Oger

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

In Laisses VII–XII, Charles calls his barons to council, and Oger is among those who attend alongside Guenes, Rollant, Oliver, and others. The poem names him “Oger the Duke” as the council begins.

In Laisses CCXVII–CCXXII, Charles assigns Oger to lead the third column. In Laisses CCLIII–CCLVIII, Oger breaks Baligant’s ensign and dragon and casts down Mahumet’s standard.

Relationship record

Life events

• Charles convenes a council with his barons, including Guenes, Rollant, and Oliver.(Laisses VII–XII)
  • With: Charles Guenes Rollant Oliver Turpin Richard Henry Acolin Tedbald 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.”
• Oger is assigned to lead the third column.(Laisses CCXVII–CCXXII)
  • “The Danish chief, the warrior count Oger, Shall lead that troop, for haughty is their air.”
• Oger breaks Baligant's ensign and dragon and casts down Mahumet's standard.(Laisses CCLIII–CCLVIII)
  • With: Baligant
  • “Both in the field before his feet he breaks That king's ensign and dragon, both abased. Baligant sees his gonfalon disgraced, And Mahumet's standard thrown from its place;”

Laisses VII–XII

• lord: Charles “Oger the Duke, that Archbishop Turpin,”

Laisses LV–LX

• lord: Charles “‘Oger is here, of Denmark;’ answers Guenes,”

Laisses CCXVII–CCXXII

• lord: Charles “The Danish chief, the warrior count Oger, Shall lead that troop, for haughty is their air.”

Laisses CCLIII–CCLVIII

• lord: Charles (Oger is named among Charles's fighting barons.) “Naimes the Duke, also Oger the Dane, Geifreid d'Anjou, who that ensign displays.”

Laisses CCLXXXIII–CCLXXXVIII

• lord: Charles “Forty barons are in his following. Naimes the Duke, Oger that Danish Prince,”

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