Lady Catherine de Bourgh

Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Jane Austen character
In-universe information
GenderFemale
SpouseSir Lewis de Bourgh (deceased)
ChildrenAnne de Bourgh
Relatives
  • Unnamed Earl (brother)
  • Lady Anne Darcy (sister; deceased)
  • Colonel Fitzwilliam (nephew)
  • Fitzwilliam Darcy (nephew)
  • Georgiana Darcy (niece)
  • Old Mr Darcy (brother-in-law)
  • Elizabeth Bennet (niece-in-law)
HomeRosings Park, in the village of Rosings, town of Hunsford, Kent

Lady Catherine de Bourgh (/dəˈbɜːr/ də-BUR; née Fitzwilliam) is a character in the 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. According to Janet Todd, Lady Catherine can be seen as a foil to the novel's protagonist Elizabeth Bennet.[1]

  1. ^ Todd, Janet (2006). The Cambridge introduction to Jane Austen. Cambridge (UK): Cambridge University Press. pp. 67–68. ISBN 0-521-85806-2.