René d'Herblay , alias Aramis , 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 other two musketeers , Athos and Porthos , are friends of the novels' protagonist, d'Artagnan .
17-415: The fictional Aramis is loosely based on the historical musketeer Henri d'Aramitz . Aramis loves and courts women, which fits well with the opinions of the time regarding Jesuits and abbots . He is portrayed as constantly ambitious and unsatisfied; as a musketeer, he yearns to become an abbé ; but as an abbé, he wishes for the life of the soldier. In The Three Musketeers , it is revealed that he became
34-493: 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
51-494: A step to climb to even greater power. Eventually, he is named Superior General of the Jesuits , which is precisely what saves his life at the end of Le Vicomte De Bragelonne , after he is betrayed by Nicolas Fouquet . 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
68-704: Is a Jesuit known as the Abbé d'Herblay or Chevalier d'Herblay. In The Vicomte de Bragelonne he is the Bishop of Vannes , 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 noble and ambassador known as Duke of Alameda. Actors who have played Aramis on screen include: Henri d%27Aramitz Henri, Seigneur d'Aramitz ("Lord of Aramits "; c . 1620–1655 or 1674)
85-467: Is the lover of the Duchesse de Longueville and, it is broadly implied, the father of her son. In contrast to the other musketeers, Aramis is twice referred to by his first name 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
102-685: The Musketeers of the Guard , but upon the death of Henri's grandfather, Abbé Pierre d'Aramitz, Charles returned to Béarn and took over his father's abbacy. His grandfather was indeed a Huguenot captain, though there is no proof of Henri d'Aramitz being himself a Protestant (he married a devout Catholic). Henri d'Aramitz's uncle, the Comte de Troisville , called him to Paris along with his cousins Armand d'Athos and Isaac de Porthau based on their reputation for swordsmanship . On this occasion Aramitz had
119-508: The military branch of the Maison du Roi , the royal household of the French monarchy . They were founded in 1622 when Louis XIII furnished a company of light cavalry (the carabins , created by Louis' father Henry IV ) with muskets . The Musketeers fought in battles both on foot ( infantry ) and on horseback ( cavalry ). They formed the royal guard for the king while he was outside of
136-576: The Guard and took over as abbé of Béarn. Sources disagree on his date of death, recorded as either 1655 or 1674. Musketeers of the Guard The Musketeers of the military household of the King of France ( Mousquetaires de la maison militaire du roi de France ), also known as the Musketeers of the Guard ( French : Mousquetaires de la garde ) or King's Musketeers ( Mousquetaires du roi ), were an elite fighting company of
153-488: The Musketeers were established, a second company was founded to report to Cardinal Richelieu . At the cardinal's death in 1642, the company passed to his successor Cardinal Mazarin , who disbanded his Musketeers in 1646. He revived the Musketeers in 1657 with a company of 150 men. Upon Mazarin's death in 1661, the cardinal's Musketeers passed to Louis XIV . In 1664, the two companies were reorganized: one company took
170-436: The chance to meet the Comte d'Artagnan . The Mémoires de M. d'Artagnan , written by Gatien de Courtilz de Sandras , later served as the basis for Alexandre Dumas's novel The Three Musketeers . In May 1640 Aramitz joined the Musketeers of the Guard . Aramitz married Jeanne de Béarn-Bonnasse on February 16, 1650 and had two sons (Clément and Amant) and one daughter. Following his father's death in 1648, he resigned from
187-412: The first and only time in his life - after causing the death of one of his friends. 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 ca. 1627, he is the lover of the Duchesse de Chevreuse , the confidante of the queen. In Twenty Years After he
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#1732772702525204-670: 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 , 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
221-526: The name "Grey Musketeers" ( mousquetaires gris ) from the color of their matched horses, while the second were called "Black Musketeers" ( mousquetaires noirs ), mounted on black horses. At roughly the same time, the size of the Musketeer companies was doubled. The Musketeers were among the most prestigious of the military companies of the Ancien Régime , and in principle membership in the companies
238-643: The royal residences (within the royal residences, the king's guard was the Garde du corps and the Gardes suisses ). The Musketeers of the Guard wore an early type of military uniform with a tabard (known as soubreveste ), indicating that they "belonged" to the King, and an embroidered white cross denoting the fact that they were formed during the Huguenot rebellions in support of the Catholic cause. Shortly after
255-589: 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 Guard . Aramitz served as the inspiration for Alexandre Dumas 's character " Aramis " in the d'Artagnan Romances . Aramitz was born of noble ancestry to Charles d'Aramitz and Catherine d'Espalungue de Rague in Béarn , France . His father lived in Paris as maréchal-des-logis for
272-488: 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 . Aramis meets with great success, thanks to his Machiavellian plans and his audacity. He sees every victory as
289-403: Was reserved for nobles. With the reforms of Michel le Tellier – which mandated a certain number of years of military service before nobles could attain the rank of officer – many nobles sought to do this service in the privileged Musketeer companies. In 1776, the Musketeers were disbanded by Louis XVI for budgetary reasons. Reformed in 1789, they were disbanded again shortly after
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