The heroine in Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, a medieval Italian romance.
Bradamante was a sister of Rinaldo (Renaud de Montauban). Bradamante became a female knight who fell in love with a heathen warrior, Ruggiero.
Bradamante, Bradamont.
Orlando Furioso was written by Ludovico Ariosto.
Rinaldo (Renaud).
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A Saracen princess from Africa in the Italian medieval romance, Orlando Furioso, written by Ludovico Ariosto. She was the love-interest of both heroes, Orlando (Roland) and Rinaldo (Renaud de Montauban).
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