Bradamante

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Bradamante is a heroic female knight from the Italian epic tradition, best known as a central warrior figure in Ludovico Ariosto’s "Orlando Furioso."

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Bradamante canonical 8

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf female knight
fictional character
heroine
affiliation Charlemagne's paladins
appearsIn Orlando Furioso
Orlando Innamorato
associatedWith Angelica
House of Este
Marfisa
Orlando
betrothedTo Ruggiero
characterType warrior maiden
createdBy Ludovico Ariosto
Matteo Maria Boiardo
culture Italian Renaissance literature
descendantOf Duke Aymon of Dordone
destinedAncestorOf Este family
family House of Clermont
gender female
genre chivalric romance
hasQuality bravery
honor
loyalty
influenced later depictions of warrior women in European literature
languageOfWork Italian
literaryTradition Italian epic poetry
loveInterest Ruggiero
medium epic poem
mount horse
nationalityInFiction Frankish
notableEpisode adventures in the enchanted castle of Atlante
combat with Marfisa
rescue of Ruggiero from the sorcerer Atlante
notableFor chivalric virtue
love story with Ruggiero
martial prowess
opposes Saracen warriors
relative Charlemagne
religionInFiction Christianity
role paladin
warrior
settingPeriod Carolingian era
sibling Rinaldo
theme Christian–Saracen conflict
conflict between love and duty
weapon lance
sword

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alcina featuresCharacter Bradamante
Ruggiero loveInterest Bradamante
Ruggiero betrothedTo Bradamante
Ruggiero marriedTo Bradamante
HWV 34 character Bradamante
Orlando Furioso featuresCharacter Bradamante