Duke of Buckingham

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The Duke of Buckingham is a powerful and romantic English nobleman whose secret love affair with Queen Anne drives much of the political intrigue in Alexandre Dumas’s novel *The Three Musketeers*.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn The Three Musketeers
appearsInSeries d'Artagnan Romances
associatedWith Cardinal Richelieu
Queen Anne of Austria
Musketeers of the Guard
surface form: the three musketeers
basedOn George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham
conflictWith Cardinal Richelieu
countryOfCitizenship England
creator Alexandre Dumas
firstPublicationOfWorkAppearedIn 1844
genre romantic character
hasAdaptationAppearance film adaptations of The Three Musketeers
stage adaptations of The Three Musketeers
television adaptations of The Three Musketeers
hasLoveInterest Queen Anne of Austria
inspiredByHistoricalPeriod reign of Louis XIII of France
involvedIn political intrigue at the French court
languageOfWorkAppearedIn French
linkedToEvent Anglo-French tensions in the early 17th century
literaryPeriod 19th-century French literature
loyalTo Queen Anne of Austria
medium novel
narrativeRole political intriguer
romantic interest
supporting character
nationalityInFiction English
notablePlotElement diamond studs of Queen Anne
occupation nobleman
portrayedAs chivalrous
impulsive
romantic
relationshipTypeWith Queen Anne of Austria secret love affair
setting 17th-century France
England
themeInvolvement love versus duty
political power struggles
title Duke of Buckingham self-link
workOfFictionGenre historical adventure novel

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Three Musketeers supportingCharacter Duke of Buckingham
Duke of Buckingham title Duke of Buckingham self-link