Blancandrins
Also known as: Blancandrin · Family: Sarrazins · Role: knight and counsellor · First appears: Laisses I–VI
Blancandrins serves Marsilies and, in Laisses VII–XII, carries Charles Marsilies’s offers of gifts and hostages, his promise to follow Charles to France, and his claim that he will accept Christianity. In Laisses XXV–XXX, Blancandrins keeps company with Guenes; then, in Laisses XXXI–XXXVI, the two make a covenant and seek a plan to have Rollant slain.
Relationship record
Life events
- Blancandrins tells Charles that Marsilies offers gifts and promises to follow him to France.(Laisses VII–XII)
- With: Marsilies
- “Proud Marsilies this message bids me say: Much hath he sought to find salvation's way; Out of his wealth meet presents would he make, Lions and bears, and greyhounds leashed on chain, Thousand mewed hawks, sev'n hundred dromedrays, Four hundred mules his silver shall convey, Fifty wagons you'll need to bear away Golden besants, such store of proved assay, Wherewith full tale your soldiers you can pay. Now in this land you've been too long a day Hie you to France, return again to Aix; Thus saith my Lord, he'll follow too that way.”
- Blancandrins tells Charles that Marsilies offers hostages and says he will accept Christianity.(Laisses VII–XII)
- With: Charles Marsilies
- “That Sarrazin says, ‘Hostages he'll show; Ten shall you take, or fifteen or a score. Though he be slain, a son of mine shall go, Any there be you'll have more nobly born. To your palace seigneurial when you go, At Michael's Feast, called in periculo; My Lord hath said, thither will he follow Ev'n to your baths, that God for you hath wrought; There is he fain the Christian faith to know.’”
- Blancandrins and Guenes make a covenant and seek a plan to have Rollant slain.(Laisses XXXI–XXXVI)
- With: Guenes
- “Cantered so far then Blancandrins and Guene Till each by each a covenant had made And sought a plan, how Rollant might be slain.”
Laisses I–VI
- lord: Marsilies “Calleth aside Clarun of Balaguee, Estramarin and Eudropin his peer, And Priamun and Guarlan of the beard, And Machiner and his uncle Mahee, With Jouner, Malbien from over sea, And Blancandrin, good reason to decree:”
Laisses VII–XII
- lord: Marsilies “My Lord hath said, thither will he follow”
Laisses XXV–XXX
- friends with Guenes “With Blancandrins, who abides his company.”
Laisses XXXI–XXXVI
- enemies with Rollant “Cantered so far then Blancandrins and Guene Till each by each a covenant had made And sought a plan, how Rollant might be slain.”
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Extracted from the original text of The Song of Roland. Made with Rho MD.