A swashbuckler is a genre of European adventure literature that focuses on a heroic protagonist stock character who is skilled in swordsmanship, acrobatics, and guile, and possesses chivalrous ideals. A "swashbuckler" protagonist is heroic, daring, and idealistic: he rescues damsels in distress, protects the downtrodden, and uses duels to defend his honor or that of a lady or to avenge a comrade.
D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers.
Douglas Fairbanks in the 1922 film Robin Hood
R.L. Stevenson – The Black Arrow
The Three Musketeers is a French historical adventure novel written in 1844 by French author Alexandre Dumas. As with some of his other works, he wrote it in collaboration with ghostwriter Auguste Maquet. It is in the swashbuckler genre, which has heroic, chivalrous swordsmen who fight for justice.
D'Artagnan, Athos, Aramis, and Porthos Image by Maurice Leloir
A Musketeer of the Guard c. 1660.
Depiction of the Cardinal's musketeers, the great rivals of the King's musketeers
Sculpture of d'Artagnan, Athos, Porthos and Aramis in Condom, France