Catherine de Médicis, his Queen
 * (H) Diane de Poitiers, Duchess de Valentinois, his mistress
 * (H) Francis II, King of France (future king), his heir, affianced *to Mary Queen of Scots
 * (H) Elizabeth, his young daughter
 * (H) Claude, his young daughter
 * (H) Marguerite of France, his sister


 * (H) Anne de Montmorency, Marshal, Grand Master, and Constable of France


 * (H) François, Duke de Guise, brother to the Queen Mother of Scotland
 * (H) Charles de Guise, Cardinal of Lorraine, his brother
 * (H) Claude de Guise, Duke d’Aumale, his brother
 * (H) Duke de Longueville, French-born son of Mary of Guise’s first marriage


 * (H) John Stewart, Lord d’Aubigny, former captain of the Royal Guard of Scottish Archers in France, and brother to the Earl of Lennox
 * (H) Robin Stewart, member of the Royal Guard of Scottish Archers
 * Laurens de Genstan, member of the Royal Guard of Scottish Archers


 * (H) Jacques d’Albon, Marshal de St. André (courtier)
 * (H) Louis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé (courtier)
 * (H) Jean de Bourbon, Sieur d’Enghien, his brother (courtier)
 * (H) François de Vendôme, Vidame de Chartres (courtier)


 * Archembault Abernaci, Keeper of the Royal Menageries of France
 * Pierre Destaiz, Keeper of the Royal Menageries of France
 * Florimund Pellaquin
 * Thomas Ouschart (Tosh), a funambulist
 * Georges Gaultier, a usurer of Blois
 * The Dame de Doubtance, astrologer, of Blois


 * (H) Raoul de Chémault, French Ambassador in London
 * (H) Jehanne de Chémault, his wife

England

 * (H) John Dudley, Earl of Warwick, Earl Marshal of England


 * (H) Matthew Stewart, Earl of Lennox, brother to Lord d’Aubigny
 * (H) Margaret Douglas, his wife, and niece to the late King Henry VIII and to Sir George Douglas


 * (H) William Parr of Kendall, Marquis of Northampton, Lord Great Chamberlain of England and leader of the English Mission to France
 * (H) Thomas Butler, Earl of Ormond, an Irishman resident in England, also of the Mission
 * (H) Gilbert Dethick, Garter King of Arms
 * (H) John Perrot, illegitimate son of the late King Henry VIII


 * (H) James Mason, retiring English Ambassador in France