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Bramimonde

Queen of Spain. Bramimonde was a wife of Marsile. She was the mother of Jurfaleu the Blond.

In the Chanson de Roland, she praised Ganelon when he agreed to betray his own king and set an ambush to have Roland killed, along with the other Twelve Peers.

Bramimonde grieved when she saw her husband was missing his right hand; which she was told, was taken by Roland.

Bramimonde surrendered the city to Charlemagne when her husband died and Baligant was killed. She was taken as a captive by Charlemagne, who brought her back with him to Aix, Charlemagne's capital in France. Shortly after the trial and execution of Ganelon, she accepted the Christian faith and was baptised. She received a new name, Juliana.

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Bramimonde, Bramimunde, Bramidonie.
Juliana, Juliane (baptised name).

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Marsile

Marsile

A Saracen king of Spain. Marsile was actually a vassal to Baligant, the king of Babylon. His capital in Spain was Saragossa. His wisest adviser was Blancandrin. Marsile was the husband of Bramimonde , and father of Jurfaleu the Blond. His horse wa...

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Valdabrun

Valdabrun

A Saracen nobleman and warrior. Valdabrun was a vassal to Marsile . Valdabrun seemed to be Marsile's admiral, since it said that he commanded a thousand galleys at sea. According to Chanson de Roland , Valdabrun captured Jerusalem through treacher...

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Bradamante

Bradamante

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.

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Saracens

Saracens

Without enemies, there would be no heroes. And it rings true that if there were no Saracens, then there would be no Frankish knights. So in this page, I have listed some of the Saracen rulers and warriors that appeared in the chansons de geste, pa...

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Ganelon

Ganelon

The villainous stepfather of Roland and brother-in-law of Charlemagne. According to poems found in the Geste de Doon de Mayence, Ganelon was a son of Griffon d'Hauteville, and grandson of Doon de Mayence. Ganelon was married to Charlemagne's siste...

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Blancandrin

Blancandrin

A chief counsellor of Marsile . It was Blancandrin who masterminded the false peace treaty between his king and Charlemagne . Blancandrin offered to be the peace envoy for Marsile, in order to gain peace with Charlemagne. There, he met Ganelon , b...

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Roland

Roland

The greatest hero in the Frankish legends. He was sort of like a French Heracles, Achilles, Sigurd, Cu Chulainn or Lancelot, a hero of unsurpassed strength and courage. Roland was the main character of the epic, Chanson de Roland , which recounted...

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Baligant

Baligant

The Emir of Babylon. Baligant was the father of Malpramis and brother of Canabeus . Marsile, the Moorish king of Spain, was one of Baligant's many vassals. It should be noted that this "Babylon", is not the city in Mesopotamia (in modern Iraq). Th...

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Brangwain

Brangwain

Loyal companion of Isolde the Fair . Brangwain was sometimes seen as the cousin of Isolde. She was also Isolde's maidservant. When Isolde went to Cornwall with Tristan to marry King Mark , Queen Isolde had entrusted Brangwain with the love potion ...

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