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René d'Herblay, alias Aramis, is a fictional character in the novels ''
The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...
'' (1844), ''
Twenty Years After ''Twenty Years After'' () is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized from January to August 1845. A book of '' The d'Artagnan Romances'', it is a sequel to ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844) and precedes the 1847–1850 novel '' The Vicomte de ...
'' (1845), and ''
The Vicomte de Bragelonne ''The Vicomte of Bragelonne: Ten Years Later'' ( ) is a novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is the third and last of '' The d'Artagnan Romances'', following ''The Three Musketeers'' and '' Twenty Years After''. It appeared first in serial form between 1 ...
'' (1847–1850) by
Alexandre Dumas, père Alexandre Dumas (born Alexandre Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie, 24 July 1802 – 5 December 1870), also known as Alexandre Dumas , was a French novelist and playwright. His works have been translated into many languages and he is one of the mos ...
. He and the other two
musket A musket is a muzzle-loaded long gun that appeared as a smoothbore weapon in the early 16th century, at first as a heavier variant of the arquebus, capable of penetrating plate armour. By the mid-16th century, this type of musket gradually dis ...
eers, Athos and
Porthos Porthos, Baron du Vallon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds is a fictional character in the novels ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844), '' Twenty Years After'' (1845), and '' The Vicomte de Bragelonne'' (1847–1850) by Alexandre Dumas, père. He and the o ...
, are friends of the novels' protagonist,
d'Artagnan Charles de Batz de Castelmore (), also known as d'Artagnan and later Count d'Artagnan ( 1611 – 25 June 1673), was a French Musketeer who served Louis XIV as captain of the Musketeers of the Guard. He died at the siege of Maastricht in the Fr ...
. The fictional Aramis is loosely based on the historical musketeer
Henri d'Aramitz Henri, Seigneur d'Aramitz ("Lord of Aramits"; – 1655/1674) was a Gascon ''abbé'', and black musketeer of the Maison du Roi in 17th century France. In addition, he was the nephew of the Comte de Troisville, captain of the Musketeers of the ...
.


Personality

Aramis loves and courts women, which fits well with the opinions of the time regarding
Jesuit The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...
s and
abbot Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the head of an independent monastery for men in various Western Christian traditions. The name is derived from ''abba'', the Aramaic form of the Hebrew ''ab'', and means "father". The female equivale ...
s. He is portrayed as constantly ambitious and unsatisfied; as a musketeer, he yearns to become an
abbé ''Abbé'' (from Latin , in turn from Greek , , from Aramaic ''abba'', a title of honour, literally meaning "the father, my father", emphatic state of ''abh'', "father") is the French word for an abbot. It is also the title used for lower-ranki ...
; but as an abbé, he wishes for the life of the soldier. In ''
The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...
'', it is revealed that he became a musketeer because of a woman and his arrogance; as a young man in training for the priesthood, he had the misfortune to be caught (innocently or not) reading to a young married woman and thrown out of her house. For the next year, he studied fencing with the best swordsman in town to get his revenge. He then challenged the man who had mistreated him to a duel and thanks to his newly learned fencing skills, killed him almost at once. Because duels were forbidden by royal edict and Aramis was a novice, he had to disappear and adopt a very low profile. He enlisted in the Musketeers under the assumed name of "Aramis". There he met Athos, Porthos and later d'Artagnan. Together, they worked to protect the king and to keep the queen's affair with the Duke of Buckingham from being revealed by
Cardinal Richelieu Armand Jean du Plessis, 1st Duke of Richelieu (9 September 1585 – 4 December 1642), commonly known as Cardinal Richelieu, was a Catholic Church in France, French Catholic prelate and statesman who had an outsized influence in civil and religi ...
. Aramis meets with great success, thanks to his Machiavellian plans and his audacity. He sees every victory as a step to climb to even greater power. Eventually, he is named
Superior General A superior general or general superior is the leader or head of an 'order' of religious persons (nuns, priests, friars, etc) or, in other words, of a 'religious institute' in the Catholic Church, and in some other Christian denominations. The super ...
of the
Jesuits The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...
, which is precisely what saves his life at the end of ''Le Vicomte De Bragelonne'', after he is betrayed by
Nicolas Fouquet Nicolas Fouquet, marquis de Belle-Île, vicomte de Melun et Vaux (; 27 January 1615 – 23 March 1680) was the Superintendent of Finances in France from 1653 until 1661 under King Louis XIV. He had a glittering career, and acquired enormous weal ...
. Despite his ruthless personal ambition, Aramis is an extremely loyal friend: in fact, his only mistakes come when he refuses to harm or offend his friends. In ''Twenty Years After'', he follows Athos's pleas to spare the life of the villain Mordaunt, and in ''Le Vicomte De Bragelonne'', he refuses to suppress d'Artagnan's discovery of the truth about Belle-Île-en-Mer. Aramis even tells his friend Porthos the true identity of the
Man in the Iron Mask The Man in the Iron Mask (; died 19 November 1703) was an unidentified prisoner of state during the reign of Louis XIV of France (1643–1715). The strict measures taken to keep his imprisonment secret resulted in a long-lasting legend about ...
, despite fearing that this will lead Porthos to kill him (Aramis). Friendship is so important to Aramis that, at the end of ''Le Vicomte De Bragelonne'', it is strongly implied that he cries - for the first and only time in his life - after causing the death of one of his friends.


