The Royals
Edward III – the king!
Philippa of Hainault – the queen consort
The Black Prince (Edward Woodstock) – the eldest son of the king and a great warrior in his own right
The Old Guard
Edward II – the previous king (and father), deposed (and probably murdered) in 1327
Isabella of France – the queen mother, who conspired with her lover, Roger Mortimer, to overthrow her husband, Edward II
Roger Mortimer – a powerful Marcher Lord who escaped the Tower of London in the reign of Edward II, fleeing to France where he met and fell in love with Isabella and brought about the downfall of Edward II. In the minority of Edward III, he increases his power and starts to threaten to take the crown for himself
Earl of Kent (Edmund of Woodstock) – the king’s uncle, who is caught out by a rumour that the previous king is still alive
The King’s Men
William Montague (1st Earl of Salisbury) – Edward’s closest companion as a young man who led a daring raid to free Edward III from Mortimer’s clutches
Duke of Lancaster (Henry Grosmont) – Edward’s right-hand man in the glory years of the Hundred Years War, a renowned soldier and statesman
Sir Walter Manny – heroic and professional soldier, whose adventures in the French campaigns prove highly entertaining
Sir Thomas Holland – another heroic knight who serves Edward faithfully in the wars
The Scottish
Robert the Bruce – legendary King of Scotland whose great reign is coming to an end
David II (Bruce) – son of Robert the Bruce and the new Scottish King, who struggles to replicate his father’s success against the English
Edward Balliol – pretender to the Scottish throne, who despite the support of Edward III is unable to establish himself as ruler
The French
Charles IV – the last of the Capetian dynasty, whose death in 1328 without a male heir creates the cause for the Hundred Years War
Philip VI – successor to Charles IV and the first of the new Valois dynasty, who has a large and renowned army at his disposal but finds Edward III a mightier foe than his predecessors
John II – successor to Philip VI who fares little better than his father against the English
Charles V – successor to John II, who reorganises France’s administration and military after twenty years of disarray and seeks to regain the territory lost to Edward III
The Rest
Alice Perrers – Edward III’s notorious mistress in his later years, whose political influence leads to a parliamentary stand-off
Peter de la Mere – first Speaker of the (House of) Commons, who speaks against Alice Perrers and other ministers in the Good Parliament of 1376
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