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Real name Aramis, chevalier d'Herblay, abbé d'Herblay

René d'Herblay, alias Aramis, is a fictional character in the novels The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After and The Vicomte de Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, père. He and the other two musketeers, Athos and Porthos, are friends of the novels' protagonist, d'Artagnan.

The fictional Aramis is loosely based on the historical musketeer Henri d'Aramitz.

Biography

Le personnage de Dumas se nomme le chevalier d'Herblay, Aramis étant un nom de guerre. Son prénom, René, est mentionné dans Vingt Ans après.
Aramis, malgré sa vocation religieuse, ne manque jamais la moindre occasion de jeter le code religieux aux orties : il commande un festin de roi, alors qu'il prépare sa thèse, il « donne un coup de pied à un homme et salue une femme », il traîne dans toutes les intrigues en tout genre (femmes, politique, pouvoir, armée), il n'hésite jamais à tuer, il abuse même ouvertement de ses privilèges d'ecclésiastique (par exemple, dans Vingt Ans après, il fait un discours incendiaire incitant la foule à lapider un noble qui s'est moqué de lui pendant la messe) et se moque de ses devoirs religieux (plus tard, alors qu'il vient d'affronter ce même noble en duel, d'Artagnan lui demande s'il l'a tué, ce à quoi Aramis répond cyniquement : « Je ne sais pas. De toute façon, je lui avais, au préalable, donné l'absolution in articulo mortis »).

Tout au long des trois romans, il devient clair qu'Aramis est un visionnaire qui a compris l'importance du pouvoir religieux. Son ascension dans les rangs des Jésuites sert à lui offrir un pouvoir supérieur à celui du roi : son rôle-clef dans le complot de l'homme au masque de fer (dans Le Vicomte De Bragelonne) le prouve une fois de plus (« À vous la couronne, à moi la tiare. »). Il tente de détrôner Louis XIV pour le remplacer par son frère jumeau : son complot est cependant déjoué par Nicolas Fouquet, qui refuse d'y participer et délivre le roi.

Aramis doit fuir en Espagne, non sans avoir causé la mort de Porthos en le persuadant de participer à ce complot. Dans leur fuite devant les soldats du Roi, Porthos perd la vie enseveli par l'éboulement des rochers de Locmaria, à Belle-Ile-en-Mer. Ce passage est particulièrement important, car il insinue qu'Aramis a pleuré pour la toute première fois de sa vie, en comprenant ce qu'il a fait.

Des années plus tard, Aramis, devenu duc et diplomate en Espagne, est pardonné par Louis XIV au nom des alliances politiques et peut revenir librement à la cour de France. C'est le seul des quatre amis, dans le temps romanesque, à avoir survécu.

Le personnage de Dumas (abbé d'Herblay) tout à la fois ambitionne une carrière dans l'Église et est le plus séducteur des mousquetaires. Dans Le Vicomte de Bragelonne, il devient évêque de Vannes, puis général des Jésuites.

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Filmography of Aramis (30 films)

