Mercedes Herrera

Also known as Мерседес, прекрасная Мерседес, Mercedes de Morcerf

Major
First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 2

Mercedes Herrera is a major character in The Count of Monte Cristo (Book 1).

Gender: female
Age: 17
First appears: Book 1 · Ch. 2
Books: 1

Description

A beautiful seventeen-year-old girl with jet-black hair, black, velvet-like eyes, delicate finely shaped fingers, and a slender, graceful figure with elegant calves and a high-arched foot. Her hands are tanned. She wears traditional Catalan dress and red stockings.

Connections

Family & partnersFriends & mentorsRivals

Albert de Morcerfmother
Albert's mother Mercedes de Morcerf is devastated by the revelations about her husband's past, and Albert considers her suffering
Edmond Dantèsformer lovers
Edmond Dantès and Mercedes were engaged before his imprisonment; he later becomes the Count of Monte Cristo who observes her reduced circumstances
Fernand Mondegohusband
Fernand is married to Mercedes; their son Albert's engagement to Eugénie Danglars was arranged before the scandal
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Comte de Morcerfconflicting source relationships
Fernand and Mercedes are married, though their relationship is strained by his dishonor