# Maritornes — Don Quixote character guide

> Maritornes in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** poor Maritornes, Maritornes the Asturian

**First appearance:** 0022-part-i-xvi

## Who they are

A kind-hearted Asturian servant at an inn who helps Don Quixote.

## In the story

### [Chapter II: Which treats of the first sally the ingenious Don Quixote made from home](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-ii)

One of the women at the inn who assists Don Quixote in removing his armor and feeding him, though she is not named in this chapter.

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

One of the two women who assist in the knighting ceremony; she buckles on Don Quixote's spur and is asked to adopt the title 'Doña'.

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

The Asturian servant who helps treat Don Quixote and later becomes the center of the nighttime brawl.

### [XXXII Which treats of what befell Don Quixote's party at the inn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xxxii)

Relishes hearing chivalric stories, especially romantic scenes under orange trees.

### [Which treats of the heroic and prodigious battle Don Quixote had with certain skins of red wine, and brings the novel of The Ill-Advised Curiosity to a close.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xxxv)

Backs up the landlady's complaints.

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

Among those gathered around the newly arrived Moorish woman, curious about her costume.

### [Chapter XLIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xliii)

Plays a trick on Don Quixote by tying his hand to a bolt, laughing with the innkeeper's daughter.

### [Chapter XLIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xliv)

Urges Don Quixote to help the innkeeper, frustrated by his delay.

### [In which the doubtful question of Mambrino's helmet and the packsaddle is finally settled, with other adventures that occurred in truth and earnest](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xlv)

Joins the landlady in crying for help during the scuffle with the officers.

### [Of the strange manner in which Don Quixote of La Mancha was carried away enchanted, together with other remarkable incidents](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-i-xlvii)

Bids farewell to Don Quixote, pretending to weep.

### [Wherein is continued the notable adventure of the distressed Duenna](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-xxxvii)

Referenced indirectly as Doña Rodriguez, a duenna in the duchess's service, defends duennas.

## Links

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