Chapter Characters of Henry IV Part I - Study Guide by William Shakespeare

Characters

King Henry Bolingbroke IV

Henry (Hal) Prince of Wales – Henry IV’s son

Lord John of Lancaster – Henry IV’s younger son

Earl of Westmoreland – King’s nobleman

Sir Walter Blunt – King’s nobleman

Thomas Percy, Earl of Worcester

Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland

Henry Percy (Hotspur) – Northumberland’s son

Edmund Mortimer

Archibald, Earl of Douglas

Owen Glendower – a welsh rebel

Sir Richard Vernon

Sir John Falstaff – disreputable knight – falls under character of Vice

Poins – part of comic group

Peto - comic character – lower class than Falstaff or Poins

Bardolph – comic

Gadshill – comic.

Lady Kate Percy – Hotspur’s wife

Lady Mortimer – Glendower’s daughter and Mortimer’s wife