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The Three Musketeers, 1h50
Directed by Paul W.S. Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Themes Steampunk films, Histoire de France
Actors Matthew Macfadyen, Logan Lerman, Ray Stevenson, Luke Evans, Mads Mikkelsen, Milla Jovovich
Rating57% 2.851162.851162.851162.851162.85116
In Venice at the beginning of the 17th century, the Three Musketeers, Athos (Matthew Macfadyen), Porthos (Ray Stevenson), and Aramis (Luke Evans), with the help of Athos' longtime lover, Milady de Winter (Milla Jovovich), steal airship blueprints made by Leonardo da Vinci. However, they are betrayed by Milady, who gives the blueprints to the Duke of Buckingham (Orlando Bloom). Upon returning to France, the Musketeers are forced to disband by Cardinal Richelieu (Christoph Waltz) for their failure, and they end up on the streets of Paris.
The Return of Musketeers or the Treasure of Cardinal Mazarini, 1h50
Genres Science fiction, Musical theatre, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about families, Musical films
Actors Mikhaïl Boïarski, Veniamin Smekhov, Igor Staryguine, Alissa Freindlich, Valentin Smirnitski, Dmitry Nagiev
Rating25% 1.293221.293221.293221.293221.29322
The film opens final scenes of the novel The Vicomte de Bragelonne. In the fight against the royal guardsmen killed Aramis and Porthos. After notified of the loss of his friends, Athos poisoned himself in own estate.
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers
Directed by Pierre Aknine
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Emmanuelle Béart, Vincent Elbaz, Tchéky Karyo, Heino Ferch, Grégori Derangère, Grégory Gadebois
Rating52% 2.613182.613182.613182.613182.61318
Béarn, 1615. Un jeune homme, d'Artagnan, est le témoin involontaire d'une scène extraordinaire où une femme est pendue par un cavalier qui s'enfuit. Lorsque la corde cède, la femme reprend vie et disparaît. Les années passent. D'Artagnan file vers Paris, où il veut intégrer la célèbre compagnie des mousquetaires du Roi. En chemin, il surprend une rencontre entre Richelieu, ministre de Louis XIII, et son espionne, Milady. La beauté de Milady éblouit d'Artagnan au point qu'il ne reconnaît pas en elle cette femme pendue qui a hanté sa jeunesse. Il n'entend pas non plus la nouvelle dont elle est porteuse : la reine, Anne d'Autriche, s'apprête à recevoir en secret son amant, le duc de Buckingham. Richelieu voit là une occasion de perdre la reine. Il ordonne à Milady de tuer Buckingham pour que le scandale éclate.
La Femme Musketeer, 2h43
Directed by Steve Boyum
Origin Croatie
Genres Swashbuckler, Adventure
Actors Gérard Depardieu, Michael York, Kristina Krepela, Nastassja Kinski, Clemency Burton-Hill, Susie Amy
Rating55% 2.7626552.7626552.7626552.7626552.762655
The legend of Jacques D'Artagnan (Michael York) gets a gender-bending update in this swashbuckling adventure. Though legendary swordsman Jacques D'Artagnan's best days may be well behind him, he has schooled his daughter Valentine (Susie Amy) well in the way of the sword. Now it's time for Valentine to strike out on her own. With her father's sword and a letter of introduction to Commander Finot (Roy Dotrice), the eager young novice sets out to seek her fortune in Paris. Though a woman has never before been appointed the rank of swordsman, Valentine is determined to prove her worth by taking on a deadly mission to rescue the bride-to-be of King Louis XIV from a band of fearsome kidnappers, teaming with the three sons of the legendary Three Musketeers who rode with her father.
Milady
Milady (2004)
, 2h5
Directed by Josée Dayan
Origin France
Genres Adventure
Actors Arielle Dombasle, Asia Argento, Martin Lamotte, Julie Depardieu, Nicole Courcel, Christopher Buchholz
Rating50% 2.5241652.5241652.5241652.5241652.524165
Milady de Winter, espionne au service du cardinal de Richelieu, se rend en Angleterre pour assassiner Buckingham. A son retour, elle trouve sur sa route d'Artagnan et ses trois camarades qui lui infligent le sort qu'elle mérite
The Musketeer, 1h45
Directed by Peter Hyams
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Histoire de France
Actors Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Tim Roth, Justin Chambers, Bill Treacher
Rating47% 2.3549952.3549952.3549952.3549952.354995
As a young boy, d'Artagnan witnesses the murder of his parents at the hands of Febre (Tim Roth), chief henchman of Cardinal Richelieu (Stephen Rea). d'Artagnan is nearly killed after using his dead father's sword to fight Febre which leaves him with a permanent scar and blinds him in one eye. d'Artagnan is taken in by family friend Planchet (Jean-Pierre Castaldi), a former musketeer, one of the loyal protectors of King Louis XIII (Daniel Mesguich).
The Man in the Iron Mask, 2h12
Directed by Randall Wallace, Frédéric Auburtin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about families, Politique, Political films, Histoire de France, Jumeaux ou jumelles, Films about royalty
Actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Gérard Depardieu, Gabriel Byrne, Anne Parillaud
Rating65% 3.2513853.2513853.2513853.2513853.251385
