Dulcinea

Dulcinea is a fictional character in Cervantes' novel Don Quixote.

Also known as:

• Dulcinea del Toboso
• Aldonza Lorenzo
• Aldonza de Toboso.

Don Quixote imagines the peasant Aldonza to be a princess and calls her Dulcinea, from dulce, "sweet". In reality, she is a rude peasant. Don Quixote tells himself that she has been charmed by an evil sorcerer.