# Countess de Courcy — Doctor Thorne character guide

> Countess de Courcy in Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Countess de Courcy, No Countess de Courcy

**First appearance:** 0000-i-the-greshams-of-greshamsbury

## Who they are

The wife of the Earl de Courcy.

## Relationships

### [Frank Gresham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_thorne_se/characters/frank_gresham)

_family_

Countess de Courcy is Frank's aunt, who supports Lady Arabella's efforts to control Frank's marriage.

### [Frank Gresham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_thorne_se/characters/frank_gresham)

_family_

Countess de Courcy is Frank's aunt, who supports Lady Arabella's efforts to control Frank's marriage.

### [Frank Gresham](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_thorne_se/characters/frank_gresham)

_family_

Countess de Courcy is Frank's aunt, who supports Lady Arabella's efforts to control Frank's marriage.

## In the story

### [Frank Gresham's First Speech](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_thorne_se/chapters/v-frank-gresham-s-first-speech)

Frank's aunt, who lectures him on maintaining the family's position and pressures him to marry money; she is displeased with Frank's speech.

### [Matrimonial Prospects](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/doctor_thorne_se/chapters/viii-matrimonial-prospects)

Urges Frank to marry Miss Dunstable to restore Greshamsbury's importance; arranges his visit to Courcy Castle.

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