# Doña Mergelina — Gil Blas character guide

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

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mergelina

**First appearance:** 0028-vii

## Who they are

A wealthy and eccentric widow who employs Gil Blas.

## In the story

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

The passionate wife of Doctor Oloroso who openly defies social norms to pursue Diego.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/gil_blas_se/chapters/viii)

The Marchioness of Chaves, a wealthy widow of five and thirty, tall, handsome, and well-proportioned, who hosts a literary salon and secretly consults a magician.

## Links

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