# M. de Blacas — The Count of Monte Cristo character guide

> M. de Blacas in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Blacas, the Duc de Blacas

**First appearance:** 0009-x-the-king-s-closet-at-the-tuileries

## Who they are

A royalist minister and advisor to King Louis XVIII.

## In the story

### [The King's Closet at the Tuileries](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/x-the-king-s-closet-at-the-tuileries)

Blacas persistently warns the king of a storm brewing in the south and urges him to interrogate Villefort.

### [The Corsican Ogre](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xi-the-corsican-ogre)

Blacas defends the police minister and remains with the king after the council.

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