# Don Diego de Miranda — Don Quixote character guide

> Don Diego de Miranda in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Don Diego, Señor Don Diego de Miranda

**First appearance:** 0077-part-ii-xvii

## Who they are

A gentleman who hosts Don Quixote and is known as the Knight of the Green Coat.

## In the story

### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xvi)

A discreet gentleman who is amazed by Don Quixote and shares his peaceful, bookish life.

### [Wherein is shown the furthest and highest point which the unexampled courage of Don Quixote reached or could reach; together with the happily achieved adventure of the lions.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xvii)

The gentleman in the green gabán who tries to dissuade Don Quixote from the reckless adventure.

### [Of what happened Don Quixote in the castle or house of the Knight of the Green Gabán, together with other matters out of the common](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xviii)

Hosts Don Quixote and Sancho at his home; he is puzzled by Don Quixote's behavior, describing him as both the greatest madman and a source of sensible observations.

## Links

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