Fantasio
To avoid arrest for debt and meet Princess Elsbeth, student Fantasio disguises himself as the dead court jester. He disrupts the planned marriage between Elsbeth and the Prince of Mantua, but is imprisoned. Elsbeth helps him escape; Fantasio then challenges the prince, who abandons the marriage and returns home. Fantasio urges peace, is pardoned, and Elsbeth names him prince.