Charlemagne and Alcuin, Jean-Victor Schnetz, 1830
PEOPLE
—A—
Abilant - Saracen king [A]
Abrante - Son of Cymosco [OF]
Acart of Flors - Saracen king, he is killed by Roland [A]
Achiro - King of Judea, saracen knight [LRF]
Admiraldus - Saracen king of Babylon who sent Ferracute to Nager [HCG]
Adriano - Knight and king [OI]
Agolant (Agolante, Aigolandus, Argolander, Agulandus) - Saracen King of Africa, son of Barbante, brother of king Bramante, father of Troiano, Aumont, and Galaciella, grandfather of Rogero, Saracen king who conquers all of Spain and invades Gascony, his headquarters are in Reggio, he wears his hair in a long braid that reaches to his saddle, he is killed by Claron [A] [HCG] [LRF] [OF] [OI]
Agoriante - Giant saracen knight from the mountains of Giron and Gozari, he is killed by Milo of Anglante [LRF]
Agramante - Saracen king of Africa, the son of Troyano, his horse is Sisifalto [OF] [OI]
Agranore - King of Agrigento [OI]
Agrican (Agricane) - Saracen King of Tartary, his sword is Tranchera, he loved Angelica, but was slain by Roland, father of Mandricardo [OF] [OI]
Aigualdo - Duke of Ireland [OI]
Ailis - Saracen king of Malclos [HCG]
Alanardo - Count of Barcelona [OI]
Alardo - Son of Aymon [OF] [OI]
Alberic of Burgundy (Albert) - French knight [HCG]
Albrizac - Necromancer [OI]
Alcestus - Thracian warrior and suitor to Lydia [OF]
Alcina - Evil sorceress who rules an anchanted island, sister of Logistilla and Morgana [OF] [OI]
Aldigier - Bastard son of Buovo, lord, with his brothers Viviano and Maugris, of Aigremonte, cousin to Ricciardetto and the other sons of Aymon [OF]
Aldrat - Treacherous French knight, cousin of Ganelon [F]
Aleria - Guidon’s most loyal wife [OF]
Alfrera - King of Sri Lanka (Taprobana) [OI]
Alibante of Toledo - A Moor [OI]
Alicardo - Saracen knight [LRF]
Aliel - Demon summoned by Balisardo [OI]
Almanzor - Saracen king of Córdoba, he loses a battle against Charlemagne and agrees to submit, pay homage, and be baptized [HCG]
Almingrada - Sister of Desiderius, wife of Aymeri [LRF]
Alon - Duke killed by Girard of Fraite [A]
Alori (Aloris) - Treacherous Lombard knight, cousin of Ganelon, he carries the oriflamme, he flees from battle in cowardice, he and Renier argue about leaving the twelve peers for dead in the tower of Aigremoine [F] [GB] [OTD]
Alzirdo - King of Tremisena (Tremizon) in Algeria [OF] [OI]
Amandras - King of Tintagor [A]
Amerigo - Duke of Savoy [OI]
Ami and Amile - Two pilgrims that are inseparable, even after death [OTD]
Andefroi - French knight [A]
Andronica - One of Logistilla’s ladies, (symbolising courage) in company with Fronesia (wisdom), Dicilla (honesty) and Sofrosina (chastity) [OF]
Angelica - Princess of Cathay, daughter of Galaphron, wife of Medoro, and the most beautiful woman in the world [OF] [OI]
Anquetin - Duke of Normandy, he kills Boïdant, he is killed by Aumont and his soul is carried away miraculously by angels to paradise [A]
Anséis - French knight, king of Germany, one of the Twelve Peers [A] [O] [SR] [WC]
Anserigi - Bastard son of Bernard of Clermont [LRF]
Anselmo of Ripa - Father of Pinabel [OI]
Ansuardo - Count of Lorraine [OI]
Antelme the Brave - Count of Tours, uncle of Richer [A]
Antifor of Albarossia - Christian knight [OI]
Apolin (Apollo, Apollon) - God of the Saracens, one of four idols carried by the army of Aumont [A]
Apolline - King of Rassia, saracen knight [LRF]
Apollo - Saracen deity [F]
Aquentino of Cenis - French knight [LRF]
Aquilant - Saracen king of Luiserne [GB]
Aquilante the Black - Son of Oliver, his brother is Grifone the White [OF] [OI]
Arastain (Aristagnus) - French king of Brittany [HCG]
Arbantes - Son of the King of Friesland, he is to marry Olimpia [OF]
Arcimbaldo - Count of Cremona, son of King Desiderius [OI]
Argalia - Angelica’s brother, slain by Ferrau, his horse is Rabican, his magic lance was taken by Astolfo [OF] [OI]
Argesto - Giant [OI]
Argosto of Marmonda - Agramante’s Admiral [OI]
Ariante - Suitor of Orrigille [OI]
Aridano - Guardian of Morgana’s bridge [OI]
Ariodante - Duke of Albany, best knight in Britain, he and Polinesso are rivals for Ginevra's affection, his brother is Lurcanio [OF]
Arnaud of Fréjus - French knight [F]
Arnaldo of Bilanda (Arnold of Berlanda) - Knight who traveled to Pamplona, slain by Roland [HCG] [OI]
Astolpho (Astolfo, Estolfo) - Knight of France, son of King Otho of England, and cousin to Renaud, Roland, Bradamante, and Ricciardetto, count of Champagne, Salomon's friend and companion, friend of Roland, he kills Argalia and wins the horse Rabican and a magic lance, he bears a magic horn given him by Logistilla, he was captured by Alcina and imprisoned within a myrtle [HCG] [OF] [OI]
Atlantes (Atlante) - African sorceror from Carena, Rogero's foster-father, he kept Rogero prisoner in the Atlas Mountains, his castle is made of steel [OF] [OI]
Aubri (Albéric) - French knight, one of the Twelve Peers [F]
Aubuin - Duke of Beauvais [A]
Aude (Alda, Aldabella, Audain, Adein) - Daughter of Renier of Geneva, sister of Brandimarte, Oliver, and Ziliante, fiancée of Roland, she is beautiful, she is blonde, she dies of grief when she learns of Roland's death [A] [F] [KS] [GB] [OF]
Aufélise (Clarence) - Saracen Queen, wife of Agolant, she falls in love with and gives her ring to Naimon, Clarence is the name given to her at her baptism, although she loves Naimon, Charlemagne marries her to Florent because of a promise he made to Girard of Fraite [A]
Aumont (Aumon, Almontes, Jamund) - Saracen knight, son of king Agolant, brother of Troiano and Galaciella, uncle of Agramante, father of Dardinello, he is the owner of Durendal, he kills Anquetin the Norman, he does battle with Charlemagne, he is killed by Roland in Aspramonte [A] [LRF] [OF] [OI]
Aurizans (Agnisiacs, Aurisas) - Brother of Wayland and Murificans, smith who forged the three swords Florence, Baptism, and Garamante [F]
Avino - Son of Naimon, his three brothers are Avorio, Otone, and Berlingerio [OF] [OI]
Avitus - Saracen king of Bugia, he is slain by Charles' army at Xantogne [HCG]
Avorio - Son of Naimon, his three brothers are Avino, Otone, and Berlingerio [OI]
Aymeri of Narbonne (Aymer) - French knight, nephew of Girard of Fraite, Count of Berry, he marries Almingrada, brother-in-law of king Desiderius, one of the Twelve Peers [LRF] [PC]
Aymon (Amone) - Duke of Dordone (Dodona), son of Bernard of Clermont, brother to Milone, Buovo, Girardo, Pope Leo, and King Otho of England, husband of Beatrice, father of Renaud, Bradamante, Guicciardo, Ricciardo, Alardo, and Ricciardetto [F] [LRF] [OF] [OI]
—B—
Balan the Almiran (Laban) - Almiran of the Saracens, father of Fierabras and Floripar, he is captured during a battle with Charlemagne and refuses to convert to Christianity, he spits in the baptismal font, he is beheaded by Ogier [F]