Mistresses

Aramis' political intrigues are matched by (and usually connected with) his amorous intrigues, as Dumas casts him in the role of the lover of politically powerful women of his time. In ''
The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...
'' ca. 1627, he is the lover of the Duchesse de Chevreuse, the confidante of the queen. In ''
Twenty Years After ''Twenty Years After'' () is a novel by Alexandre Dumas, first serialized from January to August 1845. A book of '' The d'Artagnan Romances'', it is a sequel to ''The Three Musketeers'' (1844) and precedes the 1847–1850 novel '' The Vicomte de ...
'' he is the lover of the
Duchesse de Longueville Duchesse (Duchesse satin) was a soft, heavy, and glossy satin cloth made in France. Weave Duchesse was produced with a satin weave with fine silk threads using a higher number of threads per square inch in the warp with at least seven floati ...
and, it is broadly implied, the father of her son.


Names

In contrast to the other musketeers, Aramis is twice referred to by his
first name First most commonly refers to: * First, the ordinal form of the number 1 First or 1st may also refer to: Acronyms * Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array * Far Infrared an ...
René. This first happens when d'Artagnan stumbles upon Aramis and his mistress in the chapter "Les Deux Gaspard" of the second book, and again when Bazin is talking about Aramis in the third book. In ''Twenty Years After'', Aramis is a
Jesuit The Society of Jesus (; abbreviation: S.J. or SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits ( ; ), is a religious order (Catholic), religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rom ...
known as the
Abbé ''Abbé'' (from Latin , in turn from Greek , , from Aramaic ''abba'', a title of honour, literally meaning "the father, my father", emphatic state of ''abh'', "father") is the French word for an abbot. It is also the title used for lower-ranki ...
d'Herblay or
Chevalier Chevalier may refer to: Honours Belgium * a rank in the Belgian Order of the Crown * a rank in the Belgian Order of Leopold * a rank in the Belgian Order of Leopold II * a title in the Belgian nobility France * a rank in the French Legion d'h ...
d'Herblay. In ''The Vicomte de Bragelonne'' he is the
Bishop A bishop is an ordained member of the clergy who is entrusted with a position of Episcopal polity, authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance and administration of di ...
of
Vannes Vannes (; , , ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Departments of France, French department of Morbihan, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany, northwestern mainland France. It was founded over 2,000 years ago. History Celtic ...
, a title given to him by Nicolas Fouquet, and later becomes the Superior General of the Jesuits. When he comes back from exile, he is a Spanish
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and ambassador known as
Duke Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobi ...
of Alameda.


