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Villanous Barons
By Jimmy Joe
Twelve Peers
The Twelve Peers were Charlemagne's elite paladins or knights - the corps d'elite . The Twelve Peers were sort of like Arthur's Knights of the Roun...
By Jimmy Joe
Songs of Deeds
Welcome to the new section of the Arthurian Legends, which I've called the Songs of Deeds . However, these legends are not related to King Arthur o...
By Jimmy Joe
Pinabel of Sorrence
A kinsman of Ganelon. Pinabel was a lord of Castel de Sorence. Pinabel was not only a very formidable knight, but also a skilled spokesman. During ...
By Jimmy Joe
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 ...
By Jimmy Joe
Louis the Pious
Emperor of the Frankish Empire. Louis I (778-840) was often called Louis the Pious. He was the son and successor of Charlemagne (813-833, 834-840)....
By Jimmy Joe
Yvon
A companion of Yvoire . Yvon was one of Marsile's victims. Marsile also killed Gerard of Roussillon and Yvon's companion, Yvoire. Other than this, ...
By Jimmy Joe
Yvoire
A companion of Yvon . Yvoire was one of Marsile's victims. Marsile also killed Gerard of Roussillon and Yvoire's companion, Yvon. Other than this, ...
By Jimmy Joe
Samson
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 th...
By Jimmy Joe
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 ...
By Jimmy Joe
Oton
A companion of Berenger . In the Chanson de Roland , Oton's most notable victim was the Saracen Estorgans. Though Oton was among those who died at ...
By Jimmy Joe
Oliver
A Frankish count and a companion of Roland . Oliver was a son of Renier, Lord of the Vale of Runers, and brother of Aude. Halteclere was the name o...