# Marquise de Saint-Méran — The Count of Monte Cristo character guide

> Marquise de Saint-Méran in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Madame de Saint-Méran, Marquise de Saint-Méran

**First appearance:** 0071-lxxii-madame-de-saint-m-ran

## Who they are

Valentine's maternal grandmother, who dies under suspicious circumstances.

## In the story

### [The Deputy Procureur du Roi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/vi-the-deputy-procureur-du-roi)

Renée's mother, a stern royalist who urges Villefort to be severe against Bonapartists.

### [The House at Auteuil](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xliii-the-house-at-auteuil)

Mentioned as the previous owner of the house at Auteuil and the father-in-law of Villefort.

### [Madame de Saint-Méran](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/lxxii-madame-de-saint-m-ran)

The marchioness arrives grief-stricken, announces her husband's death, and insists on hastening Valentine's marriage to Franz d'Épinay, while also recounting a supernatural vision of a white figure.

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