In film and television

Actors who have played Aramis on screen include: * Harold M. Shaw, in ''The Three Musketeers: Parts I and II'' (1911) *
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, in ''The Three Musketeers '' (1916) *
Pierre de Guingand Pierre de Guingand (June 6, 1885 - June 10, 1964) was a French stage and film actor. He portrayed Aramis in the 1921 version of ''The Three Musketeers'' and appeared in another silent swashbuckler ''Fanfan la Tulipe'' in 1925.Rainey p.70 Selecte ...
, in ''Les trois mousquetaires'' (1921) *
Eugene Pallette Eugene William Pallette (July 8, 1889 – September 3, 1954) was an American actor who worked in both the silent and sound eras, performing in more than 240 productions between 1913 and 1946. After an early career as a slender leading man, ...
, in ''The Three Musketeers'' (1921) *
Gino Corrado Gino Corrado (born Gino Liserani; 9 February 1893 – 23 December 1982) was an Italian-born film actor."Obituaries." '' Variety'' (Archive: 1905–2000); Los Angeles. Vol. 309, Iss. 10,  (5 January 1983): 78–79. He appeared in more than 400 ...
, in ''The Iron Mask'' (1929) *
Jean-Louis Allibert Jean-Louis Allibert (1897–1979) was a French film and television actor.Gmür p.72 He is sometimes also known as Louis Allibert. Selected filmography * ''Paris'' (1924) * ''Monte Carlo'' (1925) * ''The Painter and His Model'' (1925) * ''Saint Jo ...
, in ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (1933) *
Onslow Stevens Onslow Stevens (born Onslow Ford Stevenson; March 29, 1902 – January 5, 1977) was an American stage, television and film actor. Early years Born in Los Angeles, California, Stevens was the son of British-born character actor Houseley St ...
, in ''The Three Musketeers'' (1935) *
Miles Mander Miles Mander (born Lionel Henry Mander; 14 May 1888 – 8 February 1946), was an English character actor, writer, director and producer in the post-war period of early British cinema during the 1920s to mid-1930s, as well as a playwright an ...
, in ''The Three Musketeers'' (1939) *
Robert Coote Robert Coote (4 February 1909 – 26 November 1982) was an English actor. He played aristocrats or British military types in many films, and created the role of Colonel Hugh Pickering in the long-running original Broadway production of ''My Fai ...
, in ''The Three Musketeers'' (1948) *Keith Richards, in ''The Three Musketeers'' (1950) *
Judd Holdren Judd Clifton Holdren (October 16, 1915 – March 11, 1974) was an American film actor who starred in science fiction movies. He was best known for his starring roles in the serials '' Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere'' (1951), '' Zombi ...
, in ''Lady in the Iron Mask'' (1952) *
Jacques François Henri Jacques Daniel Paul François (; 16 May 1920 – 25 November 2003), known as Jacques François was a French actor. During a sixty-year career (1942–2002) he appeared in more than 120 films and over 30 stage productions. Biography ...
, in ''Les Trois Mousquetaires'' (1953) *
Paul Hansard Paul Hansard (12 January 1922 – 28 January 2013) was a German-born British actor on both television and film. He was also a puppeteer. On several of his television appearances on both ''The Buccaneers'' and ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'', ...
, in ''The Three Musketeers'' (1954) * Paul Campbell, in ''The Three Musketeers'' (1956) and ''Le Avventure dei tre moschettieri'' (1957) * Tim O'Connor, in ''The Three Musketeers'' (TV movie) (1960) * Jaques Toja, in ''Les Trois Mousquetaires: La Vengeance de Milady'' (1961) and ''Les Trois Mousquetaires: Les Ferrets de la Reine'' (1961) *
Roberto Risso Roberto Risso (22 November 1925 – 16 November 2010) was a Swiss-born Italian film actor. Life and career Born Pietro Roberto Strub in Geneva, Risso joined the cinema industry when he was still a university student of architecture, playing a ...
, in ''D’Artagnan contro i tre moschettieri'' (1963) *
Gary Watson Garrowby Watson (born 13 June 1930), known professionally as Gary Watson, is a retired British actor. Early in his career he appeared in Friedrich Hebbel's 1962 play ''Judith'' at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, with Sean Connery. He made mo ...
, in ''The Three Musketeers'' (1966) *
John Woodvine John Woodvine (born 21 July 1929) is an English actor who has appeared in more than 70 theatre productions, as well as a similar number of television and film roles. Early life Woodvine was born in South Shields, the son of Rose (née Kelly) ...
, in ''The Further Adventures of the Three Musketeers'' (1967) *
Roger Sterckx Roger is a masculine given name, and a surname. The given name is derived from the Old French personal names ' and '. These names are of Germanic languages">Germanic origin, derived from the elements ', ''χrōþi'' ("fame", "renown", "honour") ...
, in ''Die Drie Musketiers'' (1968) *
Noel Willman Noel Willman (4 August 1918 – 24 December 1988) was an Irish actor and theatre director. Born in Derry, Ireland, Willman died aged 70 in New York City, New York. Career Willman's films included '' The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1956), '' Acro ...
, in ''The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1968) * Colin Fox, in ''The Three Musketeers'' (1969) *
