Henry VI Part 3 Characters

At all times, King Henry VI is a noble and sweet guy. He values peace and hates achieving it through war. He's full of thought-provoking words rather than damning and threatening ones. He even than...

Queen Margaret is strong, controlling, and passionate. She knows what she wants, and she goes after it, no matter who's in her way. When Henry is almost bumped off the throne by York's family so th...

Warwick fights long and hard for York and Edward... right up until Edward takes a wife, that is. But before you go wondering why Warwick switches sides on us, think about this: he's given his whole...

Edward has a bunch of titles in Henry VI, Part 3. First he's Earl of March; then he's Duke of York; and then he's King Edward IV. All you need to know about this guy is that he's York's oldest son,...

Richard, later the Duke of Gloucester, is York's son and Edward and George's brother. He might pretend to be a family man, supporting his dad and fighting for his brother's right to rule, but he ha...

Richard, Duke of York is Henry VI's biggest opponent. Why? Well, once upon a time, it was decided that the English throne would pass down from father to son to son to son… you get the idea. This...

Never one to be passive-aggressive, Clifford comes right out with it when something's got his goat.In the very first scene, he says, "Let us assail the family of York" (1.1.66)—right to their fac...

York's son George becomes Duke of Clarence (and then sometimes goes by "Clarence") after his dad dies. He's not around at first, since he's in France, but once he joins up with his brothers Edward...

Lewis (a.k.a. King Louis XI of France) is only in the play long enough to get visits from both Margaret and Warwick… and to change sides. When he's insulted by Edward, he switches his support to...

As love stories go, this one probably won't win any awards anytime soon. Lady Grey's husband has passed away, and her lands have been taken away from her. Women didn't have much power once their hu...

Even though she's only in one scene, Lady Bona plays a big role in causing allegiances to shift. She's King Lewis's sister, and when Warwick comes to France with the promise of a marriage to Edward...

Margaret and Henry VI's son, Prince Edward is the reason Margaret fights so hard against York (or at least the reason she gives). When Henry shakes on a deal that cuts the young prince out of his t...

Poor Rutland. He's just a pawn in a game that's much bigger than him. The young Edmund, Earl of Rutland is getting a tutoring session when Clifford and his men take him hostage and kill him. Cliffo...

King Henry VI meets a young lad while in prison and is taken with him; he even predicts that little Henry will "bless a regal throne" (4.6.76). Whoa, there, cowboy: he's not even in the running, ri...

Rivers, Hastings, Montgomery, and Montague (in the first half of the play, at least) all support York and then his son, Edward, in their quest for the crown. We don't really learn much about each o...

Oxford, Exeter, Norfolk, Northumberland, Westmorland, Somerset, and Montague (in the second half of the play) are all on Henry's side. They believe Henry has the right to the crown regardless of wh...