# Don Fernan di Aliaga — Melmoth the Wanderer character guide

> Don Fernan di Aliaga in Melmoth the Wanderer by Charles Robert Maturin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Fernan, Aliaga

**First appearance:** 0004-iii

## Who they are

Isidora's brother, who confronts Melmoth over his sister's honor.

## Relationships

### [Doña Isidora](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/characters/dona_isidora)

_family_

Don Fernan di Aliaga is Doña Isidora's father, a strict and authoritarian figure who tries to control her fate and marriage.

### [Father Jose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/characters/father_jose)

_professional_

Don Fernan di Aliaga employs Father Jose as a spiritual advisor and mediator in his efforts to control his daughter's religious and marital choices.

### [Father Jose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/characters/father_jose)

_professional_

Don Fernan di Aliaga employs Father Jose as a spiritual advisor and mediator in his efforts to control his daughter's religious and marital choices.

### [Father Jose](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/characters/father_jose)

_professional_

Don Fernan di Aliaga employs Father Jose as a spiritual advisor and mediator in his efforts to control his daughter's religious and marital choices.

### [Doña Isidora](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/characters/dona_isidora)

_family_

Don Fernan di Aliaga is Doña Isidora's father, a strict and authoritarian figure who tries to control her fate and marriage.

## In the story

### [Chapter XX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xx)

Fernan opposes the idea of Isidora taking the veil, arguing for her marriage to improve the family's status.

### [Chapter XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxii)

Writes a letter to Doña Clara expressing his joy at recovering his daughter and his expectation of her strict Catholic upbringing.

### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxv)

Don Francisco di Aliaga, the father of Isidora, is journeying homeward, reflecting on his wealth and status, when he encounters talk of Melmoth the Wanderer at an inn.

### [Chapter XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxviii)

Led by a stranger to view a corpse; warned of the danger of seeking forbidden secrets; told 'We meet tonight.'

### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxix)

Lost and guided by the stranger; listens to the tale of the Mortimers.

### [Chapter XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxxiii)

Aliaga is the primary perspective; he is haunted by the stranger's tale that mirrors his own family history, yet he prioritizes mercantile concerns over the warning to save his daughter.

### [XXXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxxv)

Isidora's brother, who confronts Melmoth during the escape attempt and is killed.

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