# La Trémouille — Saint Joan character guide

> La Trémouille in Saint Joan by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** La Trémouille Young Bluebeard, Bluebeard, La Trémouille Brutally, La Trémouille Scratching, Bluebeard Ha, Bluebeard Offended

**First appearance:** 0044-scene-ii

## Snapshot

Charles VII's chief minister, nicknamed Bluebeard, he sees Joan as an upstart threatening the court's careful, cynical order.

## Who they are

As the king's most powerful advisor, La Trémouille controls patronage, war policy, and the purse strings Joan's mission depends on. He has spent years managing a timid king and a losing war by diplomacy and delay, and Joan's claim to speak for God strikes at the root of his authority. His resistance turns court politics into the story's real battlefield, where sainthood must survive committee.

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