D'Artagnan — The Return of the Musketeers Character Profile

About D'Artagnan

A young provincial swordsman who arrives in Paris to become a King's Musketeer. After initial duels, he proves his loyalty by defending the original trio and successfully retrieving Queen Anne's diamonds from England. By 1649, he is an established but impoverished musketeer, still driven by honor, duty, and protection of the crown.

D'Artagnan — Character Profile

Quick Facts about D'Artagnan

Occupation

musketeer, soldier, fencer

Manner of Death

Unnatural death

D'Artagnan's Known Relations

• D'Artagnan's father — Father
• Milady de Winter — Unmarried partner
• Constance Bonacieux — Unmarried partner
• Milady de Winter — Enemy
• Cardinal Richelieu — Enemy
• Porthos — Significant person
• Athos — Significant person
• Aramis — Significant person

D'Artagnan appears in 16 titles

• The Three Musketeers (1921) — character page
• The Iron Mask (1929) — character page
• The Three Musketeers (1942) — character page
• The Fighting Musketeers (1961) — character page
• Vengeance of the Three Musketeers (1961) — character page
• The Three Musketeers (1973) — character page
• The Four Charlots Musketeers (1974) — character page
• The Four Charlots Musketeers 2 (1974) — character page
• The Four Musketeers (1974) — character page
• The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
• The Three Musketeers (1993) — character page
• The Man in the Iron Mask (1998) — character page
• The Three Musketeers (2011) — character page
• The King's Musketeers (2018) — character page
• The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan (2023) — character page
• The Three Musketeers: Milady (2023) — character page

Character Facts

Played by

Michael York

Appears in

The Return of the Musketeers (1989)

Role

Protagonist

Relationships (5)

• D'Artagnan — Alliance Teammate — Athos (Oliver Reed)

  Their old comradeship is revived through shared missions and combat.

  D'Artagnan is tasked with bringing Athos back together with the other musketeers, and Athos later joins him in the mission to rescue Charles I.

• D'Artagnan — Alliance Teammate — Porthos (Frank Finlay)

  D'Artagnan and Porthos operate as a recurring field partnership.

  Mazarin sends D'Artagnan and Porthos after Beaufort, and the two later participate together in the rescue and royal protection missions.

• D'Artagnan — Conflict Pursuer — Duke of Beaufort (Eusebio Lázaro)

  D'Artagnan opposes Beaufort while acting under the ministerial command.

  D'Artagnan is sent after Beaufort and attempts to stop his escape, but Athos and Aramis interfere.

• D'Artagnan — Professional Mission Patron — Queen Anne (Geraldine Chaplin)

  Queen Anne assigns D'Artagnan a high-stakes royal rescue mission.

  Queen Anne sends D'Artagnan to rescue Charles I before his execution.

• D'Artagnan — Power Protected Sovereign — Louis XIV (David Tristan Birkin)

  D'Artagnan defends Louis XIV during the final royal crisis.

  The musketeers stop an attempt to kill Louis XIV, placing D'Artagnan in the role of protector of the young king.

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More characters from The Return of the Musketeers

• Athos (Oliver Reed)
• Porthos (Frank Finlay)
• Raoul (C. Thomas Howell)
• Duke of Beaufort (Eusebio Lázaro)
• Justine de Winter (Kim Cattrall)
• Queen Anne (Geraldine Chaplin)
• Oliver Cromwell (Alan Howard)
• Louis XIV (David Tristan Birkin)
• Caddie (Billy Connolly)
• French Executioner (Pat Roach)
• Charles I (Bill Paterson)
• Cyrano de Bergerac (Jean-Pierre Cassel)