Guillaume d’Orange

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Guillaume d’Orange is a legendary medieval French hero and warrior-noble celebrated in the chansons de geste for his battles against Saracens and loyal service to Charlemagne.

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Guillaume d’Orange canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French epic hero
chanson de geste character
legendary hero
medieval literary character
alsoKnownAs Guillaume au Court Nez
William of Orange (epic hero)
appearsInGenre chanson de geste
appearsInWork Aliscans
La Chanson de Guillaume
La Prise d’Orange
Le Charroi de Nîmes
Le Moniage Guillaume
associatedPlace Nîmes
Orange
Spain (epic setting)
linked to: Spain
associatedWithDynasty Carolingian dynasty
basedOn William of Gellone
centralFigureOfCycle Cycle de Guillaume d’Orange
characterTrait bravery
loyalty
piety
countryOfOrigin France
familyRole vassal of Charlemagne
hasRelative Guibert
Vivien
hasSpouse Orable
influenced later French epic literature
languageOfWorks Old French
laterAdaptations medieval prose romances
literaryTradition Matter of France
mainAdversaries Saracens
medium oral epic tradition
narrativeArc from warrior to monk (in Le Moniage Guillaume)
notableEvent battle of Aliscans (in Aliscans)
capture of Orange (in La Prise d’Orange)
defense of L’Archamp (in La Chanson de Guillaume)
notableFor battles against Saracens
loyal service to Charlemagne
notableInPeriod Middle Ages
occupation nobleman
warrior
religionInTexts Christianity
roleInTexts defender of Christendom
servesRuler Charlemagne
spouseAlsoKnownAs Guibourc
theme conversion and repentance
feudal loyalty
holy war against infidels

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William of Gellone alsoKnownAs Guillaume d’Orange
Guillaume d’Orange epic cycle mainCharacter Guillaume d’Orange