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Lady Katharine

A princess who trades book-learning for the face of a passing knight, then weeps in her chamber and walks the orchard at dawn, knowing princesses must marry detestable kings.

supporting

Also known as Dame Katharine

First appearance: i the story of the sestina

As a supporting figure in Chivalry, Lady Katharine is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Princess of Valois, left at the Convent of Saint Scholastica, falls in love with a huntsman who is later revealed to be King Henry V.
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Lady Katharine meets Alain, a harper bound for Milan to take Duke Filippo's service, when his hunt for a chicken-stealing fox leads him to her wall; they talk two hours as if seated on the loftiest turret of Paradise,…

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CMCount ManuelKCKing CharlesOHOsmund HeleighQPQueen PhilippaEMEdward MaudelainLKLady Katharine

Relationship types

  • Other

Character groups

  • Central Chivalric Figures
  • Protagonist

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Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

SetupEscalationAftermathClimax
  • Setup
  • Escalation
  • Breaking point
  • Aftermath
  • Closing

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