# Francisco di Aliaga — Melmoth the Wanderer character guide

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

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Don Francisco, Aliaga

**First appearance:** 0004-iii

## Who they are

A proud Spanish nobleman whose rigid faith and family honor become weapons in a battle against a suitor he cannot comprehend.

## In the story

### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxiii)

Recipient of Doña Clara's letter; recounts a vision of Isidora pleading for salvation.

### [XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxxii)

Listener to Monçada's narrative, interjects with a comment about a profane comparison.

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

Isidora's father, who returns to arrange her nuptials and is stupefied by the tragedy.

### [XXXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/melmoth_the_wanderer_se/chapters/xxxvi)

Isidora's father, who curses his daughter and orders her and her child to be handed over to the Inquisition.

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