Balan - Father of Gorhans, messenger of Agolant, he becomes a Christian knight, Guitequin is the name given to Balan at his baptism [A]
Balante the Turk - Saracen knight in the service of king Agolant, king of Scandia and Nobiro, slain on Charlemagne’s orders by Rogero the Vassal, for his treacherous taking of the castle of Aspramonte [LRF] [OI]
Baldwin (Balduino) - French knight of Mayence, Roland's brother who fought beside him at Ronceval, he escapes the battle of Roncevaux Pass and tells the French army of the death of Roland [HCG] [OI]
Balgurano - Saracen knight [OI]
Balifronte - King of Mulga [OI]
Balisardo - Evil giant, a necromancer [OI]
Baliverzo - King of Normandy [OI]
Ballano - King, supporting Angelica [OI]
Balorza - King of Ethiopia [OI]
Balugante (Beligard, Baligant) - Son of Galaphron, saracen knight, father of Serpentino, brother of King Marsilius of Spain and Falsiron, his sister Galeana is married to Charlemagne, Saracen king of Zaragoza, brother of Marsilius, he attacks Charlemagne's rearguard in Roncevaux Pass [HCG] [LRF] [OI]
Bambirago - King of Arzila [OI]
Baratron - Saracen deity, worshipped as an idol alongside Mahomet and Tervagant [F]
Barbadis - Camerlengo of Balan the Almiran [F]
Barbante - Father of Agolant, descendant of Alexander the Great [OI]
Barbotta - Thief in Fugiforca’s crew [OI]
Bardarico - King of the Canary Islands [OI]
Bardino - Aged knight of the House of Monodante, kidnapper of Monodante’s eldest son, governor of Brandimarte’s castle [OF] [OI]
Bardon - French knight [LRF]
Baricheo - Marsilio’s treasurer [OI]
Baricondo of Majorca - Saracen knight [OI]
Barigaccio - Robber captain, son of Taridone the corsair, his horse is Bataldo [OI]
Barigano - King of Bernica and Rassa [OI]
Barrok (Amiote) - Wife of Galafre [F]
Basaldo - Anatolian Turk [OI]
Basin the Génois (Bazin) - French knight, thief, he is beseiged in the tower of Aigremoine, ke is killed, one of the twelve peers [F]
Baudouin - Son of Ogier the Dane and Béatrix, he is killed by Charlot [OTD]
Beatrice - Wife of Aymon, mother of Renaud and Bradamante, her sister Ermelina is Dudon’s mother [OF]
Béatrix - Daughter of Guimer, wife of Ogier the Dane [OTD]
Belengiero - Son of Naimon, his three brothers are Avino, Avorio, and Otone [OI]
Belisandra - Ruler on the Barbary Coast, abducted by Renaud [OI]
Beltramo - Son of Rampaldo, treacherous rebel against his father’s rule [OI]
Benoît - Ogier's squire who holds his castle of Castel-Fort while Ogier is away, he dies protecting Ogier from a French ambush [OTD]
Bérard of Montdidier (Bérard of Miblis, Berard) - French knight, son of Thierri of Ardennes, he is captured and held in the prison of Aigremoine in a tower, he is beseiged in the tower of Aigremoine, one of the twelve peers [F] [GB] [HCG]
Bérenger the Briton (Berlinghieri, Bæringr Brezca) - French duke, marquis of Marca, brother of Milon and uncle of Richer, cousin of Desiderius, he kills Trïamodés [A] [LRF]
Bernard of Clermont (Barnard, Bernardo of Chiaramonte) - French baron, one of the Twelve Peers [LRF] [PC]
Bernard of Mongrana - Brother of Girard of Fraite, father of Aymeri [LRF]
Berron - Lord of Plaisance, Ogier's sworn companion through all of his misfortunes [OTD]
Bertha Broadfoot (Berthe au Grand Pied) - Daughter of King Philip of Hungary, wife of Pepin the Short, mother of Charlemagne, her right foot is bigger than her left foot, she trades places with Elisetta, she is kidnapped and left for dead in the woods but is later reunited with Pepin [LRF]
Bertha the Second - Daughter of Bertha Broadfoot and King Pepin, sister of Charlemagne, mother of Roland, she is excommunicated and flees from Paris to Sutri, she is pardoned by Charlemagne [HCG] [LRF]
Bertoloi - French knight, one of the Twelve Peers [O]
Bertrand - French knight, son of Duke Naimon, he is sent to Pavia as Charlemagne's messenger, one of the Twelve Peers [GB] [OTD] [PC]
Beuves of Aigremont (Buovo of Agramonte) - Father of Maugris, son of Bernard of Clermont [LRF] [QFA] [OF] [OI]
Beuves of Chartres - French knight [F]
Beuvon - Father of Girard of Fraite [A]
Bevis of Hampton (Buovo) - Ancestor of Rogero [OI]
Bireno - Duke of Zealand, he loves Olimpia, but is imprisoned by Cimosco [OF]
Black Fairy - Aquilante’s protector [OI]
Boïdant - Saracen king, he is killed by Anquetin the Norman [A] [GB]
Bordacco - King of Damascus [OI]
Bovon - Son of Girard of Fraite, brother of Ernaut, Renier, and Claron [A]
Bradamante - Daughter of Aymon, female knight, of the House of Clermont, Renaud’s sister, and Ricciardetto’s twin, she is in love with Rogero, she weds Rogero and founds the House of Este [OF] [OI]
Bramante (Bramantes) - King of Africa, brother of king Agolant, saracen knight, he attacks Zaragoza to try to win the hand of Galeana, he is killed by Charlemagne [HCG] [LRF]
Brandimarte - Saracen knight, son of Monodante and a Saracen woman, brother to Oliver, Ziliante, Leodilla, and Aude, he falls in love with Flordelis and converts to Christianity, his horse is named Batoldo [OF] [OI]
Branzardo - King of Bugia, Agramante’s viceroy in Bizerte (Hippo) [OF] [OI]
Bréhier - Saracen king of Damascus, Babylon, and North Africa, he is a giant, he has a a magical ointment that heals and cures all wounds instantly, he kills Broiefort, he is killed by Ogier [OTD]
Brulan - Saracen knight, brother of Balan the Almiran, he is killed by Charlemagne [F]
Brulhan of Montmirat - Saracen knight, he rides a horse that is faster than a greyhound, the tip of his lance is poisoned, he is killed by Ganelon [F]
Brunaldo - Emperor of Trebizond [OI]
Brunamont - Saracen knight of Majorca, first owner of Broiefort, he is a treacherous knight, Ogier kills him in a joust [OTD]
Brunello - Dwarf and thief, he is six hands tall, in the service of King Agramante, Agramante crowns him King of Tingitana [OF] [OI]
Brustamont (Brutamon) - Saracen knight, jailer of Balan the Almiran's dungeons, he is killed by Floripar [F]
Bucifaro - King of Algeciras on the Bay of Gibraltar [OF] [OI]
Burnols - King of Hungary [A]
Butran - Saracen emir [A]
—C—
Cadiel - Saracen king, father of Durand and Ospiniel [A]
Cahoer - King of England [A]
Calidora - Maiden encountered by Roland near Narcissus’ Fount [OI]
Callitrefia - Nurse to Bradamante, her daughter is Ippalca [OF]
Candor of Cyprus - Saracen knight [LRF]
Canidès - Saracen king of Orcania, he is killed by Graelant [A]
Caraheut (Karvel) - Saracen king, son of King Gloriant, he agrees to joust with Ogier to determine the fate of both their armies, his sword is Courtain, he offers himself to the French as hostage after Ogier is taken prisoner, he is a brave, noble, and honest knight, he gives the sword Courtain to Ogier, he is granted freedom after the battle of Rome [ODK] [OTD]
