Count Paris | |
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Romeo and Juliet character | |
![]() Frderic Leighton's 1850s painting depicting Count Paris (right) seeing Juliet apparently dead | |
Created by | William Shakespeare |
In-universe information | |
Family | Prince Escalus, Mercutio |
Count Paris (Italian: il Conte Paride) or County Paris is a fictional character in William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. He is a suitor of Juliet. He is handsome, wealthy, and a kinsman to Prince Escalus.
His name comes from the Prince of Troy, Paris, in Homer's Illiad.