Editing Edmond Dantès (section)

{{Short description|Protagonist of Alexandre Dumas's 1844 novel The Count of Monte Cristo}}
{{About|the fictional character|the screenwriter credited as Edmond Dantès|John Hughes (filmmaker)}}
{{Infobox character
| name               = Edmond Dantès
| image              = Edmond Dantès.JPG
| caption            = Illustration of Edmond Dantès by [[Pierre-Gustave Staal]] (1888).
| series             = [[The Count of Monte Cristo]]
| creator            = [[Alexandre Dumas]]
| portrayer          = {{ubl|[[John Gilbert (actor)|John Gilbert]]|[[Robert Donat]]|[[Martin Kosleck]]|[[Jean Marais]]|[[George Dolenz]]|[[Richard Chamberlain]]|[[Gérard Depardieu]]|[[Jim Caviezel]]|[[Craig Horner]]|Matthew Holloway|[[Emily VanCamp]] (as [[Emily Thorne]])|	[[Pierre Niney]]|[[Sam Claflin]]}}
| occupation         = {{Plainlist|
* [[Merchant sailor]] (initially)
* [[Aristocracy (class)|Aristocrat]]}}
| aliases            = {{ubl|The Count of Monte Cristo|Sinbad the Sailor|Abbé Busoni|Lord Wilmore|Dantes}}
| significant_others = Mercédès Mondego (ex-fiancée)<br>Haydée Tebelin
| nationality        = [[French people|French]]
}}
'''Edmond Dantès''' ({{IPA|fr|ɛd.mɔ̃ dɑ̃.tɛs|pron}}) is a [[title character]], [[Byronic hero]] and the [[protagonist]] of [[Alexandre Dumas]]'s 1844 [[adventure novel]] ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]''. Within the story's narrative, Dantès is an intelligent, honest and loving man who turns bitter and vengeful after he is framed for a crime he did not commit. When Dantès finds himself free and enormously wealthy, he takes it upon himself to reward those who have helped him in his plight and punish those responsible for his years of suffering. He is known by the aliases '''The Count of Monte Cristo''' ({{langx|fr|le Comte de Monte-Cristo}}), '''[[Abbé]] Busoni,''' '''[[Lord]] Wilmore, and [[Sinbad the Sailor]].'''