# Marquet — The First Sir Percy character guide

> Marquet in The First Sir Percy by Baroness Orczy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Messire Marquet

**First appearance:** 0000-i-a-night-on-the-veluwe

## Who they are

A French nobleman and fellow conspirator of Stoutenburg.

## In the story

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_sir_percy_se/chapters/v)

Mentioned as being in Overijssel with troops to be sent to Arnheim.

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_sir_percy_se/chapters/ii)

General in camp at Vorden with four thousand troops; Diogenes is to deliver the Stadtholder's orders to him.

### [A Race for Life](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_sir_percy_se/chapters/v-a-race-for-life)

Messire Marquet, encamped outside Vorden, receives Diogenes and promises to move his troops by midday.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_sir_percy_se/chapters/i)

Encamped outside Vorden, receives Diogenes with money and news of impending action.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_sir_percy_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as possibly already having started.

### [XVI: The Final Issue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_sir_percy_se/chapters/xvi-the-final-issue)

The loyal commander who leads his army to the molen, arriving in time to trap Stoutenburg and secure victory.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_first_sir_percy_se/chapters/iii)

Leads four thousand troops against Beresteyn's encampment, driving the Spanish out of Amersfoort.

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