# Don Henry Philip de Guzmán — Gil Blas character guide

> Don Henry Philip de Guzmán in Gil Blas by Alain-René Lesage.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Don Henry, Philip

**First appearance:** 0051-vii

## Who they are

A young nobleman and friend of Gil Blas, involved in a love affair.

## In the story

### [Santillane in a new office](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/iv)

The illegitimate son of the Count of Olivarez and Doña Margarita Spinola, a Genoese courtesan; he is uneducated and destitute, but destined for adoption and high honors.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/v)

Don Henry is the newly acknowledged son of the Count of Olivarez, adopted with royal consent, and placed under Gil Blas's tutelage.

### [Chapter VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/vi)

The young nobleman, believed to be the Count of Olivarez's son, shows great aptitude in his studies and is advanced in career and marriage.

### [A difficult, but successful weaning from the world](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/x)

Stays about court to gather information and sends despatches to the minister.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/xii)

Scipio reports that Don Henry has fallen into contempt at court and is called a Genoese bastard; they part with mutual civility.

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