Milun

Family: Franks · Role: baron · First appears: Laisses VII–XII

In Laisses VII–XII, Milun is among the barons at Charles’s council, alongside Guenes, Rollant, Oliver and others. He is Tedbald of Reims’s cousin, and Charles is his lord. In Laisses CLXXV–CLXXX, at Rencesvals, Charles commands Milun and Tedbalt to guard the battlefield and leave the dead unmoved. In Laisses CCXI–CCXVI, Charles orders Milun, Tedbalt, Gebuin and Otun to convey three bodies in wagons.

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 Tedbald 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 Tedbald
  • “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)
  • With: Charles Tedbald Gebuin Otun
  • “The King commands Tedbalt and Gebuin, Marquis Otun, Milun the count besides: Along the road in three wagons to drive.”

Laisses VII–XII

• lord: Charles “Tedbald of Reims and Milun his cousin:”
• cousins with Tedbald “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:”

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Extracted from the original text of The Song of Roland. Made with Rho MD.