Video: Non-fictional Musketeers: What were Athos, Porthos and Aramis in real life
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Alexandra Dumas often accused of anti-historicalism and frequent deviations from the principle of reliability, which made many readers believe that all the heroes of his novels are completely fictional. In fact, the author captured many historical facts and characters in his works. So, for example, the famous the musketeers of Athos, Porthos and Aramis there were real prototypes, and in some details the writer was extremely accurate. In addition, it is believed that the author has endowed all of his musketeers with the traits of those close to him, and the result is an unexpected combination.
Elite detachments, created for the personal protection of the king, appeared at the beginning of the 17th century. under Henry IV. Louis XIII armed them with double-barreled muskets, and so the royal musketeers appeared. Service in their ranks was considered very honorable, only nobles could get there. Only a musket was paid from the treasury, and they had to acquire all the rest of the equipment at their own expense: a horse with harness, clothes, ammunition and even a personal servant.
The musketeer who became the prototype of Athos, Armand de Sylleg d'Atos d'Auteviel (Dotubiel), was not a hereditary nobleman - his father came from a merchant family that received the nobility, and his mother was the daughter of a merchant, an elected juror. The lieutenant commander of the royal musketeers, de Treville, was the second cousin of the real Athos, which helped him get into the company of the musketeers. However, his personal merits fully justified this: he was known as a brave man and a good soldier. And he died, too, like a real musketeer - with a sword in his hands. The real Athos did not live up to his literary age and died at the age of 28. Once the cardinal's guards attacked one of the best musketeers of the royal guard - Charles d'Artagnan, and the musketeers arrived in time to help him (sometimes they even write that the cardinal sent hired killers instead of his people). In this battle, Armand d'Atos was mortally wounded.
The real Athos gave his book double his name, but in the character of the Comte de la Fer, the writer's contemporaries saw a resemblance to Dumas's mentor and educator of his son, the writer Adolphe de Leuven. Everyone who was personally acquainted with him noted his coldness in communication, but at the same time reliability and devotion in friendship. In addition, he really was a nobleman by birth - Leuven was a count, the son of a Swedish emigrant. But the name of the book Athos was neither Armand nor Adolf - in the play "Youth of the Musketeers" his wife (that same Milady Winter) calls him Olivier. Senoria La Fer does appear in historical chronicles, but the title of Count de La Fer has nothing to do with the real Athos.
The prototype of Porthos - Isaac de Porto - came from the family of the Béarnan Protestant nobles. His grandfather fled to Navarre from Catholic Portugal, where Jews and adherents of his faith were persecuted, and became the manager of dinners at the Navarre court - hence the gastronomic addictions of Porthos from the novel by Dumas. Isaac was the youngest of three sons, and he did not have to count on an inheritance, so he chose the path of military service. Whether he was actually a musketeer is unknown. In 1642 g.he was listed in the register of the regiment of the royal guard as a guardsman of the company of Captain Alexandre des Essard, which maintains friendly relations with the Musketeers.
Isaac de Porto was a brave warrior and left the service only after the wounds received in battles no longer allowed him to be in the ranks. After 1650, he held the position of guardian of the ammunition of the guard at the fortress of Navarrance and lived to be 95 years old. In the image of the book Porthos, the writer embodied some of the character traits of his father, a general of the era of the Napoleonic wars, who was famous not only for his military exploits, but also for his cheerful disposition.
The prototype of Aramis was the native of Béarn, Henri d'Aramitz, who came from an old noble family. His grandfather was a Protestant and took part in the religious wars in France, and his father converted to Catholicism and served in the company of the royal musketeers. After his dismissal from the Guards, he became the secular abbot of the Aramitz Abbey of Bearnai, so the piety of the book Aramis was also quite understandable - his prototype was brought up in a Catholic spirit and from a young age he was fond of theological issues. At the same time, he perfectly fenced and rode horseback.
Like the prototype of Athos, the real Aramis was a relative of de Treville - he was his cousin. He served in the company of musketeers for about 8 years, then returned to his homeland and started a family, becoming the father of three children. After the death of his father, he also became a secular abbot. It is believed that Alexander Dumas endowed Aramis with the features of his grandfather - an aristocrat, fashionista and womanizer.
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