# Monsieur de Potzdorff — The Luck of Barry Lyndon character guide

> Monsieur de Potzdorff in The Luck of Barry Lyndon by William Makepeace Thackeray.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Monsieur George von Potzdorff, George, Captain de Potzdorff, Captain Potzdorff, Potzdorff

**First appearance:** 0011-x-more-runs-of-luck

## Who they are

German officer and rival of Barry in gambling and love.

## In the story

### [VI: The Crimp Wagon—Military Episodes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_luck_of_barry_lyndon_se/chapters/vi-the-crimp-wagon-military-episodes)

Not directly mentioned in the excerpts; no significant role in this chapter.

### [Barry Leads a Garrison Life, and Finds Many Friends There](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_luck_of_barry_lyndon_se/chapters/vii-barry-leads-a-garrison-life-and-finds-many-friends-there)

Captain and nephew of the Police Minister; Barry's patron who is easily led by flattery and shares a love of pleasure and Rhine wine.

### [Barry's Adieu to Military Profession](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_luck_of_barry_lyndon_se/chapters/viii-barry-s-adieu-to-military-profession)

Barry's contact in the Prussian service, to whom he reports fabricated intelligence about his uncle.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_luck_of_barry_lyndon_se/chapters/endnotes)

Implied as the Police Minister for whom Barry may have spied on guests in Berlin.

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