# Lady Banfi — ’Midst the Wild Carpathians character guide

> Lady Banfi in ’Midst the Wild Carpathians by Mór Jókai.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Banfi

**First appearance:** 0003-i-a-hunt-in-the-year-1666

## Who they are

Denis Banfi's wife, whose radiant presence at the family hearth is shadowed by the political storms gathering around her husband's name.

## Relationships

### [Denis Banfi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/midst_the_wild_carpathians_se/characters/denis_banfi)

_family_

Lady Banfi is Denis Banfi's wife, and their relationship is strained by his political ambitions and neglect.

### [Denis Banfi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/midst_the_wild_carpathians_se/characters/denis_banfi)

_family_

Lady Banfi is Denis Banfi's wife, and their relationship is strained by his political ambitions and neglect.

### [Denis Banfi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/midst_the_wild_carpathians_se/characters/denis_banfi)

_family_

Lady Banfi is Denis Banfi's wife, and their relationship is strained by his political ambitions and neglect.

## In the story

### [A Banquet with the Prince of Transylvania](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/midst_the_wild_carpathians_se/chapters/iv-a-banquet-with-the-prince-of-transylvania)

Banfi's young, timid wife, who turns pale upon hearing the news of Apafi's proclamation.

### [III: An Hungarian Magnate in the Sixteenth Century](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/midst_the_wild_carpathians_se/chapters/iii-an-hungarian-magnate-in-the-sixteenth-century)

Banfi's wife, observed dreamily at a window; later in conversation with Dame Apafi, she expresses fear for her husband's safety.

### [The Banquet Tribunal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/midst_the_wild_carpathians_se/chapters/v-the-banquet-tribunal)

Takes the blame for hiding the fugitive to protect her husband, kneeling in submission and fainting under the strain.

### [Consort and Concubine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/midst_the_wild_carpathians_se/chapters/ix-consort-and-concubine)

Estranged wife, remains distant but is freed by Banfi's surrender.

### [X: The Sentence](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/midst_the_wild_carpathians_se/chapters/x-the-sentence)

Dies of shock upon learning of her husband's imminent execution.

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