Duke Ricardo

Also known as: The duke · Role: grandee of Spain · First appears: Part 1, Ch. 24.2

Life events

The duke summons Cardenio to become his eldest son’s companion and promises him advancement.(Part 1, Ch. 24.2 · 📍 Andalusia)
- With: Cardenio
- “he would send me immediately to him, as he wished me to become the companion, not servant, of his eldest son, and would take upon himself the charge of placing me in a position corresponding to the esteem in which he held me.”
Cardenio departs for the duke’s service, postponing his marriage plans with Luscinda.(Part 1, Ch. 24.2)
- With: Cardenio
- “Two days hence thou wilt depart, Cardenio, in accordance with the duke’s wish”
Cardenio presents himself to the duke and enters his household, where the duke treats him kindly.(Part 1, Ch. 24.2)
- With: Cardenio
- “Finally, I presented myself to the duke, and was received and treated by him so kindly”

protégé: Cardenio (The duke arranges Cardenio’s position as his son’s companion and undertakes responsibility for his advancement.) “This Duke Ricardo, as you, sirs, probably know already, is a grandee of Spain who has his seat in the best part of this Andalusia. I took and read the letter, which was couched in terms so flattering that even I myself felt it would be wrong in my father not to comply with the request the duke made in it, which was that he would send me immediately to him, as he wished me to become the companion, not servant, of his eldest son, and would take upon himself the charge of placing me in a position corresponding to the esteem in which he held me.”
child: Don Fernando (Duke Ricardo is explicitly identified as Don Fernando’s father.) “I resolved to make the Duke Ricardo, his father, acquainted with the matter;”

servant: Cardenio (The duke ordered Cardenio to accompany Don Fernando.) “The duke gave him permission, and ordered me to accompany him; we arrived at my city, and my father gave him the reception due to his rank;”

child: Don Fernando “he desired me to wait, very much against my will, eight days in some place where the duke his father was not likely to see me”

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