Chapter Main Characters of King Lear - Study Guide by William Shakespeare

Main Characters

King Lear - Aged king of Britain

Goneril -Lear’s eldest daughter

Duke of Albany - Goneril’s husband

Regan - Lear’s middle daughter

Duke of Cornwall - Regan’s husband

Cordelia – Lear’s youngest daughter

Earl of Gloucester – Aging nobleman

Edgar – Gloucester’s eldest son

Edmund – Gloucester’s illegitimate son

Lear’s Fool

Earl of Kent – Lear’s faithful servant

Oswald – Goneril’s servant