The Lily and the Lion

THE HOUSE OF NAVARRE:

The Queen: JEANNE OF NAVARRE, daughter of Louis the Hutin and Marguerite of Burgundy, granddaughter of Philip the Fair, heiress to the Kingdom of Navarre, aged 17.

The King: PHILIPPE OF FRANCE, Count of Evreux, son of Louis of France and husband of the above, aged about 21.

THE HOUSE OF HAINAUT:

GUILLAUME, called the Good, Sovereign Count of HAINAUT, Holland and Zeeland, father of Queen Philippa of England.

JEANNE OF VALOIS, Countess of Hainaut, wife of the above and sister of King Philippe VI of France.

JEAN OF HAINAUT, younger brother of Count Guillaume.

THE HOUSE OF BURGUNDY:

EUDES IV, Duke of BURGUNDY, brother of the late Queen Marguerite of Burgundy and of Queen Jeanne the Lame, a Peer of France, aged about 46.

JEANNE OF BURGUNDY, his wife, daughter of King Philippe V, the Long, granddaughter of Mahaut of Artois, aged 19.

THE HOUSE OF ARTOIS:

MAHAUT, Countess of ARTOIS, widow of Count Othon IV of Burgundy, mother of the Queen Dowager Jeanne the Widow and grandmother of Duchess Jeanne of Burgundy, a Peer of France, aged 59.

ROBERT OF ARTOIS, Count of Beaumont-le-Roger, Lord of Conches, a nephew of the above, cousin and brother-in-law of King Philippe VI, a Peer of France, aged 41.

JEANNE OF VALOIS-COURTENAY, half-sister of King Philippe VI, wife of Robert of Artois, but always known as the Countess of BEAUMONT, aged 24.

PEERS, PRELATES AND DIGNITARIES OF THE HOUSE OF FRANCE:

LOUIS I, Duke of BOURBON, Great Chamberlain of France, grandson of Saint Louis, son of Robert of Clermont, a Peer of France.

LOUIS OF NEVERS, Count of Flanders, a Peer of France.

GUILLAUME DE TRYE, Duke-Archbishop of Reims, a Spiritual Peer.

JEAN DE MARIGNY, Count-Bishop of Beauvais, younger brother of Enguerrand de Marigny, a Spiritual Peer.

GAUCHER DE CHÂTILLON, Count of Porcien and Lord of Crèvecoeur, Constable of France 1302–1329.

RAOUL DE BRIENNE, Count of Eu, Constable on the decease of the above.

HUGUES, Count de BOUVILLE, ex-Chamberlain to Philip the Fair.

JEAN DE CHERCHEMONT, Chancellor in 1328.

GUILLAUME DE SAINT-MAURE, Chancellor from 1329.

MILLE DE NOYERS, ex-Marshal of France, President of the Exchequer, President of Parliament.

ROBERT BERTRAND, called the Knight of the Green Lion, and MATHIEU DE TRYE, Marshals of France.

BÉHUCHET, an Admiral.

JEAN THE FOOL, a dwarf.

LORDS, PRELATES AND DIGNITARIES OF THE HOUSE OF ENGLAND:

ROGER MORTIMER, eighth Baron Wigmore, first Earl of March, ex-Justiciar of Ireland, the lover of Isabella, the Queen Mother, aged 42.

WILLIAM DE MELTON, Archbishop of York, Primate of England.

HENRY DE BURGHERSH, Bishop of Lincoln, Chancellor and Ambassador.

ADAM ORLETON, formerly Bishop of Hereford, now of Worcester, and later of Winchester, Treasurer and Ambassador.

JOHN, Baron MALTRAVERS, Seneschal of England, aged about 38.

WILLIAM, Baron MONTACUTE, first Earl of SALISBURY, Councillor and Ambassador, later Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Marshal of England, aged 27.

GAUTIER DE MAUNY, Equerry to Queen Philippa.

JOHN DAVERILL, Governor of Corfe Castle.

WILLIAM ELAND, Governor of Nottingham Castle.

THE PRINCIPAL LAWYERS AND ACTORS IN THE ARTOIS CASE:

PIERRE DE VILLEBRESME, the Commissioner.

PIERRE TESSON, a notary.

JEANNE DE DIVION, ex-mistress of the late Bishop Thierry d’Hirson.

BEATRICE D’HIRSON, niece of Bishop Thierry, Lady-in-Waiting to the Countess Mahaut of Artois.

GILLET DE NELLE, Valet to Robert of Artois.

MARIE LA BLANCHE, MARIE LA NOIRE and JEANNETTE DESQUESNES, servants of Jeanne de Divion.

PIERRE DE MACHAUT, a witness.

ROBERT ROSSIGNOL, a forger.

MACIOT L’ALLEMANT, a Sergeant-at-Arms.

SIMON DE BUCY, the King’s Attorney.

THE EMPEROR OF GERMANY: