# Camilla — Don Quixote character guide

> Camilla in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** lady Camilla, fair Camilla

**First appearance:** 0038-part-i-xxxii

## Snapshot

A wife of celebrated virtue whose husband's demand for proof of her loyalty becomes the very instrument of her undoing.

## Who they are

Camilla is a Florentine lady whose beauty and integrity are the pride of her household, admired by all who know her. She is placed in an impossible position: her husband wants her tested, her tester is his dearest friend, and her own honesty forbids her from pretending not to notice. Her struggle between loyalty and the slow pull of Lothario's attentions exposes how virtue can be besieged by the very people sworn to protect it.

## Relationships

### [Anselmo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/anselmo)

_family_

Anselmo is Camilla's husband, but his obsessive test of her fidelity leads to tragedy.

### [Lothario](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/lothario)

_romantic_

Camilla and Lothario become secret lovers after Anselmo's reckless test of her loyalty.

### [Anselmo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/anselmo)

_family_

Anselmo is Camilla's husband, but his obsessive test of her fidelity leads to tragedy.

### [Lothario](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/lothario)

_romantic_

Camilla and Lothario become secret lovers after Anselmo's reckless test of her loyalty.

### [Lothario](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/lothario)

_romantic_

Camilla and Lothario become secret lovers after Anselmo's reckless test of her loyalty.

### [Anselmo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/anselmo)

_family_

Anselmo is Camilla's husband, but his obsessive test of her fidelity leads to tragedy.

## In the story

### [The Ill-Advised Curiosity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xxxiii)

Anselmo's virtuous wife, whose chastity is to be tested.

### [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xxxiv)

Anselmo's wife who initially resists Lothario but eventually succumbs to his seduction, later participating in the deception of her husband.

## Links

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