who was Milady de Winter? And what did she do?

Answer 1

Milady de Winter was one of the aliases of the wicked woman in The Three Musketeer novels by Alexander Dumas. What didn't she do!? She married the noble Athos under false pretenses and ruined his life, she became the dagger which The Count de Rochefort tried to use against D'Artagnan, she caused the death of D'Artagnan's mistress, she tried to assassinate the Duke of Buckingham and she carried death and disaster with her everywhere she went. She is one of the most wonderful characters ever invented by Dumas' fertile imagination. Read The Three Musketeers and 20 Years After to truly appreciate all her horrible misdeeds. They are wonderful books, and you'd have to be dead not to enjoy them. Have a great day!

Answer 2

Milady de Winter, often referred to as simply Milady, is a fictional character in the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, père. She acts as a spy for Cardinal Richelieu and is one of the chief antagonists of the story.

A woman with a checkered past, seemingly filled with nothing beyond the seduction and willful destruction of men who will provide her with the least bit of monetary support, Milady is remorseless and unrepentant for her countless misdeeds. Late in the novel, after the reader is already presented with numerous examples of her villainy, she is revealed to be the wife of Athos, one of the musketeers in the title of the novel. Encountering her after she had already been the downfall for many individuals, he witnessed a brand on her shoulder while they were out amid the woods one day. Identifying her as a thief of Church vessels, Athos (then, the Comte de La Fère) hangs her on the spot without lethal results.

After being expelled by Athos she eventually winds up in the employ of the Cardinal Richelieu; working as his spy, assassin, and messenger. On mission from the Cardinal, and to save her own life when her current husband discovered her past actions, she seduces John Felton, persuading him to kill the Duke of Buckingham. Returning to France, she carries out the murder of d'Artagnan's landlady and lover, Mme Constance Bonacieux, when the two happen upon one another in a convent. For her multiple murders, and for the other deaths she has caused, Milady is judged by the musketeers, the brother of her husband Lord de Winter, and by the executioner of Lille; the group having proceeded to track and hunt Milady after the death of Constance. The executioner of Lille, who placed the brand upon her shoulder years ago, beheads her in one of the last scenes of the novel. She uses or is referred to by the following names throughout the novel:

Charlotte Backson
Anne de Breuil
Comtesse de La Fère
Milady de Winter, Baroness of Sheffield
Milady Clarick
In the sequel Twenty Years After, Milady's son Mordaunt reprises her role as one of the chief antagonists.


[edit] Film and television
Actresses who have played Milady on screen include:

Barbara La Marr, in The Three Musketeers (1921)
Lana Turner, in The Three Musketeers (1948)
Faye Dunaway, in The Three Musketeers (1973) and The Four Musketeers (1974)
Margarita Terekhova in D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers (1978 miniseries)
Rebecca De Mornay, in The Three Musketeers (1993)
Pia Douwes in 3 musketiers (2003 musical)
In the cartoon version, Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, Milady is a female cat, while most of the characters are dogs.

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Answer 3

If I remember correctly she tried to mess up the Queen of France for Cardinal Richalieu in the "Three Musketeers."