The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Artagnan, Charles de Batz-Castelmore d
(shärl d bätskästlmôr´ därtänyäN´) (KEY) , c.16201673, French soldier under King Louis XIV. He fell at the siege of Maastricht. Dumas père used memoirs attributed to him for The Three Musketeers and other novels.