# Adelaïda Ivanovna Miüsov — The Brothers Karamazov character guide

> Adelaïda Ivanovna Miüsov in The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Adelaïda Ivanovna

**First appearance:** 0003-part-i-i-fyodor-pavlovitch-karamazov

## Who they are

Fyodor Pavlovitch's first wife and mother of Dmitri.

## In the story

### [Book I: The History of a Family](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-i-book-i-the-history-of-a-family)

Fyodor's first wife, from the wealthy Miüsov family, who eloped with him and later died in poverty.

### [Fyodor Pavlovitch Karamazov](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-i-i-fyodor-pavlovitch-karamazov)

Fyodor's first wife, a wealthy heiress who eloped with him out of romantic caprice, soon despised him, and later ran away with a divinity student, dying in poverty.

### [II: He Gets Rid of His Eldest Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-i-ii-he-gets-rid-of-his-eldest-son)

Mitya's deceased mother, whose property is left to him.

### [The Third Son, Alyosha](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_brothers_karamazov_se/chapters/part-i-iv-the-third-son-alyosha)

Fyodor's first wife, for whom he orders requiems after Alyosha's visit to his mother's grave.

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