It is not stated, but it is a relative of the Prince.
Paris wants to marry Juliet, and so opens negotiations with her father.
Paris. He only ever talks to Juliet's father, never to Juliet herself. Perhaps this is why he is so clued out about what she really feels. No, more likely it is because he is an arrogant schmuck.
romeo and Paris / rosaline and Juliet
After Romeo injured Paris. Paris told him "Lay me in the tomb with Juliet". Romeo agrees and put him in the tomb with Juliet.
Romeo isn't destined to marry anyone. He does fall in love with Juliet. Juliet is the one that is destined to marry Paris.
Paris
Romeo Juliet Lord Capulet (Juliet's father) Lady Capulet (Juliet's mother) Lord Montague (Romeo's father) Lady Ahmed Montague (Romeo's mother) Prince Paris Angelica (Juliet's nurse) Balthazar (Romeo's servant) Rosaline (Juliet's cousin) Benvolio (Paris' cousin/Romeo's friend) Peter (Angelica's servant)
Probably when Juliet's father orders her to marry Paris.
Paris wants to marry Juliet, and so opens negotiations with her father.
Her father is trying to force her to marry Paris when she is already married to Romeo.
Paris. He only ever talks to Juliet's father, never to Juliet herself. Perhaps this is why he is so clued out about what she really feels. No, more likely it is because he is an arrogant schmuck.
Paris wanted to marry Juliet. Romeo succeeded.
Juliet's father, Lord Capulet, promised her hand in marriage to Count Paris. However, Juliet fell in love with Romeo and their secret marriage complicated the situation.
no one in specific but the day that Juliet wanted to tell her father, her father told her about Paris and when she refused he was so angry and swore that if she doesn't marry Paris she won't be his daughter anymore. (anyway he wouldn't have accepted even if she told him because their family's -- Juliet's and Romeo's where like enemys )
romeo and Paris / rosaline and Juliet
In a manner of speaking. He talked mostly to her father, and assumed that because the father said he could marry her, that she would go along with it. But Paris did not talk to Juliet in anything other than the most superficial way, and he had no idea what was going on with her. It is unlikely that she gave him any sign of encouragement, but he was too dim to recognize this.
Paris thinks that Romeo is there to vandalize or dishonor Juliet's body.