Richard Chamberlain George Richard Chamberlain (March 31, 1934 – March 29, 2025) was an American actor and singer who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show '' Dr. Kildare'' (1961–1966). He subsequently earned the title "King of the Mini- ...
, in ''
The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...
'' (1973), '' The Four Musketeers'' (1974), and ''
The Return of the Musketeers ''The Return of the Musketeers'' is a 1989 film adaptation loosely based on the novel '' Twenty Years After'' (1845) by Alexandre Dumas. It is the third Musketeers film directed by Richard Lester, following 1973's ''The Three Musketeers'' and ...
'' (1989) * Georges Mansart, in ' (1974) * Igor Starygin, in '' D'Artanyan i Tri Mushketyora'' (1978), ''Mushketyory 20 Let Spustya'' (1992), and ''Tayna Korolevy Anny ili Mushketyory 30 Let Spustya'' (1993) *
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, in ''The Fifth Musketeer'' (1979) *
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, in '' Anime San Jushi'' (1987) *
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, in ''
The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...
'' (1993) *
Sami Frey Sami Frey (born Sami Frei; 13 October 1937) is a French actor of Algerian and Italian descent. Among the films he starred in are '' En compagnie d'Antonin Artaud'' (1993), in which he portrays French poet and playwright Antonin Artaud, and '' Ba ...
, in ''Revenge of the Musketeers'' (1994) *
William Richert William Richert (1942 – July 19, 2022) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor. He is known for writing and directing the feature films '' Winter Kills'', '' The American Success Company'', and '' A Night in the Life ...
, in an early 1998 film of ''The Man in the Iron Mask'' *
Jeremy Irons Jeremy John Irons (; born 19 September 1948) is an English actor. Known for his roles on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, a Tony Award, three Primetime Emmy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards, ...
, in '' The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1998) *Thomas Beckett, in ''Three Musketeers'' (1999) *
Callum Blue Daniel James Callum Blue (born 19 August 1977) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles on the Showtime (TV network), Showtime series ''Dead Like Me'' and ''The Tudors'', as well as his role as General Zod, Zod in the American televi ...
, in ''
Young Blades ''Young Blades'' is a 13-episode historical fantasy television series that aired on PAX TV from January to June 2005, inspired by Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel ''The Three Musketeers''. Thirteen episodes were made before cancellation. Plot Set in ...
'' (2001) (unaired TV series pilot) *
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, in '' The Musketeer'' (2001) *
Allan Corduner Allan Corduner (; born 2 April 1950) is a British actor. Born in Stockholm to a German mother and a Russo-Finnish father, Corduner grew up in a secular Jewish home in London. After earning a BA (Hons) in English and Drama at Bristol University ...
, in ''La Femme Musketeer'' (TV miniseries) (2003) *
Grégori Derangère Grégori Derangère (born 27 March 1971) is a French actor. Career Derangère was born in Montpellier where his parents finished their medicine studies. He moved to Moscow and French Guiana during his childhood and then to Paris. He studied ...
, in ''D'Artagnan et les trois mousquetaires'' (2005) *
Nick Jonas Nicholas Jerry Jonas (born September 16, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. Jonas began acting on Broadway at the age of seven, and released his debut single in 2002; this caught the attention of Columbia Records, where Jonas ...
, in ''The Three Musketeers'' (''
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'') *
Luke Evans Luke George Evans (born 15 April 1979) is a Welsh actor and singer. He began his career on the stage, and performed in London's West End productions of '' Rent'', ''Miss Saigon'', and '' Piaf'' before making his film breakthrough in the 2010 ...
, in ''
The Three Musketeers ''The Three Musketeers'' () is a French historical adventure novel written and published in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. It is the first of the author's three d'Artagnan Romances. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in col ...
'' (film in 3D) (2011) *
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, in ''
The Musketeers ''The Musketeers'' is a British period action-drama TV series based on the characters from Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel ''The Three Musketeers'' and co-produced by BBC America and BBC Worldwide. The series follows the musketeers Athos, Aramis ...
'' (TV series) (2014 - 2016) *
Romain Duris Romain Duris (; born 28 May 1974) is a French actor. He is best known for his role in Cédric Klapisch's ''Spanish Apartment'' trilogy, which consists of '' L'Auberge Espagnole'' (2002), '' Russian Dolls'' (2005), and '' Chinese Puzzle'' (2013) ...
, in '' Les Trois Mousquetaires: D'Artagnan'' (2023 film) and '' Les Trois Mousquetaires: Milady'' (2023 film)


References

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