France is under the reign of a cruel and self-centered version of King Louis XIV (DiCaprio), who spends his time declaring a war against the Dutch, distributing rotten food to the rioting citizens of Paris, and seducing women trying in vain to win his heart and become queen.
D'Artagnan's Daughter, 2h9
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier, Riccardo Freda
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about sexuality, Transgender in film, Histoire de France, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Sophie Marceau, Philippe Noiret, Claude Rich, Sami Frey, Jean-Luc Bideau, Gigi Proietti
Rating57% 2.899332.899332.899332.899332.89933
In the autumn of 1654, an escaped slave seeks refuge at a convent in southern France. After the nuns take him in, his pursuers break into the convent and assault the nuns, searching for the slave. After wounding the mother superior (Pascale Roberts), they close in on their prey. One feisty novitiate, Eloise (Sophie Marceau)—the daughter of the renowned swordsman D'Artagnan (Philippe Noiret) of the famed Three Musketeers—stands up to the intruders, but is shoved aside as they ride off after the frightened slave, who escaped from the evil Duke Crassac de Merindol. Eloise finds a blood-stained piece of paper (a simple laundry list) that the slave used to stop a bleeding wound, and believes it holds some secret code. Later, Eloise is with the mother superior when she dies from her wound. Swearing a sacred oath to avenge her and dressed in men's clothes, Eloise sets out for Paris to elicit the help of her father in tracking down the murderers.
The Three Musketeers, 1h45
Directed by Stephen Herek
Origin Austria
Genres Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Oliver Platt, Tim Curry, Rebecca De Mornay
Rating63% 3.1999453.1999453.1999453.1999453.199945
In 1625 France, following in his late father's footsteps, D'Artagnan (Chris O'Donnell) sets off to Paris in hopes of becoming a member of the Musketeers, a band of men sworn to serve and protect the King of France. D'Artagnan is pursued by Gérard and his brothers, who accuse him of blemishing their sister's honor. Gérard saw his sister kissing d'Artagnan goodbye or as d'Artagnan put it "she wanted to give me something to remember her by!" At Musketeer Headquarters, Captain Rochefort (Michael Wincott) and the cardinal's guards have disbanded the musketeers as per the orders of Cardinal Richelieu (Tim Curry), the King's minister, ostensibly to help fight in an impending war with England. Rochefort confides to the Cardinal that there are three musketeers that have refused to relinquish their duties: Athos (Kiefer Sutherland), Porthos (Oliver Platt), and Aramis (Charlie Sheen).
The Return of the Musketeers, 1h42
Directed by Richard Lester
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Actors Michael York, Oliver Reed, Frank Finlay, Richard Chamberlain, C. Thomas Howell, Kim Cattrall
Rating59% 2.955152.955152.955152.955152.95515
Twenty years after the events of The Four Musketeers, Cardinal Mazarin has imprisoned the Duke of Beaufort. Mazarin hires d'Artagnan to bring together Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, to work for him. Porthos accepts, but Athos and Aramis decline. By this time, Athos has a son named Raoul.
The Fifth Musketeer, 1h56
Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin Austria
Genres Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films about families, Politique, Political films, Films about royalty
Actors Sylvia Kristel, Ursula Andress, Beau Bridges, Cornel Wilde, Ian McShane, Alan Hale Jr.
Rating53% 2.655382.655382.655382.655382.65538
Le roi Louis XIV a à son insu un frère jumeau, Philippe, mais quand il est dit, il verrouille immédiatement son frère à la Bastille. Le roi veut augmenter sa popularité et met en scène un assassinat contre lui-même où Philippe est habillé comme roi Louis. Mais Philippe parvient à échapper à l'assassinat et tout le monde le croit le vrai roi ...
D'Artagnan and Three Musketeers, 4h9
Directed by Gueorgui Ioungvald-Khilkevitch
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Mikhaïl Boïarski, Veniamin Smekhov, Igor Staryguine, Valentin Smirnitski, Margarita Terekhova, Oleg Tabakov
Rating77% 3.896583.896583.896583.896583.89658
Part I: "Athos, Porthos, Aramis and d'Artagnan" (Атос, Портос, Арамис и д’Артаньян) Part II: "Queen's Pendants" (Подвески королевы)
The Four Musketeers, 1h48
Directed by Richard Lester
Origin Espagne
Genres Drama, Comedy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Actors Oliver Reed, Charlton Heston, Raquel Welch, Faye Dunaway, Richard Chamberlain, Frank Finlay
Rating68% 3.445693.445693.445693.445693.44569
During a war between France and the Protestant rebels of La Rochelle, Cardinal Richelieu orders Count de Rochefort to kidnap Constance Bonancieux. The evil Milady de Winter, who wants revenge on d'Artagnan, seduces him to keep him occupied. D'Artagnan soon discovers her true nature, however, and also that she was once married to Athos, who had supposedly killed her after discovering that she was a branded criminal.