Who is Baron Hector Hulot d'Ervy from Cousin Bette: Part One of Poor Relations and what is their importance? La_Cousine_Bette English & Literature Baron Hector Hulot d'Ervy | Cousin Bette: Part One of Poor Relations

Hector Hulot uses the name "d'Ervy" to signify the place of his birth. Hulot is the husband of Adeline Fischer and the father of Victorin Hulot and Countess Hortense Steinbock. By marriage, he is the cousin of Bette Fischer and the nephew of Johann Fischer. Hector is the younger brother of the Marshal Hulot the Comte de Forzheim. In his younger years, Hulot was extremely handsome. Tall, slim and blue-eyed, Hector and young Adeline made a picture perfect couple. (Now in his 50s, however, Hector Hulot dies his hair and mustache until Valérie Marneff convinces him not to and then berates him for being vain). Hector made a name for himself in the War Office and began his ascent into the upper echelons of Parisian life. At one point, Hulot was very much in love with his wife. However sometime after 1823 the Baron's attitude toward marital fidelity shifted and he embarked on a life-long journey from one extra-marital relationship to another. The affairs themselves were nowhere near as shocking as the amount of money Hulot spent on his mistresses.