Carogiero - Descended from Agolant in a parallel line to Agramante, Mordante is his illegitimate son [OI]
Charlemagne (Charles, Carlo, Carolus Magnus, Charlot, Carlotto, Karl, Mainet, Mainetto) - Charles the Great, Holy Roman Emperor, King of the Franks and Lombards, son of Pepin and Bertha Broadfoot, uncle of Roland, he flees to Spain to the court of king Galaphron after his parents are killed, he goes by the name Mainet, he falls in love with Galeana, he returns to France and kills his two bastard half-brothers, he is crowned Emperor of Rome and king of France, he crosses the alps to battle with Agolant at Reggio, he does battle with Aumont, he dubs 337 young squires as knights, he follows a white deer through the Alps to Italy, he travels to Rome to defend the Pope against Saracen invaders, he banishes Ogier from France to protect his son Charlot from Ogier's wrath, he leads his army into battle against the army of King Didier of Lombardy, he rescues Roland and Olivier when they are outnumbered by the army of Fierabras, he considers returning to France when the twelve peers are all beseiged in the tower of Aigremoine, he captures Balan the Almiran and the tower of Aigremoine, he has a dream that he will return to Spain and be betrayed, he has been fighting in Spain for 27 years, he lays siege to Luiserne, he enters Luiserne disguised as a pilgrim, the sun stood still for three days after the battle of Roncevaux pass while he pursued the Saracen army of Marsilius, he died on January 28 in 814 A.D. and was buried in Saint Mary's church in Aix-la-Chapelle, his soul was carried to heaven by angels [A] [F] [GB] [HCG] [LRF] [ODK] [OF] [OI] [OTD]
Charlot - Son of Charlemagne, a proud and impetuous young knight, he has a mean temperament and is not liked, he kills Baudoin with a chessboard [LRF] [OTD]
Cimosco - King of Friesland, he wants his son Arbantes to marry Olimpia [OF]
Circella - Enchantress whose history is depicted on a loggia viewed by Roland [OI]
Clarice - Wife of Renaud [OI]
Clarion - Saracen knight, nephew of Balan, his horse can run twenty leagues without tiring, he is killed by Richard of Normandy [F]
Claron - Son of Girard of Fraite, brother of Bovon, Ernaut, and Renier, he kills Agolant [A]
Clermont (Chiaramonte) - Noble family of the Picardy region of France [LRF]
Cloridano - Saracen warrior, Friend to Medoro [OF]
Colindor - Saracen knight [LRF]
Constantine - Byzantine Emperor, father of Leo IV, contemporary of Charlemagne [A] [OF]
Constantine - Pope Constantine III, governor of Rome [HCG] [LRF]
Corbino - Brother of Orrigille [OI]
Cornicas - Saracen knight, he is killed by Guy of Burgundy [GB]
Costanzo - King of Greece, son of Avatarone [OI]
Corsuble - Saracen knight, he was killed by Richard of Normandy [F]
Corsuble - Saracen King, he is killed by Duke Naime [OTD]
Cymosco - King of Friesland [OF]
—D—
Dalfreno of Africa - Saracen knight [LRF]
Dalinda - Friend and lady-in-waiting of Ginevra, in love with Polinesso [OF]
Dami-Dieu - Name of God [F]
Danemont - Saracen king, son of Corsuble, son of Huidelon, brother of Dragolant, he ambushes Ogier and Charlot during their joust and treacherously takes them prisoner [GB] [OTD]
Daneziambro - French knight [LRF]
Danfiore - Saracen knight [LRF]
Daniberto - King of Frisa [OI]
Daniforte - Seneschal of Tunis [OI]
Dardinello - King of Zumara, son of Almonte [OF] [OI]
Darguno - Saracen knight [LRF]
David - King of Cornwall [A]
Demogorgon - Ruler of the Faery Realm [OI]
Desiderius (Didier) - King of Lombardy, he offers Ogier refuge from Charlemagne at his court in Pavia [A] [LRF] [OI] [OTD]
Desramé - King of Cordes [GB]
Dicilla (honesty) - One of Logistilla’s ladies, (symbolising honesty) in company with Andronica (courage), Fronesia (wisdom), and Sofrosina (chastity) [OF]
Dionisio of Mayence - Treacherous French knight [LRF]
Disorir - Saracen knight [LRF]
Dolistone - King of Liza, father of Flordelis and Doristella [OI]
Doon of Mayence (Droon of Poitiers, Doolin) - French knight, lord of Mainz, father of Godfrey of Denmark and Grifone of Mayence [A] [OTD]
Doralice - Daughter of Stordilano the King of Granada [OF] [OI]
Doristella - Fiordelisa’s sister, daughter of King of Liza [OI]
Draginazzo - Demon [OI]
Dragolant - Saracen knight, son of Huidelon, brother of Danemont, he is a trecherous knight [GB]
Dragontina - Sorceress [OI]
Druon - King of Bohemia [LRF]
Dudon - Son of Ogier, friend of Astolfo [OF] [OI]
Durand - Son of king Cadiel [A]
Durastante - King of India, slain by Roland [OI]
—E—
Effraon - Saracen giant [F]
Effraon's Wife - Saracen giantess, wife of Effraon, she wields a giant scythe, she is killed by Hoël, she had two giant sons named Roland and Oliver who also died [F]
Eliadas - Saracen knight, son of Fanis [A]
Elisetta (Falsetta, Aliste) - Daughter of Guglielmo of Mayence, childhood companion of Bertha Broadfoot, she looks almost exactly like Bertha, she trades places with Bertha, she sleeps with King Pepin, she has two bastard sons Ranfroi and Heudri, she is burned to death as punishment [LRF]
Emaudras - Saracen king of Maudrane, nephew of Escorfaut, he is killed by Turpin [GB]
Emmeline - Daughter of the King of Hungary, wife of Girard of Fraite [A]
Engelier (Angelerus, Bérenger, Beringaire, Berangier, Engeler) - French knight, Duke of Aquitaine, son of Gascon, companion of Roland, a young knight, one of the Twelve Peers [A] [GB] [HCG] [KS] [O] [PC] [SR] [WC]
Erifella (Eriphila) - Monster who guards a bridge, she holds beautiful sparkling armor and rides a wolf as big as an ox [OF]
Ermelina (Armelina) - Wife of Ogier the Dane, sister to Beatrice, and mother of Dudon [OF] [OI]
Ernaud (Ernaut) - French knight, son of Girard of Fraite, brother of Bovon, Claron, and Renier, one of the Twelve Peers [A] [PC]
Esclamar of Damietta - Saracen knight, he fights with Oliver and wounds him, he is killed by Oliver [F]
Escorfaut - Saracen king of Carsaude and the Tower of Augorie, nephew of Huidelon, he converts to Christianity and is baptized [GB]
Esperrant - Saracen king, nephew of the Great Emir, he flees from battle when he belives that Aumont will lose, Agolant sentences him to death by dragging [A]
Espulart of Nubia - Saracen knight, nephew of Balan the Almiran [F]
Estout of Langres (Estolt, Estor) - Son of Odon of Langres, French knight, companion of Roland, a young knight, he is fearless, one of the Twelve Peers [A] [F] [GB] [O]
Eutropius - Saint Eutropius, Bishop of Xantonge, his parents were Xerxes, the king of Babylon, and Queen Guiva [HCG]
—F—
Facin - Saracen king of Barbary [HCG]
Facundus - Holy martyr with Primitivus, Christian of León who was tortured and then beheaded on the banks of the River Cea [HCG]
Fagon - Cousin and seneschal of Charlemagne [A]
Falerina - Sorceress, her enchanted garden is in the realm of Orgagna, where she created Rogero’s sword, Balisarda [OI]
