The Fifth Queen Crowned · Character

Margot Poins

A young woman whose brother trades her marriage for his own advancement, Margot is caught between family ambition and her own stubborn, tearful will.

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Also known as Margot, poor Margot, the young Poins

First appearance: the fifth queen crowned

As a supporting figure in The Fifth Queen Crowned, Margot Poins is not background color—the story leans on what they do once the chapter opens.

Katharine's chief maid, who has become moody and resentful, expressing frustration with her lowly position.

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Margot Poins serves in the Queen's household, where her brother, a Gentleman Guard, sees her as a bargaining chip and loudly demands that Katharine arrange her wedding to a man already married. Her sobbing protests and her brother's rage reveal a family using the court as a ladder, and Katharine's refusal to grant the match costs her the boy's loyalty. Margot matters because her plight forces the Queen to choose between affection and principle, and because the girl's future becomes one of the small, human tests by which Katharine's reign will be judged.

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book.

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Breaking point

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Anne Boleyn
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Katharine's chief maid, who has become moody and resentful, expressing frustration with her lowly position.
III
Katharine's maid, who is hopeful to marry Udal but is devastated when he reveals he is already wed.
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Mentioned as being sent away to a nunnery, a source of grief for the Queen. She is also mentioned as sitting with the maids to keep them to their tasks.
VI
Furious at the Queen's ingratitude, he is turned by Lascelles into a tool against her.
IV
The young Poins sits far below the saltcellar at supper, a minor presence in the hall.
Part III: The Dwindling Melody
A former servant caught up in the intrigue, her loyalties tested.
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The young Poins, who is terrified and kneels before the King, having been part of a plot to let Culpepper in. He is questioned harshly by the King.
III
Mentioned as the granddaughter of the Master Printer's father, who had been put away from the Queen's Court.
IV
Mentioned as having been tortured but refusing to speak, crying out 'Virtuous! virtuous!' until her senses went.

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