Falfarun

Family: Sarrazins · Role: baron · First appears: Laisses LXVII–LXXII

In Laisses LXVII–LXXII, Falfarun is described as the brother of Marsilies. In Laisses XCI–XCVI, he fights Oliver, who kills him in combat: “On his spear's hilt he's flung it dead in dust.”

Relationship record

Life events

• Oliver kills Falfarun in combat.(Laisses XCI–XCVI)
  • With: Oliver
  • “The shield he breaks and through the hauberk cuts, His ensign's fringe into the carcass thrusts, On his spear's hilt he's flung it dead in dust.”

Laisses LXVII–LXXII

• siblings with Marsilies “--Brother he was to King Marsiliun--”

Laisses XCI–XCVI

• siblings with Marsilies “Brother was he to King Marsiliun,”
• enemies with Oliver “His horse he pricks with both his golden spurs, And goes to strike, ev'n as a baron doth; The shield he breaks and through the hauberk cuts, His ensign's fringe into the carcass thrusts,”

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