Paris court card names
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| Modern |
Traditional |
| King of Spades |
David |
| King of Hearts |
Charles (possibly Charlemagne, or Charles VII, where Rachel would then be the pseudonym of his mistress, Agnès Sorel) |
| King of Diamonds |
Julius Caesar |
| King of Clubs |
Alexander the Great |
| Queen of Spades |
Pallas |
| Queen of Hearts |
Judith |
| Queen of Diamonds |
Rachel (either biblical, historical (see Charles above), or mythical as a corruption of the Celtic Ragnel, relating to Lancelot below) |
| Queen of Clubs |
Argine (possibly an anagram of regina, which is Latin for queen, or perhaps Argea, wife of Polybus and mother of Argus) |
| Knave of Spades |
Ogier the Dane/Holger Danske (a knight of Charlemagne) |
| Knave of Hearts |
La Hire (comrade-in-arms to Joan of Arc, and member of Charles VII‘s court) |
| Knave of Diamonds |
Hector |
| Knave of Clubs |
Judas Maccabeus, or Lancelot |
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