Editing Candide (section)

=== Secondary characters ===
* The baron and baroness of Thunder-ten-Tronckh: Father and mother of Cunégonde and the second baron. Both slain by the Bulgars.
* The king of the Bulgars: [[Frederick the Great|Frederick II]]
* Jacques the [[Anabaptist]]: Dutch manufacturer who takes Candide in after his escape from the Prussian Army. Drowns in the port of Lisbon after saving a sailor's life.
* Don Issachar: Jewish banker in Portugal. Cunégonde becomes his mistress, shared with the Grand Inquisitor of Portugal. Killed by Candide.
* The [[Grand Inquisitor]] of Portugal: Sentences Candide and Pangloss at the ''[[auto-da-fé]]''. Cunégonde is his mistress jointly with Don Issachar. Killed by Candide.
* Don Fernando d'Ibarra y Figueroa y Mascarenes y Lampourdos y Souza: Spanish governor of Buenos Aires. Wants Cunégonde as a mistress.
* The king of [[El Dorado]], who helps Candide and Cacambo out of El Dorado, lets them pick gold from the grounds, and makes them rich.
* Mynheer Vanderdendur: Dutch ship captain/pirate and slave holder. Offers to take Candide from America to France for 30,000 gold coins, but then departs without him, stealing most of his riches. Dies after his ship sinks. 
* The abbot of Périgord: Befriends Candide and Martin in the hopes of scamming them. Tries to have them arrested.
* The marchioness of Parolignac: Parisian wench who takes an elaborate title.
* The scholar: One of the guests of the "marchioness". Argues with Candide about art.
* Paquette: A chambermaid from Thunder-ten-Tronckh who gave Pangloss [[syphilis]] after getting it herself from her [[Franciscans|Franciscan]] confessor. After the slaying by the Bulgars, works as a prostitute in Venice and becomes entangled with Friar Giroflée.
* Friar Giroflée: [[Theatines|Theatine]] friar. In love with the prostitute Paquette.
* Signor Pococurante: A Venetian noble. Candide and Martin visit his estate, where he discusses his disdain of most of the canon of great art.
* In an inn in Venice, Candide and Martin dine with six men who turn out to be deposed monarchs:
** [[Ahmed III]]
** [[Ivan VI of Russia]]
** [[Charles Edward Stuart]]
** [[Augustus III of Poland]]
** [[Stanisław Leszczyński]]
** [[Theodore of Corsica]]