# Ricote — Don Quixote character guide

> Ricote in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Morisco, the good Ricote

**First appearance:** 0113-part-ii-liii

## Who they are

A wealthy Morisco and former neighbor of Sancho, forced into exile.

## In the story

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

Disguised as a pilgrim, returns to Spain to recover his hidden treasure, and asks Sancho for assistance.

### [Of the mishap that befell Sancho Panza through the visit to the galleys, and the strange adventure of the fair Morisco](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lxiii)

Appears as an elderly pilgrim, reveals himself as Ana Félix's father, returned from Germany to find her and recover buried treasure.

### [Wherein is made known who the Knight of the White Moon was; likewise Don Gregorio's release, and other events](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lxv)

Reunited with his daughter Ana Félix and Don Gregorio, he rewards the renegade and rowers, and discusses the impossibility of staying in Spain due to the expulsion policy.

## Links

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