Tinacrio the Sapient

Role: king · First appears: Part 1, Ch. 30.1

Life events

Tinacrio foretells Queen Jaramilla’s death and his own, leaving Dorothea orphaned.(Part 1, Ch. 30.1)
- With: Queen Jaramilla Dorothea
- “my mother, who was called Queen Jaramilla, was to die before he did, and that soon after he too was to depart this life, and I was to be left an orphan without father or mother”
Tinacrio predicts that Pandafilando will invade and strip Dorothea’s kingdom after her father’s death.(Part 1, Ch. 30.1)
- With: Pandafilando of the Scowl
- “when he was dead, and I saw Pandafilando about to invade my kingdom, I was not to wait and attempt to defend myself”
Tinacrio directs Dorothea to leave her kingdom and seek Don Quixote’s aid in Spain.(Part 1, Ch. 30.1 · 📍 Spain)
- With: Dorothea Don Quixote
- “I should at once with some of my followers set out for Spain, where I should obtain relief in my distress on finding a certain knight-errant”

child: Dorothea “The king my father, who was called Tinacrio the Sapient, was very learned in what they call magic arts, and became aware by his craft that my mother, who was called Queen Jaramilla, was to die before he did, and that soon after he too was to depart this life, and I was to be left an orphan without father or mother.”

child: Dorothea “for all this must come to pass satisfactorily since my good father Tinacrio the Sapient foretold it”

Extracted from the original text of Don Quixote (Ormsby's translation). Made with Rho MD.