Gertrude Mondragón [1] (née Alexander) [2] is the wife of the late Captain Mondragon and the mother of Joaquín Mondragon and Matilda.
Like her husband, Gertrude never made a physical appearance in the movie, but a picture of her can be seen in Jorge Gutierrez's tumblr.
History[]
Gertrude was born into a very wealthy German family in Mexico City and was the daughter of a powerful general. Back then, El Captain Mondragon had been trying to court Carmen Rivera (who only had eyes for Carlos Sánchez) until he met Gertrude.
She didn't have a good relationship with her father, so she agreed to marry Captain Mondragón (a nobody) to spite him [3]. During their marriage, Captain Mondragón grew to love Gertrude with all his heart, but his love wasn't enough for her [4] and she demanded him to gave her a luxurious lifestyle, which may have resulted in him and the Medal of Everlasting Life.
When Gertrude found out her husband died during a fight with Chakal, she knew the reason involved the medal, so she retreated with her daughter Matilda to her mansion in Mexico City crazed with guilt and left Joaquín Mondragon behind in San Ángel to train with General Posada [5].
Appearance[]
Gertrude has brown hair like Joaquín Mondragon with some streaks of grey hair done up in a beehive-like hairstyle, brown eyes and pale skin.
She wears a long sleeved victorian black dress that hides her feet from view with a long sleeved button up white blouse underneath, a cameo choker necklace and pearl earrings.
Personality[]
Gertrude is described as being "frigid and not the most caring". She wasn’t shown in the movie, but it is unknown if her decision in leaving Joaquín Mondragon behind in San Ángel left an impact on her or him since they are never seen together nor is she ever mentioned by him, which could potentially point to her non-caring attitude if so.
She is also spoiled and materialistic since she cared more about having a lavished lifestyle than she cared about her husband Captain Mondragon. However, she did have some love for him since she went mad with guilt when he was murdered by Chakal as she blamed herself for his death due to her greed.
Family Tree[]
 Captain Mondragon |  Gertrude | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Matilda [6] |  Joaquín Mondragon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trivia[]
- Gertrude was designed by Jorge Gutierrez's wife Sandra Equihua and her design was inspired by an expensive perfume bottle.
- Gertrude taught Joaquín Mondragon how to speak German.
References[]
- ↑ https://twitter.com/mexopolis/status/539541492759420928
- ↑ https://78.media.tumblr.com/f06f83521ad7ac8b72be0a69b9517f72/tumblr_nn0vyohkIE1r51x65o1_1280.png
- ↑ https://78.media.tumblr.com/61081f95139b771d5485c650fbc103f8/tumblr_njl6q3HBSA1rdw8qbo1_500.png
- ↑ https://78.media.tumblr.com/acb6656e6f47f1927b02d984cf18151f/tumblr_njewdfyKAl1rdw8qbo1_500.png
- ↑ https://twitter.com/mexopolis/status/558462223501508609
- ↑ https://twitter.com/mexopolis/statuses/591264231804121088