# Madame la Marquise — The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel character guide

> Madame la Marquise in The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Baroness Orczy.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mme, la Marquise, Marquise

**First appearance:** 0001-i

## Who they are

An aristocratic woman from the old regime.

## Relationships

### [Citizen Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin)

_rivalry_

Chauvelin views Madame la Marquise as an enemy of the revolution, relentlessly pursuing her for her aristocratic ties.

### [Citizen Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin)

_rivalry_

Chauvelin views Madame la Marquise as an enemy of the revolution, relentlessly pursuing her for her aristocratic ties.

### [Citizen Chauvelin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_league_of_the_scarlet_pimpernel_se/characters/citizen_chauvelin)

_rivalry_

Chauvelin views Madame la Marquise as an enemy of the revolution, relentlessly pursuing her for her aristocratic ties.

## In the story

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

The aristocratic lady, fainting from hunger, whose plight drives the narrator to betray the Englishmen.

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

Desperate and protective mother, initially horrified by the stranger's arrival but gradually trusts him.

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

The mother of the Vicomte, who pleads for her child's life and is rescued by the milor.

## Links

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