# Madame Profitendieu — The Counterfeiters character guide

> Madame Profitendieu in The Counterfeiters by André Gide.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Profitendieu

**First appearance:** 0004-ii-the-profitendieus

## Who they are

Bernard's mother.

## Relationships

### [Bernard Profitendieu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/characters/bernard_profitendieu)

_family_

Bernard discovers he is illegitimate and has a strained, distant relationship with his mother.

### [Bernard Profitendieu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/characters/bernard_profitendieu)

_family_

Bernard discovers he is illegitimate and has a strained, distant relationship with his mother.

### [Bernard Profitendieu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_counterfeiters_se/characters/bernard_profitendieu)

_family_

Bernard discovers he is illegitimate and has a strained, distant relationship with his mother.

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