Three musketeers

[Ladyfred]

what nationality were three musketeers, and what were their full names

[garybfsl]

d'Artagnan was a gascon (french). Olivier Athos Compte de la Fere was french. Portos (no given name) but his family name was du Valon de Bracieux de Pierrefonds was french. Rene Aramis was also french.

[dundurn]

The names of all three of the musketeers (Athos, Porthos and Aramis) were based on those of real musketeers but their adventures were pure fiction. The real d'Artagnan, however, Charles de Batz-Castelmore, Comte d'Artagnan, was indeed a celebrated soldier. He was a Gascon and did rise to be leader of the real Musketeers, eventually being killed at the siege of Maastricht. Later, his life story was published in a heavily fictionalised way and it was this version which formed the basis for Dumas' stories.

[taliesin238]

They are french surely!! Please correct me if im wrong!! They were soldiers to the french monarchy in the 1600's am i right? Similar to the soldiers we still have for our monarchy donning the red and huge black fluffy hats!!

[Ladyfred]

Thanks everyone, got all the information I need now.
Please can therefore close this thread.

[Paul_Rook]

They were French and there names where Aremous,Porthos and Athoos here is a link to them

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Muskete ers