Literature - Trivia
Main Facts
MORTAL BIRTHDAY: 1766 in France
YEAR BORN INTO DARKNESS: 1791
Birthday Speculations
ACTUAL BIRTHDATE AND ASTROLOGICAL SIGN: According to the Anne Rice
1998 calendar:
"I didn't see my father until I was four years old, and I remember it
distinctly. . . . But of fatherlessness for four years: perhaps this is
why Louis in Interview with the Vampire has no father. I gave Louis the
birthday of October 4, same as mine. Insofar as I accept astrology
(uneasily) I made him a Libra, mild of manner, weighing both sides of an
issue too heavily. Though I, myself, grew very far away from the gentle
description of the typical October child. Even writing the novel was an
act of aggression, of defiance a way of saying that the death of my
daughter couldn't annihilate me. Drunk most of the time, quarrelsome,
unreliable, and generally unpredictable, I could still write - about a
vampire born under the sign of Libra, who lost everything with the death
of a younger brother, and never found it again."
Anne Rice has also said that Louis' birthday is March 4, which makes him a Pisces.
Neither dates say if it his mortal or immortal birthdates. I have assumed that October
4 is his mortal birthdate and March to be his immortal birthdate until proven otherwise.
HIS MAKER: Lestat de Lioncourt
HIS TOMBSTONE LOCATION: In St. Louis Cemetery, New Orleans. Right next to Paul. The dates read
1766 - 1794
Tomb Location Speculations
St. Louis Cemetery #1 since #2 was not built until after Louis' death.
WHERE DOES HE LIVE NOW? No idea. Louis, David, Lestat and Merrick are forced to abandon Rue Royale
and New Orleans all together due to Talamscan threat.
BOOK APPEARANCES
- 1973 -- Interview With the Vampire -- Short Story
- 1976 -- Interview With the Vampire
- 1979 -- The Art of the Vampire at its Peak in the Year 1876 -- Armand's Short Story
- 1985 -- The Vampire Lestat
- 1988 -- The Queen of the Damned
- 1992 -- The Tale of the Body Thief
- 1995 -- Memnoch the Devil
- 1998 -- The Vampire Armand
- 2000 -- Merrick
FLEDGLINGS
1862, Madeleine in Paris -- Parisian dollmaker, he was forced by Claudia to make her with
Armand's outside influences.
Although Claudia was made by Lestat, Louis feels he partly made her
because he found her and drained her to the point of death. He regards her
as his daughter and paramour.
1999, Merrick Mayfair in New Orleans -- African American descendent of the Mayfair witches clan, he makes
her due to a love spell she casts on him but later he admits it is still true love.
PROPERTY
- Two indigo plantations including Pointe du Lac in Louisianna which
Louis burned down.
- Several properties in New Orleans including the Rue Royal Townhouse and
construction company located in Faugbourg Marigny. Both were signed over
to Lestat.
- 1975, Victorian House on Divisadero Street in San Francisco
- 1991, Victorian House in Uptown District in New Orleans. Small cottage
in the back was burned down by Lestat.
HIS MORTAL FAMILY
- Father : Never mentioned. Assumed dead.
- Mother : Lived with Louis at Pointe du Lac until Paul's death where she
lived in New Orleans. Believed Louis was involved with Paul's death and
reported to police. Died when Louis became a vampire. Louis did not go to
the funeral, claiming he came down with malaria.
- Sister : Lived with Louis at Pointe du Lac until Paul's death where she
lived in New Orleans. Marries after Louis becomes a vampire. Her husband
helps Louis invest his money. Louis sees her often tending his grave,
growing older each year until she dies.
- Paul : His brother. Lived at Pointe du Lac with Louis. He sees visions
from St. Dominic and the Virgin Mary and is often found at the small church
Louis built. Arguement with Louis to sell the plantation leads to his
death.
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