HOUSE OF AQUITAINE
WILLIAM, IX Duke of Aquitaine, VII Count of Poitou, the “First Troubadour.”
WILLIAM, his son. Later X Duke of Aquitaine, VIII Count of Poitou.
ELEANOR, eldest daughter of William, X Duke of Aquitaine, granddaughter of the “Troubadour.” Later Duchess of Aquitaine.
DANGEREUSE, Mistress of the “Troubadour.” Eleanor’s grandmother.
PETRONILLA, Eleanor’s younger sister.
AGNES, an Abbess of Saintes, Eleanor’s aunt, her father’s sister.
RAYMOND, Prince of Antioch, Eleanor’s uncle, her father’s younger brother.
RALPH DE FAYE, Eleanor’s uncle, her mother’s brother.
CONON, an equerry.
MASTER ANDRE, a cleric in Poitiers.
HOUSE OF CAPET
LOUIS, the VI, “The Fat,” King of France.
LOUIS, the VII, his son, King of France.
HOUSE OF NORMANDY AND ANJOU
HENRY II, Duke of Normandy and Count of Anjou, King of England.
GEOFFREY, Count of Anjou, his father.
MAUD, Countess of Anjou, his mother.
GEOFFREY, Henry’s illegitimate son.
PEERS OF THE CHURCH AND CHURCHMEN
ABBESS OF FONTEVRAULT, an abbey for monks and nuns.
ARCHBISHOP OF BORDEAUX
ABBÉ SUGER, advisor to King Louis VI and VII.
BERNARD OF CLAIRVAUX, Abbé of Citeaux.
THEOBALD OF BEC, Archbishop of Canterbury.
THOMAS BECKET, an archdeacon of Canterbury, Chancellor of England.
THE BROTHELS
YKENAI, called Bellebelle, a whore.
GYTHA, her mother and a whore.
MORGAINE, a Welsh whore.
GILBERT, a brothelmaster in Southwark.
HAWKE, a brothelmaster in London.
OTHERS
BERNART DE VENTADOUR, a troubadour of Aquitaine.
ROBERT DE BEAUMONT, Earl of Leicester, Co-Justiciar of England.
RICHARD DE LUCY, Co-Justiciar of England.
WILLIAM FITZ-STEPHEN, secretary to Thomas Becket.
HANS DE BURGH, a Flemish knight.
IVO, a woodman in the village.
ELFGIVA, an alewife in the village.