![]() Rigoletto, Duke of Mantua's jester in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Rigoletto.The Jester is a central character in many of the plays of Dario Fo.The Queen's Fool, novel by Philippa Gregory, centers around the life of a young "holy fool" named Hannah, who happens to work with and befriend William Sommers (Will), the former fool/jester of King Henry VIII.The Fool, court jester in Robin Hobb's The Realm of the Elderlings books.The Jester, 2003 novel by James Patterson and Andrew Gross.The anarchic Jerry Cornelius, often shown as a jester figure.Mr Harley Quin, in the Agatha Christie collection The Mysterious Mr Quin is a modernised version of the " wise fool" who helps others see the truth.Towser, jester to King John the Presbyter in Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn by Tad Williams.Hop-Frog, in the eponymous short story by Edgar Allan Poe.Jack Point, tragic jester in The Yeomen of the Guard by Gilbert and Sullivan.Dagonet, jester to King Arthur in medieval romances.Wamba, Jester in Sir Walter Scott's Novel Ivanhoe.Pocket, King Lear's fool in Christopher Moore's novel Fool, which retells the story of Shakespeare's King Lear.1981), 2nd official resident jester of Conwy in North Wales replacing the jester of 1295 Perkeo of Heidelberg, 18th Century jester of Prince Charles III Philip, Elector Palatine.Jamie Fleeman (1713–1778), the Laird of Udny's Fool.1682), " court dwarf" of Henrietta Maria of France Nichola, jester to Mary, Queen of Scots in the 1560s.Mathurine la Folle (Mathurine the Fool), late 1500s to early 1600s, jestress to Henry IV of France and others, helped catch would-be assassin Jean Châtel after 1429), was a French court dwarf jester Triboulet (1479–1536), jester of kings Louis XII and Francis I of France.John Pace (c.1523–c.1590), jester of the Duke of Norfolk and queen Elizabeth I of England.1524-1567), jester of John III of Portugal William Sommers (died 1560), jester of Henry VIII of England.16th century), Indian jester of Emperor Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara Empire Maître Guillaume (employed in 1620 at the same time as Mathurine de Vallois).Jane Foole (died after 1558), jester of Queens Catherine Parr and Mary I.Lucretia the Tumbler, jester of Queen Mary I of England.Roland the Farter, 12th Century jester of Henry II of England.Tom Durie, jester of Anne of Denmark (d.Joan d'Acosta (c. 1665– c. 1740), jester of Peter the Great.1540–1591), jester of Henry III of France 1955), court jester and financial advisor of Taufa'ahau Tupou IV 16th century), Indian jester of Emperor Akbar of Mughal Empire ![]()
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