# Edward de Villefort — The Count of Monte Cristo character guide

> Edward de Villefort in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Edward, Master Edward, little Edward

**First appearance:** 0038-xxxix-the-guests

## Who they are

The spoiled young son of Villefort and Héloïse.

## In the story

### [The Dappled Grays](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xlvii-the-dappled-grays)

Falls lifeless during the accident but is revived by Monte Cristo.

### [Ideology](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xlviii-ideology)

Mentioned as Villefort's young son, whose life Monte Cristo saved earlier.

### [Pyramus and Thisbe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/li-pyramus-and-thisbe)

Briefly referenced as Madame de Villefort's own child, the object of her overweening love and a source of her animosity toward Valentine.

### [LII: Toxicology](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lii-toxicology)

Mischievous child who interrupts the conversation, makes impertinent remarks, and torments a parrot.

### [LX: The Telegraph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lx-the-telegraph)

Present in the room, mischievously pouring ink into a bird's water-glass, observed by Monte Cristo.

### [CI: Locusta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/ci-locusta)

Edward is Madame de Villefort's son; the crimes are committed so that he may inherit Valentine's fortune.

### [The Judge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cviii-the-judge)

Sent out of the room by his father before the confrontation.

### [The Assizes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cix-the-assizes)

Rumored to be the poisoner in the Villefort household, accused of killing the Saint-Mérans, Barrois, and Valentine.

### [CXI: Expiation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/cxi-expiation)

Found dead beside his mother, poisoned by Héloïse.

## Links

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