# Doña Mencía — Gil Blas character guide

> Doña Mencía in Gil Blas by Alain-René Lesage.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mencía

**First appearance:** 0104-x

## Who they are

A noblewoman involved in a scandalous love affair.

## In the story

### [The History of Doña Mencía de Mosquera](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/xi)

Narrates her own history: first marriage to Don Alvar de Mello, second marriage to the Marquis de la Guardia, and reunion with Don Alvar.

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

Weeps as she finishes her recital; Gil Blas weeps with her before their conversation is interrupted by the corregidor's arrival.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/xiii)

Gil Blas inquires about her at the inn in Ponte de Mula, hoping to find her for financial help.

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

Now a widow, she recounts Don Ambrosio's death and her plan to become a benefactress of the convent, giving Gil Blas a hundred ducats.

### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/xv)

Gives Gil Blas a ring worth thirty pistoles and later sends a bag of a thousand ducats as a reward for his service.

### [The Morals of Gil Blas Become Courtly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/x)

Catalina's aunt, who negotiates the terms of the prince's visits with Gil Blas.

### [The Prince of Spain's Secret Visit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/xi)

Catalina's aunt, who helps arrange the visit and praises Catalina's talents.

## Links

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