Edmund Blackadder, Lord Blackadder

Lord Edmund Blackadder was the main character in the second series of the popular BBC sit-com Blackadder.

The second series is set in Elizabethan Britain, and Edmund is a courtier to Queen Elizabeth I. Most of Edmund's adventures revolve around his need to please 'Queenie'. Should he fail in this task, the consequenses often appear dire. His main competition in this field is Lord Melchett. the two hate each other bitterly.

Lord Blackadder is much more like the traditional Blackadder than his Great Grandfather, who was cowardly, slimey and snivelling. Whilst Lord Blackadder is still cowardly, it is veiled behind a mask of pretend bravery (for example, Lord Blackadder claims he will sail around around the deadly Cape of Good Hope, to appear brave to the Queen and to show up Sir Walter 'Ooh What A Big Ship I've Got' Raleigh, when in reality he has no intention of sailing aroung the Cape, but instead plans to sail to France, get a suntan, and return claiming he has been to the Cape).

This Blackadder also used verbal insults more frequently, and with greater success that his ancestor. A prime example of these trademark insults, directed at Baldrick, would be 'God made man in his own image, and it would be a sad lookout for Christians around the globe if God looked anything like you Baldrick'.

Lord Blackadder is apparently the Great Grandson of the original 'Black Adder', Prince Edmund. As Prince Edmund's wife, Princess Leia of Hungary, was a child of about seven it is likely that Edmund had an affair with a woman, telling her he was 'The Black Adder'. This seems particularly likely as illegitimate children of British royalty were often given lordships and the like.

As well was inheriting his name, Blackadder also appears to have inherited his ancestors' cohorts. Edmund is accompanied by the increasingly-stupid Baldrick and Lord Percy, who is as stupid as ever. (A British caracature of the upper-class Twit.)