Falsabratz - Saracen knight, he is killed by Roland [F]
Falsetta - Demon [OI]
Falsiron (Faliron, Falseron) - Son of Galaphron, father of Ferrau, brother of Marsilius, Balugante, and Galeana, saracen knight [LRF] [OI]
Fanis - Saracen king, father of Eliadas [A]
Febosilla - Fairy [OI]
Ferragut (Ferraù, Ferragus, Ferracute) - Giant Saracen knight, son of Falsiron and Lanfusa, brother to Isolier, nephew of Marsilio, he is in love with Angelica, Saracen giant of the race of Goliath, he is twelve cubits tall, he is only vulnerable in his navel, he defeats many French knights, he debates theology with Roland before he is killed [HCG] [OF] [OI]
Fierabras of Alexandria (Ferumbras, Florian) - Saracen knight who vows to defeat Roland and Olivier in combat, son of Balan the Almiran, brother of Floripar, he pillaged Rome and stole the Holy Relics from the Church of Saint Peter, he has the balm with which Jesus was anointed, he carries the three swords Baptism, Florence, and Garamante, he fights with and is defeated by Oliver, he converts to Christianity, he is baptized with the name Florian, he begs his father Balan to convert to Christianity, he is given half of Balan's kingdom [F]
Fiordispina of Spain - Sister to Matalista, in love with the warrior-maid Bradamante [OF] [OI]
Fiovo of Bordeaux - French knight [LRF]
Florent - Son of the King of Hungary, brother of Emmeline, brother-in-law of Girard of Fraite, he marries Queen Aufélise [A]
Floriant - Charlemagne's Saracen interpreter, he is from Nubia [GB]
Flordelis (Fiordelisa) - Daughter of Dolistone, sister of Doristella, in love with the knight Brandimarte[OF] [OI]
Floripar (Floripas, Floripes) -Beautiful Saracen woman, daughter of emir Balan, sister of Fierabras, she has a magical belt, she kills Brustamon and aids the French knights who are held in the prison of Aigremoine, she kills her duenna Margarande, she wants to marry Guy of Burgundy, she shows the Crown of Thorns, Nails of the Crucifixion, and Holy Shroud to the French counts in the Tower of Aigremoine, she is baptized and married to Guy of Burgundy [F]
Foucher - French knight [OTD]
Fromer - Abbot [A]
Fromond - Old French knight [OTD]
Fronesia - One of Logistilla’s ladies, (symbolising wisdom) in company with Andronica (courage), Dicilla (honesty), and Sofrosina (chastity) [OF]
Frontorne - Bishop of Perigord [HCG]
Fugiforca - Kidnapper [OI]
Furra - Saracen king of Navarre [HCG]
—G—
Gabriel - Archangel who aids Charlemagne, invoked as a saint [A] [GB]
Gabrina - Old crone who haunts Isabella and Zerbino [OF]
Galaciella (Gallicella) - Daughter of king Agolant, sister of Aumont and Troiano, wife of Rogero of Reggio, aunt of Agramante, mother of Rogero and Marfisa, after her husband Rogero of Reggio is killed, she takes refuge in a wood, gives birth to twins, and dies [A] [OF] [OI]
Galafre (Alagolofure) - Saracen giant that guards the Bridge of Mantible, he is fifteen feet tall, his ears are big enough to hold a bushel of wheat each, he wields an enormous axe, he wears the skin of a snake with hard scales as armor, Renier cuts off his legs and his body is thrown into the Flagot river [F]
Galaphron (Galafrone, Galafro) - King of Cathay, king of Spain, his three sons are Marsilius, Balugante, and Falsiron, father of Angelica and Argalia [LRF] [OF] [OI]
Galeana (Galerana) - Daughter of Galaphron, princess of Spain, sister of Marsilius, Balugante, and Falsiron, she elopes with the young Charlemagne, who was living, incognito, at the Spanish court, she escapes to France with Charlemagne and she marries him [LRF] [OI]
Galerius Galin (Galerus, Galinus Solomon) - French knight, Astolfo's friend and companion [HCG]
Galifer - Admiral of Coleto [HCG]
Galindre - Saracen king of Batre, messenger of Agolant, companion of Ulien, he is a charming knight [A]
Galot of Monroquier - Saracen knight [F]
Ganelon of Pontieri (Gano, Ganalon) - Treacherous knight of Mayence who betrayed Charlemagne, son of Griffon of Hauteville, brother-in-law of Charlemagne, husband of Gille, step-father of Roland, he advises Charlemagne to leave the twelve peers for dead in the tower of Aigremoine and return to France, he and his family fight bravely alongside Charlemagne at Mantible bridge, he is sent to Balan the Almiran as a messenger and kills Brulhan of Montmirat, he betrays the French army at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass, he is tried for treason and is drawn and quartered by four wild horses [F] [GB] [HCG] [LRF] [OF] [OI]
Garin - Squire of Oliver [F]
Garin - Father of Renier of Genoa, grandfather of Oliver [F]
Garin - Duke of Lorraine [HCG]
Gascon - Duke of Aquitaine, father of Engelier [HCG]
Gautier of Avallon - French knight, one of the Twelve Peers [KS] [OTD]
Gayfere (Gaifier) - French knight, king of Bordeaux [HCG] [OTD]
Geoffroy of Anjou (Geoffroi, Geoffroy Grise Gonèle, Geoffrey Greymantle, Jaufre) - French knight, Count of Anjou, Duke of Paris, Saint Geoffrey of Angers, he is flat-nosed, he is captured and held in the prison of Aigremoine, one of the twelve peers [A] [F] [GB] [WC]
Gérer - French knight, one of the Twelve Peers [KS] [SR]
Gérin - French knight of Plaisance, brother of Berron, one of the Twelve Peers [KS] [O] [OTD] [PC] [SR]
Giasarte - Saracen knight defeated by Astolfo [OI]
Gilimer (Guilamar the Scotsman) - Scottish knight, count, he is captured and held in the prison of Aigremoine, one of the Twelve Peers [F] [OTD]
Gille (Gile, Gilain) - Daughter of Pepin, sister of Charlemagne, wife of Milon d'Aglante, later wife of Ganelon, mother of Roland [GB]
Gillefroi - Saracen, cousin of Aumont [A]
Gilbert - Lombard knight [OTD]
Ginamo of Bayonne - Uncle of Ganelon, treacherous French knight [LRF] [OI]
Ginevra - Daughter of the King of Scotland, she is accused by Lurcanio of infidelity [OF]
Girardet - Son of Girard of Fraite [A]
Girardo - Renounced his Christianity due to Roland [OI]
Girard of Fraite (Gerard of Frata, Girart of Vienne, Girard of Roussillon) - Duke of Burgundy, Auvergne, Gascony, Couzan, and Gévaudan, son of Beuvon, rebellious French knight, he brings the army of Burgundy to aid Charlemagne at Aspremont, he is not a vassal nor an ally of Charlemagne, he fights alongside king Heudri against Charlemagne, he makes peace with Charlemagne and submits to him, he commands Charlemagne's army, one of the Twelve Peers [A] [F] [LRF] [O] [OTD] [SR]
Gismonda - Wife of Oliver [OF]
Giunento - King of Granada, saracen knight [LRF]
Gloriande - Daughter of King Corsuble, sister of Danemont, she is betrothed to Caraheut, she is granted freedom after the battle of Rome [ODK] [OTD]
Godefroy of Angers - French knight [OTD]
Godfrey (Gaufrey, Gaufroi, Godefroi, Götrik) - King of Denmark, king of Getulia and Sarias, oldest son of Doon of Mayence, father of Ogier the Dane, he gives Ogier to Charlemagne as a hostage [GB] [LRF] [ODK] [OTD]
