Tedbald
Also known as: Tedbalt / Tedbalt of Reims · Family: Franks · Role: baron · First appears: Laisses VII–XII
In Laisses VII–XII, Tedbald of Reims attends Charles’s council with his cousin Milun, alongside Guenes, Rollant, Oliver and the other barons. At Rencesvals in Laisses CLXXV–CLXXX, Charles orders Tedbalt, Gebuin, Otun and Milun to guard the battlefield and leave the dead undisturbed; in Laisses CCXI–CCXVI, he commands Tedbalt and the others to carry three bodies in wagons. In Laisses CCXVII–CCXXII, Oedon commissions Tedbald and Oton to lead his men.
Relationship record
Life events
- Charles convenes a council with his barons, including Guenes, Rollant, and Oliver.(Laisses VII–XII)
- With: Charles Guenes Rollant Oliver Oger Turpin Richard Henry Acolin Milun Gerin Gerer
- “That Emperour, beneath a pine he sits, Calls his barons, his council to begin: Oger the Duke, that Archbishop Turpin, Richard the old, and his nephew Henry, From Gascony the proof Count Acolin, Tedbald of Reims and Milun his cousin: With him there were Gerers, also Gerin, And among them the Count Rollant came in, And Oliver, so proof and so gentil. Franks out of France, a thousand chivalry; Guenes came there, that wrought the treachery. The Council then began, which ended ill.”
- Charles orders Gebuin, Otun, Tedbalt of Reims, and Milun to guard the battlefield and leave the dead untouched.(Laisses CLXXV–CLXXX · 📍 Rencesvals)
- With: Charles Gebuin Otun Milun
- “The King commands Gebuin and Otun, Tedbalt of Reims, also the count Milun: ‘Guard me this field, these hills and valleys too, Let the dead lie, all as they are, unmoved, Let not approach lion, nor any brute, Let not approach esquire, nor any groom; For I forbid that any come thereto, Until God will that we return anew.’”
- Charles orders Tedbalt, Gebuin, Otun, and Milun to convey three bodies in wagons.(Laisses CCXI–CCXVI)
- Oedon commands the Bretons, and commissions Tedbald and Oton to lead his men.(Laisses CCXVII–CCXXII)
Laisses VII–XII
- lord: Charles “Tedbald of Reims and Milun his cousin:”
- cousins with Milun “Tedbald of Reims and Milun his cousin:”
Laisses CLXXV–CLXXX
- lord: Charles “The King commands Gebuin and Otun, Tedbalt of Reims, also the count Milun: “Guard me this field, these hills and valleys too,”
Laisses CCXI–CCXVI
- lord: Charles “The King commands Tedbalt and Gebuin, Marquis Otun, Milun the count besides:”
Laisses CCXVII–CCXXII
- lord: Oedon “The overlord of them is named Oedon, Who doth command the county Nevelon, Tedbald of Reims and the marquis Oton: ‘Lead ye my men, by my commission.’”
- lord: Charles “Tedbald of Reims and the marquis Oton: ‘Lead ye my men, by my commission.’”
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Extracted from the original text of The Song of Roland. Made with Rho MD.