Jeb the Beauty/Steward

The character alternately known as Jeb the Beauty and Jeb the Steward was the commander of unicorn-riders for the Army of Southern Parthenia. [See: Inconsistencies in Turtledove's Work] He ranked alongside Ned of the Forest as one of the greatest unicorn-rider commanders in "King" Geoffrey's service until he was killed in action during Marshal Bart's campaign against Duke Edward of Arlington.

Jeb is based on James Ewell Brown Stuart, Robert E. Lee's protege the longtime cavalry commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, who in OTL was killed in 1864 at the Battle of Yellow Tavern. Stuart was famous for his vanity and the flamboyance of his uniforms as well as his skill as a cavalryman.