# Old Dantès — The Count of Monte Cristo character guide

> Old Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Old Dantès

**First appearance:** 0001-ii-father-and-son

## Who they are

Edmond's father, who dies of starvation and grief after his son's imprisonment.

## In the story

### [I: Marseilles—The Arrival](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/i-marseilles-the-arrival)

Dantès' father; proud and reclusive; Dantès is anxious to see him.

### [Father and Son](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/ii-father-and-son)

Edmond's father, frail and impoverished, overjoyed by his son's return.

### [The Hundred Days](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xiii-the-hundred-days)

Dies in Mercédès' arms five months after his son's arrest, having lost all hope after Napoleon's downfall. Morrel pays for his funeral.

### [The Unknown](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxv-the-unknown)

Reported dead by Jacopo; Dantès visits his former home and grieves.

### [The Pont du Gard Inn](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xxvi-the-pont-du-gard-inn)

Dantès' father, who died of grief after his son's imprisonment; his share of the diamond is to be divided among the survivors.

### [The Vendetta](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_count_of_monte_cristo_se/chapters/xliv-the-vendetta)

Mentioned as Bertuccio's brother, a lieutenant in the Corsican battalion, killed in Nîmes.

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