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Gautier del Hum

Gautier was the lord of Hum. Although, he was not one of the Twelve Peers, he was a vassal of Roland, and therefore he took part in the Battle of R...

November 1st, 2006

By Jimmy Joe

Duke Naimes

The wisest adviser of Charlemagne. Naimes was listed in another chanson, Pilgrimage of Charlemagne, as one of the Twelve Peers. In the Chanson de R...

November 1st, 2006

By Jimmy Joe

Life of Charlemagne

Charlemagne was a historical figure, a king that emerge from the Dark Ages in Western Europe, giving rise to the early feudal period. However, the ...

January 11th, 2006

By Jimmy Joe

Frankish Knights

Here are the other Frankish warriors who served Charlemagne, but were not the Twelve Peers, which the twelve paladins have a page of their own. See...

November 1st, 2006

By Jimmy Joe

Houses of the Grail Keeper and the Grail Hero

Just as there is some confusion over the genealogy of King Arthur, so there is also with House of the Grail Hero. Again, I have divided this page i...

March 1st, 2001

By Jimmy Joe

Twelfth Labour (Cerberus)

For the twelfth labour, Heracles needed to go to Hades and fetch the Cerberus. Cerberus was a three-headed hound with a snake's head at the end of ...

April 9th, 1999

By Jimmy Joe

Eleventh Labour (Apples of Hesperides)

For the eleventh labour, Heracles had to fetch the golden apples of Hesperides. The Hesperides ("Daughters of the Evening Star") were the daughters...

April 9th, 1999

By Jimmy Joe

Tenth Labour (Cattle of Geryon)

For the tenth labour, Heracles was required to fetch the cattle of Geryon. Geryon (Γηρυονεύς) was the king of Erytheia (Cadiz), in Spain. The cattl...

April 9th, 1999

By Jimmy Joe

Ninth Labour (Hippolyte's Girdle)

The ninth labour required Heracles to go to the land of the Amazons to fetch Hippolyte's belt for Eurystheus' daughter, Admeta or Admete. Heracles ...

April 9th, 1999

By Jimmy Joe

Eighth Labour (Mares of Diomedes)

The eighth labour was to fetch the flesh-eating mares of Diomedes. Diomedes (Διομήδης) was the king of the Bistones, in Thrace, who fed human flesh...

April 9th, 1999

By Jimmy Joe

Seventh Labour (Cretan Bull)

For the seventh labour, Heracles needed to fetch the Cretan Bull, the bull that belonged to Minos, king of Crete. This bull was sacred to Poseidon,...

April 9th, 1999

By Jimmy Joe

Sixth Labour (Stymphalian Birds)

For the sixth labour, Heracles was required to chase away Stymphalian Birds that were ravaging the countryside around the lake called Stymphalus, i...

April 9th, 1999

By Jimmy Joe