# Sanchica — Don Quixote character guide

> Sanchica in Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Señora Sanchica

**First appearance:** 0076-part-ii-xvi

## Who they are

Sancho and Teresa's daughter, who hopes for a better life.

## In the story

### [Of the shrewd and droll conversation that passed between Sancho Panza and his wife Teresa Panza, and other matters worthy of being duly recorded](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-v)

Mari-Sancha is the daughter whose marriage prospects are debated; Teresa fears she will be unhappy if raised above her station.

### [Chapter L](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-l)

Eager to see her father in trunk-hose and to travel in a coach; wishes to visit Sancho.

### [Of the omens Don Quixote had as he entered his own village, and other incidents that embellish and give a colour to this great history](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/chapters/part-ii-lxxiii)

Embraces her father Sancho and asks if he brought her anything.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters/sanchica
- Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se
- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/don_quixote_se/characters