Inigo Montoya is a character in William Goldman's 1973 novel The Princess Bride. In Rob Reiner's 1987 film adaptation he was portrayed by Mandy Patinkin. In both the book and the movie, he resided in the fictional country of Florin.

Inigo Montoya is a Spanish fencer and assistant to Vizzini. His father Domingo was a great swordmaker, but remained obscure because he disliked dealing with the rich and privileged. When a right-handed six-fingered nobleman, Count Rugen, asked him to forge a sword to accommodate his unusual hand, Domingo poured his heart and soul into the project.

When Rugen returned, he reneged on his promised price. Thus Domingo refused to sell him the sword, not as a matter of money, but because Rugen could not appreciate the great work of the sword. He proclaimed that the sword would now belong to Inigo.

Angered, Rugen killed Domingo. Eleven-year-old Inigo witnessed the crime and challenged Rugen to a fight, wherein Rugen easily disarmed Inigo, spared his life and allowed him to keep the sword, but scarred his face as a deterrent to further displays of bravery. Devastated by the loss of his father, Inigo devoted his entire life to becoming a great swordsman in order to avenge his father.

His training is 10 years long that started when ever he was 12 years old, in that it includes tutelage under the most skilled and savage fencing masters of his time. After years of training, Inigo had become the greatest swordsman of his generation, and the only living man to hold the rank of "wizard" (a fictional fencing rank above "master").

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