Gondebaud (Galdebode, Gottebus, Getobous, Gondebeuf) - King of Frisia [A] [HCG] [LRF]
Gorhant - Son of Balan, sensechal of Agolant, he is killed by Ogier [A]
Gradasso - Saracen king of Sericana and Nabatea, his horse is named Alfano [OF] [OI]
Graelant (Grelent) - Jongleur and trouvère, young squire, noone plays the vielle or sings better than he does, companion of Roland, a young knight [A] [KS]
Grandonio of Maroc - Saracen knight [LRF]
Great Emir - Powerful Saracen king, uncle of Esperrant and Maargon, he flees from Rise and sails back to Africa [A]
Grifone the White - Son of Oliver, his brother is Aquilante the Black [OF] [OI]
Griffon of Hauteville (Grifone of Mayence, Andrieu, Jaufre of Hautefeuille) - Treacherous French knight, son of Doon of Mayence, father of Ganelon [F] [LRF]
Guibert of Rivier - French knight [OTD]
Guicciardo - Eldest son of Aymon [OF] [OI]
Guerino of Mongrana - Younger brother of Girard of Fraite, father of Ugone of Avernia, grandfather of Bossoro, he is killed by Charlemagne [LRF]
Guglielmo - Count of Mayence, treacherous French knight [LRF]
Guidon Selvaggio (the Savage) - Member of the House of Clermont, an illegitimate son of Aymon, and therefore half-brother, with his twin Carinda, to Renaud, Astolfo is his cousin [OF]
Guimer - Squire of Saint-Omer [OTD]
Guillame - French knight, one of the Twelve Peers [WC] [PC]
Gumard Esturinite - French knight [HCG]
Guy of Blois - French knight [OTD]
Guy of Burgundy (Gui de Bourgogne) - French knight, Duke of Burgundy, son of Sanson of Burgundy, nephew of Charlemagne, cousin of Roland, he is handsome, he is beseiged in the tower of Aigremoine, he is engaged to Floripar, he is taken prisoner by Balan the Almiran, he is freed by the French barons, he marries Floripar and is given half of Balan's kingdom, he is chosen to replace Charlemagne as king of France during Charlemagne's absence, he delivers the five cities of Carsaude, Montesclair, Montorgueil, Augorie, and Maudrane to Charlemagne, he is declared king of Spain under Charlemagne, one of the Twelve Peers [F] [GB] [OI]
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Hago - French knight [HCG]
Hardré - Treacherous knight of Pavia who betrays Ogier, kinsman of Ganelon [GB] [OTD]
Haton (Hato, Hatton, Hatun, Otun, Oton, Otes) - Haton the Sage, companion of Bérenger, French knight, companion of Roland, a young knight, one of the Twelve Peers [A] [GB] [HCG] [WC]
Hector - King of Val Penée, son of Lampal, standard bearer of Aumont [A]
Henri of Burgundy - French knight, he is captured and held in the prison of Aigremoine [F]
Hermonides - Knight from Holland, encountered by Zerbino [OF]
Hernaut of Nantes - French knight [OTD]
Herod - ancient king in the Holy Land [HCG]
Heudri (Olderigi, Heldri) - Half-brother of Charlemagne, he and Ranfroi murder their father Pepin, he becomes king of France [LRF]
Hoël of Nantes (Hugues) - French knight, he kills the giantess wife of Effraon [F]
Huidelon (Huidre) - Saracen king of Montorgueil, he is noble and loyal, he and his family convert to Christianity and are baptized [GB]
Huon - Count of Le Mans [A]
Huon of Bordeaux - French knight [OI]
Huon of Troyes - French knight [OTD]
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Ibrahim (Ibraim) - Saracen king of Seville, he is killed at the battle of Córdoba [HCG]
Ippalca - Maid to Bradamante, daughter of Callitrefia her nurse [OF]
Iroldo - Knight, native of Babylon, follower of Renaud, and friend to Prasildo [OF]
Isabella - Noble Saracen lady, loved by Zerbino [OF]
Isolier - Saracen leader from Spain, Ferrau’s brother [OF] [OI]
Isoré (Ysoré) - French knight [A]
Ivon (Ivone, Yvon) - French knight, kinsman and follower of Renaud, companion of Ivoire, one of the Twelve Peers [GB] [OI] [KS] [SR] [WC]
Ivoire (Yvoire) - French knight, companion of Ivon, one of the Twelve Peers [GB] [KS] [SR]
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Jafer - Saracen king [A]
Jeremiah - Biblical prophet [A]
John the Evangelist - Brother of Saint James [HCG]
Juonius - French knight [HCG]
Jupiter - God of the Saracens, one of four idols carried by the army of Aumont [A]
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Lambert - Hunter who finds Bertha Broadfoot in the woods and rescues her [LRF]
Lambert - Count of Berry, Prince of Bourges, French knight [HCG]
Lampal the Hoary - Saracen king, father of Hector [A]
Lampordo - Giant [OI]
Lanfusa - Mother of Ferragut, Isolier, and Maugris [OF] [OI]
Larbino - King loved by Calidora [OI]
Leo - Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire, son of Constantine [OF]
Leo - Cardinal, stepson of Bernard of Clermont, he becomes Pope Leo XIII [LRF]
Leodilla - Daughter of King Monodante, sister to Brandimarte and Ziliante [OI]
Leone - Byzantine prince [OF]
Leopander - Dean of Aix la Chapelle [HCG]
Lionetto of Mayence - Treacherous French knight [LRF]
Locrino - Suitor of Orrigille [OI]
Logistilla - Good sorceress, sister of Alcina and Morgana [OF]
Longinus - Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus on the cross [A]
Lotieri - French knight [LRF]
Lucafer of Baudrac - Saracen knight who was betrothed to Floripar, he is killed by Duke Naimon [F]
Lucina - Daughter of Tibiano, wife of Norandino [OF] [OI]
Lucio Albino - Lord of Sutri [LRF]
Lupin - Saracen deity [F]
Lurcanio - Brother to Ariodante, evil lord who threatens to put Ginevra to death [OF]
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Maargon - Saracen king, nephew of the Great Emir, he flees from battle when he belives that Aumont will lose, Agolant sentences him to death by dragging [A]
Macabré - Rich Saracen king of Tortoles, father of Aquilant, his armor is worn by Charlemagne [A] [GB]
Macaire the Leude - Treacherous French knight, he has a long beard, he tells Charlemagne falsely that Roland is dead [F]
Macaris of Pamplona - Saracen knight [LRF]
Maguarin - Saracen knight, king [F]
Mahomet (Maumet, Mohamet, Bafom) - Saracen deity, one of four idols carried by the army of Aumont, a golden idol worshipped by Balan the Almiran, it speaks with the voice of a devil [A] [F] [HCG]
Mahon - Skilled Saracen engineer [F]
Malagriffa - Demon [OI]
Malmuzet of Gornat - Camerlengo of Floripar [F]
Malpy of Granmolade - Saracen thief and enchanter, he casts a spell that opens a locked door in the tower of Aigremoine, enchants the French counts with a spell of sleep, and steals the Belt of Floripar before he is killed by Guy of Burgundy [F]
Malrin - Clever engineer who serves Charlemagne, he is skilled in siegecraft [OTD]
Mambrino - Saracen king, Renaud slew him and wears his enchanted helmet [OF] [OI]
Manador of Cyprus - Saracen knight, he is killed by Balante [LRF]
