Viscount Albert de Morcerf
Family: Count de Morcerf (father), Madame de Morcerf (mother)
Good friend of Baron Franz d'Épinay. He partied with Franz at the Carnival in Rome. There, they became acquanticed with the Count of Monte Cristo, who happened to be staying in the same hotel as them. In Rome, Albert was kidnapped and held for ransom by Luigi Vampa's group of bandits. Being good friends with Vampa, the Count was able to rescue Albert and Albert declares himself eternally indebted to the Count. Because of this, the Count was able to be introduced into Paris society.
After discovering that the Count was responsible for the denunciation of his father, Albert insults the Count and challenges him to a duel. Before the duel is able to take place, Albert apologizes to the Count, who gratefully forgives him.
Tarnished by the name of his father, Albert and his mother relinquish the Count de Morcef's fortune and flee to live in Marseilles in a house bought by the Count for Mercédès. Albert joins the Spahi regiment to support himself and his mother.