Count Paris

Count Paris
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.