Mandaquin - Saracen king, nephew of Agolant, he is killed by Roland [A]
Mandricardo - King of the Tartars, his father was Agricane, fierce but hot-headed Saracen knight [OF] [OI]
Manilardo - King of Noritia [OF] [OI]
Manuo - Saracen king of Mecca [HCG]
Marfisa - Daughter of Rogero of Reggio and Galaciella, female Saracen knight, twin sister of Rogero [A] [OF] [OI]
Marfusto - Kidnapper of Leodilla [OI]
Marganor - Tyrannical giant [OF]
Margarande (Maragunde) - Duenna of Floripar, she is killed by Floripar [F]
Margot - Saracen deity [F]
Marguerite - Wife of Huidelon [GB]
Marsilius (Marsile, Marsilio, Marsir) - Son of Galaphron, Saracen king of Zaragoza, king of Spain, father of Fiordispina, brother of Falsiron, Balugante and Galeana, uncle of Ferrau and Isolier, he attacks Charlemagne's rearguard in Roncevaux Pass, he is killed by Roland [GB] [LRF] [OF] [OI]
Martano - Knight from Antioch, Orrigille’s lover [OF]
Martasino - New king of Garamanta, replacing his predecessor the aged priest of Apollo [OI]
Martial - Bishop of Limoges [HCG]
Matalista - Brother to Fiordispina [OI]
Matbia - Uncle of Floripar, he was killed by Richard of Normandy [F]
Maugris (Maugis, Malagigi) - Great enchanter, cousin of Renaud and son of Beuves of Aygremont and Lanfusa, brother to Viviano and Aldigier [FSA] [OF] [OI]
Maximin - Bishop of Aix-la-Chapelle [HCG]
Mazarigi - King of Pamplona [LRF]
Medoro - Saracen knight who weds Angelica [OF]
Melissa - Good sorceress who helps Rogero and Bradamante [OF]
Milo - Pope, he bears a cross which contains a piece of the True Cross [A]
Milo of Anglante (Milon, Milone, Sventura) - Son of Bernard of Clermont, brother to Aymon, husband of Bertha the Second, father of Roland, he is excommunicated and leaves France for Sutri, he joins the army of king Agolant using the name Sventura, general of Charlemagne's occupying force in Spain, he is killed by Saracens near the abbey of Facundus [HCG] [LRF] [OF] [OI]
Moadas - King of Jerusalem, young nephew of Agolant [A]
Moïsan - Saracen king, uncle of Aumont [A]
Monodante - King of the Distant Isle, father of Brandimarte, Ziliante, and Leodilla [OI]
Morando of Riviera (Ragonese) - French knight, foster-father to Charlemagne, he goes by the name Ragonese which means person from Aragon [LRF]
Moredes - Saracen knight who was killed by the French counts on their way to Aigremoine [F]
Morgan le Fay (Morgana) - Evil sorceress, fairy, sister of Alcina and Logistilla [OF]
Morgante - Saracen king in the army of Marsilius [OI]
Murificans (Munificans) - Brother of Aurizans and Wayland, smith who forged the three swords Durendal, Sauvagine, and Cortana [F]
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Naaman - Duke of Bourbon [HCG]
Nabigant - Saracen king of Abîme [A]
Naimon (Naime, Naimes, Namo, Namus, Aymes) - Duke of Bavaria, old French knight with a white beard, wise adviser to Charlemagne, father of Avorio, Avino, Belengiero, and Ottone, he succeeds in his quest against the griffin of Aspremont, he falls in love with Queen Aufélise, he kills king Sinagon, he is beseiged in the tower of Aigremoine, he is the guardian to Angelica, one of the Twelve Peers [A] [F] [GB] [LRF] [O] [OF] [OI] [OTD] [PC]
Norandino (Nur ed-Din) - King of Damascus and Syria, father of Saladin [OF] [OI]
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Ocellus - Count of Nantes, French knight [HCG]
Odon of Langres (Oede, Eudes, Uedon) - Odon the bearded, French knight, father of Estolt of Langres, one of the twelve peers [A] [GB] [OTD]
Odorico - Disloyal friend of Zerbino [OF]
Ogier the Dane (Oddgier Danske, Holder Danske) - Son of Godfrey, father of Dudon, king of Dacia, he is a beautiful young man with blonde hair, he is held hostage by Charlemagne, he takes the Oriflamme and battles the Saracen army, he is knighted by Charlemagne, Caraheut gives him the sword Cortana, he kills Brunamont in a joust and takes the horse Broiefort, he becomes Charlemagne's gonfalonier, Charlemagne chooses him to watch over and protect the newly knighted young Roland, he kills king Gorhant, he wants justice for the killing of his son by Charlot, he is banished from France and pursued by Charlemagne, he flees to the court of King Didier in Pavia, he is besieged for many years alone in his castle at Castel-Fort, he is taken prisoner by Turpin, his quarrel with Charlot is finally settled, he defeats the Saracen giant Bréhier and leads the French to victory, he is beseiged in the tower of Aigremoine, he executes Balan the Almiran, his horse is Rondello, his sword is Cortana, he is buried at the Abbey of Saint Faro in Meaux, one of the Twelve Peers [A] [F] [GB] [HCG] [LRF] [O] [ODK] [OI] [OTD] [PC]
Olimpia - Daughter of the King of Holland, she loves Bireno [OF]
Oliver (Olivier) - Marquis of Vienne, Count of Auvergne, son of Renier of Genoa, brother to Ziliante, Brandimarte, and Aude, husband to Gismonda, father of Grifone and Aquilante, Roland's closest companion, represents wisdom and moderation as opposed to his headstrong companion Roland, carries the banner of Saint Dennis, his side is pierced by the lance of Esclamar of Damietta, he kills Esclamar, while still wounded he fights a duel against Fierabras and defeats him, he is outnumbered and captured by a Saracen army led by Sortibran, he is held in the prison of Aigremoine, he is beseiged in the tower of Aigremoine, his sword is Hauteclere, general in the army of Charlemagne, valiant soldier renowned for his strength and skill, he is killed at the battle of Roncevaux Pass, one of the Twelve Peers [A] [F] [GB] [HCG] [KS] [O] [OI] [OF] [PC] [SR] [WC]
Orage - Saracen dragoman, he runs faster than a camel, he is sent by Balan the Almiran to tell Galafre not to let the French cross the bridge of Mantible [F]
Oridante - Giant [OI]
Orrigille - Woman from Bactria, loved by Grifone [OF] [OI]
Orrilo - Robber demon [OF]
Ospiniel (Ospin) - Saracen king of Algarve, son of king Cadiel, nephew of Agolant, he is slain by Charles' army at Xantogne [A] [HCG]
Otachier - Son of King Philip of Hungary [OI]
Otto (Otho) - King of England, father of Astolfo [LRF] [OF] [OI]
Otton - Son of Naimon, french knight, his three brothers are Avorio, Avino, and Belengiero, one of the Twelve Peers [GB] [KS] [O] [OI] [SR]
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Pantasilicor - King of Thessaly, captured and hung by Renaud [OI]
Pasitea - One of the three graces who appear to Renaud [OI]
Paul - Bishop of Narbonne [HCG]
Pentalion of Trazza - Saracen knight [LRF]
Pepin the Short (Pipin) - King of France, father of Charlemagne, son of Charles the Hammer, husband of Bertha Broadfoot [A] [GB] [LRF] [OI]
Perodia - Queen of Liza [OI]
Philander - Brother to Hermonides [OF]
Philip - King of Hungary, father of Bertha Broadfoot [LRF] [OI]
Pilïasi - Russian prince, defeated by Astolfo [OI]
