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Princess of France

France's daughter, sent to Navarre on weighty business, who meets the King's forbidden-court edict with cool wit and a diplomatic mission she refuses to abandon.

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Also known as Princess

First appearance: act ii

As a major figure in Love’s Labour’s Lost, Princess of France is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Arrives at Navarre to negotiate Aquitaine's payment; engages in sharp wordplay with the King and Boyet.
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The Princess arrives at Navarre's gates on serious business concerning Aquitaine, only to find the King has sworn no woman may approach his court for three years. She refuses Boyet's flattery with the tart reminder that 'beauty is bought by judgement of the eye,' and she manages the awkward negotiations with composure while her ladies trade witty assessments of the vow-bound lords. Her presence is the catalyst that dismantles the King's Academe: she is both a diplomatic equal and the woman he cannot avoid, and her measured wit sets the standard against which the men's posturing is measured.

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