A son of Baligant.
In the battle against Charlemagne, Malpramis rode into battle on a pure white horse. Malpramis killed many Frankish knights, before he eventually succumbed to the lance of Duke Naimes.
By Jimmy Joe
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). The...
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, but ...
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 treachery,...
A Frankish duke and a companion of Anseis. At Rencesvals, Samson killed the almaçor in the opening part of the battle. Samson was the second of the Twelve Peers to fall. Valdabrun drove his lance through Samson, but Roland killed the Saracen in re...
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...
King of Floredee. Canabeus was the brother of the emir Baligant, and uncle of Malpramis. In the battle between Baligant and Charlemagne, Canabeus witnessed his nephew falling to Duke Naimes' spear. To avenge Malpramis' death, Canabeus attacked Nai...
A Saracen prince. Grandonie was son of King Capuel of Cappadocia. His horse was named Marmorie. His spear had a blue ensign. Grandonie was one of Marsile's better warriors. He killed Guiun from Saint-Antoine and Austorie of Valence. Grandonie also...
The wisest adviser of Charlemagne. Naimes was listed in another chanson, Pilgrimage of Charlemagne, as one of the Twelve Peers. In the Chanson de Roland, Naimes supported Ganelon's argument for the peace proposal with Marsile, instead of Roland's ...
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 was...
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 Pe...