Cunégonde - Wikipedia Cunégonde For other uses, see Cunégonde ( disambiguation ). This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( November 2014 ) Cunégonde is a fictional character in Voltaire 's novel Candide. She is the title character 's aristocratic cousin and love interest. Her name may be derived from Cunigunde of Luxemburg. At the beginning of the story, Candide is chased away from his uncle 's home after he is caught kissing and fondling Cunégonde. Shortly afterwards, Cunégonde 's family is attacked by a band of marauding soldiers and she is taken prisoner. However, Cunégonde soon becomes the mistress of two wealthy Portuguese who decide to share her between them. Candide kills the two men and he, Cunégonde and the Old Woman ( Cunégonde 's servant ) flee to Buenos Aires. There, Cunégonde becomes the mistress of the provincial governor. Since Candide is wanted for the murders of the two Portuguese, he is forced to leave her in Buenos Aires. However he vows to find her and marry her. Finally, near the end of the novel, Candide finds Cunégonde in Istanbul, but she has lost her beauty, and is now very irritable and unfortunately very shallow - minded. Candide reluctantly agrees to marry her. Contents 1 Pun 2 Candide ( operetta ) 3 References 4 External links Pun While Cunégonde may be derived from Cunigunde of Luxemburg, the name is also a pun on French and Latin terms for female genitalia and buttocks. ( Latin : Cunnus `` Cunt '' and French : Cul `` Arse '' ) Candide ( operetta ) In the 1956 operetta written by Leonard Bernstein, Cunégonde is a soprano, who sings one of the most difficult arias written for the theatre : `` Glitter and Be Gay ''. The role has been portrayed by skilled actresses such as Barbara Cook, who originated the role in 1956, Madeline Kahn, Kristin Chenoweth, June Anderson, Harolyn Blackwell, and Maureen Brennan, who received a Tony Award Nomination and won the Theatre World Award for her performance in the 1974 Broadway revival. References Jump up ^ Maledicta ( 1987 ) p. 31. Jump up ^ Maurice Peress, Dvořák to Duke Ellington : A Conductor Explores America 's Music and its African American Roots, Oxford / New York : Oxford University, 2004, ISBN 9780195098228, p. 141. External links Brief analyses of the novel 's main characters Voltaire 's Candide Adaptations Candide, Part II ( 1760 novel ) Candide ( 1956 operetta ) Modern Interpretations Candy ( 1958 novel ) Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle ( 1960 film ) Candy ( 1968 film ) Mondo candido ( 1975 film ) The Optimists ( 2006 film ) Related Cunégonde Pope Urban X A few acres of snow Poème sur le désastre de Lisbonne This article about a fictional character from a novel is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. See guidelines for writing about novels. Further suggestions might be found on the article 's talk page. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= Cunégonde&oldid = 785811033 '' Categories : Candide Characters in French novels Novel character stubs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from November 2014 All articles needing additional references Wikipedia articles needing clarification from December 2014 All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 15 June 2017, at 15 : 09. About Wikipedia

Question: the name of candide's love interest in cunadonna
Answer: Cunégonde