Gerin

Also known as: Gerins · Family: Franks · Role: knight · First appears: Laisses VII–XII

In Laisses VII–XII, Gerin is among the barons summoned by Charles, his lord, to council, where Guenes, Rollant and Oliver are also present. In Laisses LXI–LXVI, he is named with his friend Rollant; in Laisses CIII–CVIII, he rides with his friend Gerer, and together they strike Timozel and throw him dead.

In Laisses XCI–XCVI, Gerin strikes Malprimis down in combat. In Laisses CXV–CXX, Grandones strikes Gerin dead on a high rock, and also kills Gerer, Berenger and Guiun.

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 Milun 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.”
• Gerin strikes Malprimis down in combat.(Laisses XCI–XCVI)
  • With: Malprimis
  • “And with one blow that pagan downward falls; The soul of him Satan away hath borne.”
• Gerins and Gerers strike Timozel and throw him dead.(Laisses CIII–CVIII)
  • With: Gerer Timozel
  • “And go to strike a pagan Timozel; One on the shield, on hauberk the other fell; And their two spears went through the carcass well, A fallow field amidst they've thrown him dead.”
• Grandones kills Gerin, Gerer, Berenger, and Guiun.(Laisses CXV–CXX)
  • With: Grandones Gerer Berenger Guiun
  • “Until he flings him dead, on a high rock; His companion Gerer he's slain also, And Berenger, and Guiun of Santone;”

Laisses VII–XII

• lord: Charles “With him there were Gerers, also Gerin,”

Laisses LXI–LXVI

• friends with Rollant “Also Gerins and the proud count Geriers,”

Laisses XCI–XCVI

• enemies with Malprimis “And Gerins strikes Malprimis of Brigal So his good shield is nothing worth at all, Shatters the boss, was fashioned of crystal,”

Laisses CIII–CVIII

• friends with Gerer “On Passe-Cerf was Gerers there, his friend; They've loosed their reins, together spurred and sped,”
• enemies with Timozel “And go to strike a pagan Timozel; One on the shield, on hauberk the other fell;”

Laisses CXV–CXX

• enemies with Grandones “He's gone to strike Gerin with all his force; The scarlat shield from's neck he's broken off, And all his sark thereafter has he torn, The ensign blue clean through his body's gone, Until he flings him dead, on a high rock;”

Laisses CLVII–CLXII

• friends with Gerer “He finds Gerin, Gerers his companion, Also he finds Berenger and Otton,”

Laisses CLXXV–CLXXX

• friends with Gerer “Where is Gerins and his comrade Gerers?”

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