Pinabel - Count of the House of Mayence, son of Anselmo d’Altaripa, treacherous nephew of Ganelon who defends his uncle in trial by combat, he fights a trial combat with Theodoric and is killed by him [HCG] [OF] [OI]
Pincenart - King of a kingdom where it is never cold [A]
Polinesso - Duke of Albany, Scottish lord, treacherous knight, he and Ariodante are rivals for Ginevra's affection [OF]
Polinoro - Saracen knight, according to "Li Reali Francia" he is the original owner of Durendal, he is killed by Charlemagne [LRF]
Prasildo - Follower of Renaud, lord of Babylon and friend to Iroldo [OF] [OI]
Prester John - Ruler of the Nestorian Christian kingdom in Ethiopia [A]
Primitivus - Holy martyr with Facundus, Christian of León who was tortured and then beheaded on the banks of the River Cea [HCG]
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Quintino - French knight [LRF]
—R—
Radamanto - Giant King of Moscow and Comano [OI]
Raimbaud of Frize - French knight [OTD]
Rainieri - Son of Lucio Albino, he loses a fist fight with young Roland [LRF]
Raineri - Count of Altafoglia [OI]
Rambaldo (Rampaldo) - Duke of Reggio, Puglia, and Calabria, descendant of Buovo, grandfather of Rogero [LRF] [OI]
Ranchiera - Giant [OI]
Ranfroi (Lanfroi, Reinfrei) - Half-brother of Charlemagne, he poisons and kills Bertha Broadfoot, he and Heudri murder their father Pepin [LRF]
Raymond of Trieva - French knight [LRF]
Razols of Mons (Riols of Le Mans) - French knight [F]
Renaud (Renault, Rinaldo) - Oldest son of Aymon, brother of Bradamante, Guicciardo, Ricciardo, Ricciardetto and Alardo, nobleman from Montauban (Montalbano) of the House of Clermont, cousin of Roland, his horse is named Bayard (Baiardo), his sword is Fusberta, his wife is Clarice, his war-horn is named Bondino [FSA] [OF] [OI]
Renier of Genoa (Renier of Geneva, Ranier of Reims, Régnier of Gênes, Reyner) - French knight, duke, fourth son of Girard of Fraite, brother of Bovon, Claron, and Ernaut, father of Oliver and Aude, Count of Pont-Élie, he argues with Aloris in favor of trying to rescue the Twelve Peers from the Tower of Aigremoine, he cuts off the legs of Galafre, he kills Sortibran, one of the Twelve Peers [A] [F] [GB] [OI] [OTD]
Ricciardetto - Son of Aymon, twin brother to Bradamante, brother to Renaud [OF] [OI]
Ricciardo - Son of Aymon [OF] [OI]
Richard of Normandy - French knight, Duke of Normandy, he killed Corsuble, he is beseiged in the tower of Aigremoine, he is sent from the tower to get help from Charlemagne, he kills Clarion and steals his horse, the waters of the Flagot rise miraculously and he follows a white deer who swims across, he plans to return across the bridge of Mantible disguised as merchants, one of the Twelve Peers [F] [GB] [OI] [OTD]
Richer the German - Nephew of count Bérenger, cousin of king Desiderius, he fails in his quest against the griffin of Aspremont [A]
Richier of Le Mans - French knight, brother-in-law of Charlemagne [OTD]
Rinaldo of the White Thorn - French knight [HCG]
Rodomonte - Saracen King of Sarza and Algiers, son of King Ulieno, noted Saracen leader [OF] [OI]
Rogero of Reggio (Ruggiero) - Son of Rampaldo, brother-in-law of Charlemagne, husband of Galaciella, father of Rogero and Marfisa, killed by his treacherous brother Beltramo, he is an invincible hero whose body remains intact even after his death [A] [OF] [OI]
Rogero (Ruggiero) - Noble Saracen knight, descendent of Alexander the Great and Hector of Troy, grandson of Agolant, grandson of Rampaldo, son of Ruggiero of Reggio and Galaciella, twin brother of Marfisa, his horse is Frontino, his sword is Balisarda, in love with Bradamante, he becomes a Christian and weds Bradamante, with Bradamante he founds the House of Este [A] [OF] [OI]
Roland (Rolandin, Rollant, Orlando, Orlandino, Roolando) - Nephew of Charlemagne and Aymon, son of Milo of Anglante and Bertha the Second, Lord of the Breton March, Count of Brava, Count of Mans and Lord of Guienne, Lord of Anglante, cousin of Renaud, he was born into povery in cave near Sutri, he wins many games, battles, and wrestling matches against the other children, his coat of arms is divided into four quarters of red and white, he takes food from Charlemagne's table, he has been left in France because he is too young for war, he escapes from his guardians and joins the army just in time to save Charlemagne from Aumont, he kills Aumont and wins the famous sword Durendal that had previously belonged to Aumont, he is knighted by Charlemagne who girds him with the sword Durendal, he is the most feared knight in the world and is the champion of Christianity, he battles and debates theology with the giant Ferracute before he kills him, leader of the young barons who form the vanguard of Charlemagne's army, he fights with Oliver against the army of Fierabras, he has a quarrel with his uncle Charlemagne and refuses to duel Fierabras, he is beseiged in the tower of Aigremoine, in love with Angelica, his sword is Durendal, his horse is Brigliadoro, he went by the name Rotolante at the Cyprus tournament, his wife is the beautiful Aude, he is killed defending the readguard at the battle of Roncevaux pass, he breaks Durendal, confesses his sins and is borne away to heaven by angels, he lived for six lustres and eight years (thirty-eight years), one of the Twelve Peers [A] [F] [GB] [HCG] [KS] [O] [OF] [OI] [PC] [SR] [WC]
Romaricus - Soldier whose ghost appeared to his kinsman in a dream to punish him for a misspent inheritance [HCG]
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Sacripant (Sacripante) - Saracen King of Circassia, in love with Angelica, his horse is Frontilate, renamed Frontino by Rogero [OF] [OI]
Sadone - Saracen king, a tall and strong Nubian warrior, son of the Emir Quiquevant, he agrees to joust with Charlot, he is granted freedom after the battle of Rome [OTD]
Saint Denis - Patron saint of Paris and France, he was the Bishop of Paris, third century martyr, he was decapitated and then picked up his head and walked several miles while preaching a sermon, his banner is a dragon [A] [F] [GB] [HCG]
Saint Dominic (Domins, Domiste) - Castilian Catholic priest, mystic, and founder of the Dominican Order, he descends from heaven with Saint George and Saint Mercurius to help the French [A]
Saint George - Venerated Christian soldier who defeated a dragon, he descends from heaven with Saint Dominic and Saint Mercurius to help the French [A]
Saint Honoré (Honoratus) - Seventh bishop of Amiens [A]
Saint James (Santiago) - Disciple of Jesus, brother of John, patron saint of Spain, his remains are held in Santiago de Compostela in Galicia, his shrine in Compostello contains wood from the Holy Cross [GB] [HCG]
Saint John - Disciple of Jesus, brother of James, author of one of the gospels [HCG]
