# Don Bertrand Gómez del Ribero — Gil Blas character guide

> Don Bertrand Gómez del Ribero in Gil Blas by Alain-René Lesage.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Don Bertrand, Señor Don Bertrand Gómez del Ribero

**First appearance:** 0102-viii

## Who they are

A nobleman who becomes a patron of Gil Blas.

## In the story

### [Gil Blas meets with the poet Núñez by accident, and learns that he has written a tragedy, which is on the point of being brought out at the theatre royal—The ill fortune of the piece, and the good fortune of its author.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/x)

Treasurer of the king's galleys, patron of Núñez, who claims authorship of the tragedy and rewards Núñez with an annuity despite the play's failure.

### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/xiv)

Mentioned as Núñez's former treasurer and patron; Núñez now lives apart from him with his consent.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/vii)

Mentioned as having gambled away public money, causing Fabricio to lose his pension.

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