Paris court card names
| 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 |