Saint John the Baptist - Prophet who baptizes Jesus in the river Jordan [F]
Saint Lazarus - Lazarus of Bethany, Jesus restored him to life four days after his death [A] [GB]
Saint Malo - Welsh monk who fled to Brittany, battle cry of the Bretons [A]
Sainte Mary (Marie, La Virgene, La Vierge) - The Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus [A] [F]
Saint Mercurius - Saracen soldier who became a Christian saint and martyr, he descends from heaven with Saint Dominic and Saint George to help the French [A]
Saint Michael - Angel who descends from heaven armed with a lightning bolt, he settles the quarrel between Ogier and Charlot [OTD]
Saint Omer (Audomar) - Bishop of Thérouanne, after whom nearby Saint-Omer in northern France was named [A]
Saint Peter (Père, Pierre) - Apostle of Jesus who was crucified with his head down in Rome, founder of the church in Rome [A] [F] [GB] [HCG]
Saint Richard (Richier) - Pilgrim who led his family on a pilgrimage and died en route to the Holy Land [F]
Saint Sebastian - Christian martyr who was tied to a tree and shot with arrows, though this did not kill him, later he was clubbed to death, protector against Bubonic plague [GB]
Saint Severinus (Severin, Seurin) - Parton saint of Bordeaux [HCG]
Salatiel (Salatielo) - Saracen king of Africa, noble, rich, and full of treachery [A] [LRF]
Salatré - Saracen king [GB]
Salomon (Salamone, Solomon) - King of Brittany, Astolpho's friend and companion [A] [LRF] [OI] [OTD]
Sanquino - Duke of Ireland, bastard son of Bernard of Clermont [LRF]
Sanson (Samson, Sampson, Sansone) - Duke of Burgundy, of Picardy, father of Guy of Burgundy, French knight, one of the Twelve Peers [A] [GB] [HCG] [KS] [OTD] [SR] [WC]
Sansonetto - Heathen convert, viceroy to Charlemagne, and guardian of the Holy Places [OF]
Saturnine - Bishop of Toulouse [HCG]
Scarapino - One of Maugris’ demons [OI]
Serpentino - Nephew of King Marsilius [OI]
Silvanella - Fairy [OI]
Simon - Pope in Rome [OTD]
Sinagon (Sinagon of Faraonia) - Saracen king of Halape and Antioch, he is killed by Naimon [A] [LRF]
Soldan of Babylon - Unnamed Sultan of Persia [HCG]
Sofrosina - One of Logistilla’s ladies, (symbolising chastity) in company with Andronica (courage), Dicilla (honesty), and Fronesia (wisdom) [OF]
Soldanus - Saracen knight [LRF]
Sorbrin (Sorbrino) - King of Algoco and Garbo, saracen spy, adviser of Agolant who lived for a year at Charlemagne's court [A] [OI]
Sortibran of Coïmbre - Sarcen knight, he leads an army that captures Oliver, he is Balan the Almiran's master counselor, he is killed by Renier [F]
Spinardo - Treacherous French knight [LRF]
Stella - Wife to Grifone [OI]
Stordilano - King of Granada, father of Doralice [OF] [OI]
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Tenas of Nubie - Saracen knight, nephew of Balan the Almiran [F]
Teodoro - King of Armenia, lover of Doristella [OI]
Tervagant (Termagant) - Saracen deity, one of four idols carried by the army of Aumont [A] [F]
Texephin - Saracen king of Arabia [HCG]
Theodora - Sister of Constantine [OF]
Theodoric - French knight, he escapes the battle of Roncevaux Pass and witnesses the death of Roland, he fights a trial combat with Pinabel and kills him [HCG]
Thierry of Ardennes (Thierri, Tierri, Thiorin, Téric) - French Duke from Normandy, nephew of Salomon, father of Berard of Montdidier, count of Sens, he is beseiged in the tower of Aigremoine, one of the Twelve Peers [A] [F] [GB] [OTD] [WC]
Thraso - Duke of Marra [OF]
Tibiano - King of Cyprus and Rhodes, father of Lucina [OI]
Tiebaut - Treacherous French knight, kinsman of Ganelon [GB]
Tolomeo - Treacherous French knight [LRF]
Tornafer of Baudrac - Saracen knight, he is a king, he is killed by Roland [F]
Trïamodés (Triamondes) - Saracen king of Valorie, son of king Bramante, uncle of Aumont, he is killed by Duke Bérenger [A] [LRF]
Tribuat - Saracen knight, he is a king [F]
Troiano (Trojano, Troyano) - Son of king Agolant, brother of Aumont and Galaciella, father of Agramante, king of Turkey and Armenia [A] [LRF] [OF] [OI]
Trophimus - Bishop of Arles [HCG]
Truffaldino - Villainous character slain by Renaud [OI]
Turlone - Giant [OI]
Turpin - Archbishop of Reims, monk at the abbey of Saint Denis, he was a monk in Normandy for ten years before he became an Archbishop, warrior priest, he keeps Ogier prisoner in his dungeon but feeds him well and plays chess with him every day, he carries the Cross of Pope Milo into battle against Agolant, ostensible author of "History of Charles the Great and Orlando" also known as "Turpin's Chronicle", he converts the Saracens of Spain to Christianity, one of the Twelve Peers [A] [F] [GB] [HCG] [KS] [O] [OF] [OI] [OTD] [PC] [WC]
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Ugone the Piter - French knight [LRF]
Uldano - King of Denmark, cousin of Ogier the Dane [OI]
Ulien (Uliano) - Former Saracen King of Sarza, nephew and messenger of Agolant, father of Rodomonte, companion of Galindre, he has a white beard and gold earrings [A] [LRF] [OF]
Ullania - Lady sent on embassy from the Queen of Iceland [OF]
Ungiardo - Liegeman of the Emperor Constantine [OF]
Urabell - Saracen king of Alexandria [HCG]
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Vatran - King of the Bulgars [OF]
Viviano - Son of Lanfusa and Beuves of Aygremont, brother to Aldigier and Maugris [OF] [OI]
Vulterinus Garinus - Duke of Lorraine, French knight [HCG]
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Walter of the Olive Trees - French knight [HCG]
Wayland (Galant, Galans, Galaus) - Brother of Aurizans and Murificans, according to Karlamagnus Saga he was an English smith who forged the three legendary swords Almace, Cortana, and Durendal, according to Fierabras he was a smith who forged the three swords Froberge, Hauteclere, and Joyeuse [F] [KS]
Witikind - King of the Saxons who was defeated by Charlemagne [A]
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Yon (Ivon) - King of Bordeaux [LRF]
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Zebedee - Father of Saint James and John the Evangelist [HCG]
Zerbino - Duke of Ross, son of the Scottish king, brother to Ginevra, knight of Scotland who carries Roland's arms and armor during Roland's madness, loved by Isabella [OF]
Ziliante - Brother of Brandimarte, Oliver, and Aude, their father was Monodante [OF]
SOURCES
[A] : Aspremont
[F] : Fierabras
[FSA] : Four Sons of Aymon
[GB] : Gui de Bourgogne
[HCG] : History of Charles the Great and Orlando
[LRF] : Li Reali di Francia
[KS] : Karlamagnus Saga
[O] : Otinel
[ODK] : Olger Danskes Kronike
[OF] : Orlando Furioso
[OI] : Orlando Innamorato
[OTD] : Ogier the Dane
[PC] : Pilgrimage of Charlemagne
[SR] : Song of Roland
[WC] : Weihenstephan Chronicle
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