# Sir Marmaduke Langdale — When Charles the First Was King character guide

> Sir Marmaduke Langdale in When Charles the First Was King by J. S. Fletcher.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Sir Marmaduke Langdale, Langdale

**First appearance:** 0024-xxv-of-the-great-fight-at-marston-moor

## Who they are

A Royalist cavalry commander.

## In the story

### [Of the First Siege of Pontefract Castle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_charles_the_first_was_king_se/chapters/xxx-of-the-first-siege-of-pontefract-castle)

Leads a relief force of two thousand men to break the first siege.

### [Of the Second Siege of Pontefract Castle](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/when_charles_the_first_was_king_se/chapters/xxxi-of-the-second-siege-of-pontefract-castle)

Mentioned as retreating southward, leaving the garrison to face the Parliamentarians.

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