Who is edmund blackadder

Baldrick : I've been in your service since I was two and a half, my lord. Blackadder : Well that is the why I am so utterly sick of the sight of you.

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Patsy Byrne Nursie as Nursie. Tony Aitken Minstrel as Minstrel …. Gabrielle Glaister Bob as Bob …. Each series of the show takes place in a different era, with Atkinson playing the main character called Edmund in each. Edmund Blackadder the Butler in Series 3. Since this iteration of Edmund is not royalty, his last name becomes Blackadder.

Since his wife was only 14 at the time of his death, he must have had an illegitimate relationship which led to his great-grandson, Lord Edmund Blackadder and the rest of his descendants. The Blackadder Wiki Explore. Baldrick Edmund Blackadder, Esq. Flavius Melchett. Explore Wikis Community Central. Register Don't have an account? This seems particularly likely, as illegitimate children of British royalty were often given lordships and the like.

Edmund lives in a reasonably-sized and well-kept house in the Billingsgate area of London. Though Blackadder claims to have amassed a great fortune, he later reveals that this was little more than a cunning web of deceit subtly spun about the court to improve his standing, as he claims to be 'one of England's finest liars' a point made whilst informing Lord Percy that a giant hummingbird was about to eat his hat and cloak.

In fact, his father had blown the family fortune on wine, women and amateur dramatics and by the end of his life he was eking out a living doing humorous impressions of Anne of Cleves. As well as inheriting his name, Blackadder also appears to have inherited his ancestor's cohorts.

Edmund is accompanied by the increasingly stupid Baldrick and Lord Percy , who is as much of a simpleton as his ancestor. Baldrick is Blackadder's bondsman and has been in his service since he was two and a half Blackadder points out that this is probably why he is so sick of the sight of Baldrick. Percy is a halfwit 'friend' of Blackadder who Edmund doesn't seem to be able to shake off. Blackadder hints that he keeps Percy around because he likes "to start the day with a complete dick-head to remind [him he's] best".

Blackadder almost married his 'manservant' Kate , but the wedding was halted when Kate ran off with the best man, Lord Flashheart.