The Song of Roland

Jursaleu

Family: Sarrazins · Role: son of Marsilies · First appears: Laisses CXXXIX–CXLIV

In Laisses CXXXIX–CXLIV, Rollant takes the head of Jursaleu, the blond son of Marsilies. In Laisses CXCIII–CXCVIII, the pagans lament that Jursaleu, Marsilies’s son, has been slain: “We'll have no more Fair Jursaleu, his son;”

Relationship record

Life events

  • Rollant takes the head of Jursaleu.(Laisses CXXXIX–CXLIV)
    • With: Rollant
    • “Then takes the head of Jursaleu the blond;”
  • The pagans lament that Jursaleu, Marsilies's son, has been slain.(Laisses CXCIII–CXCVIII)
    • With: Marsilies
    • “We'll have no more Fair Jursaleu, his son;”

Laisses CXXXIX–CXLIV

  • enemies with Rollant “Then takes the head of Jursaleu the blond; That was the son of king Marsilion.”
  • parent: Marsilies “That was the son of king Marsilion.”

Laisses CXCIII–CXCVIII

  • parent: Marsilies “We'll have no more Fair Jursaleu, his son;”

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