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Comte de Rochefort
The Comte de Rochefort is a secondary fictional character in Alexandre Dumas' d'Artagnan Romances. He is described as approximately 40 to 45 years old in 1625 and "fair with a scar across his cheek".
In "The Three Musketeers".
Known throughout the novel as "The Man from Meung", his first appearance is in the opening chapter of "The Three Musketeers" (1844). He insults d'Artagnan and steals his letter of recommendation to Monsieur de Tréville, causing d'Artagnan to swear
de Rochefort; his father, Pierre, was son of Dominique de Rochefort, comte de Luçay et de Menetreau. The title of marquis was apparently bestowed in April 1619, with the family being thus 'comtes et marquis de Rochefort et de Pleuvaut, et de la Boulaye', as well as 'barons et comtes de Luçay'. Gabriel Jean Dominique de Rochefort became head of the family when his uncle, Charles, died without issue. This volume refers to Claude-Louis-Marie de Rochefort as 'comte de