# Don José — Don Juan character guide

> Don José in Don Juan by Lord Byron.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** José

**First appearance:** 0006-canto-i

## Who they are

Juan's father, a philandering Spanish nobleman who dies early in the poem.

## In the story

### [Don Juan](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_juan_se/chapters/don-juan)

Juan's father, portrayed as a libertine whose death leaves Inez to raise Juan alone.

### [Canto I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_juan_se/chapters/canto-i)

Juan's father, mentioned as having been an ill-sorted match with Donna Inez.

## Links

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