# Louisa Conway — Wieland character guide

> Louisa Conway in Wieland by Charles Brockden Brown.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Louisa, Miss Conway

**First appearance:** 0016-xiv

## Snapshot

A quiet child raised under Clara's protection, whose hidden parentage carries a buried story of flight, grief, and a family torn apart before she was old enough to know it.

## Who they are

Louisa lives among the Wielands as a dependent whose origins are deliberately veiled, her mother having arrived mysteriously and died leaving her in their care. Her presence is a living question mark, and when Major Stuart recognizes her, the revelation detonates a history of loss that reaches back to London and a vanished wife. She matters because her buried lineage shows how the novel's mysteries extend beyond the Wieland estate into a wider world of concealed identities and unresolved grief.

## Relationships

### [Major Stuart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wieland_se/characters/major_stuart)

_romantic_

Louisa and Major Stuart are lovers, with their relationship marked by separation and tragic circumstances.

### [Henry Pleyel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wieland_se/characters/henry_pleyel)

_friendship_

Henry acts as a friend and protector to Louisa, offering support during her troubles.

### [Major Stuart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wieland_se/characters/major_stuart)

_romantic_

Louisa and Major Stuart are lovers, with their relationship marked by separation and tragic circumstances.

### [Henry Pleyel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wieland_se/characters/henry_pleyel)

_friendship_

Henry acts as a friend and protector to Louisa, offering support during her troubles.

## In the story

### [Chapter IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wieland_se/chapters/iv)

Is revealed to be the daughter of Major Stuart, who arrives and claims her as his own.

### [XVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wieland_se/chapters/xvii)

One of Wieland's children, deeply loved by Clara. She is among those murdered by her father, and Clara is denied the consolation of kissing her remains due to the severity of the blow.

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