Rohalt

Also known as: Marshal Rohalt · Family: Lyonesse · Role: marshal and keeper of Tristan · First appears: Chapter 1 · Part 1

At the Castle of Kanoël, Marshal Rohalt was entrusted with Blanchefleur as her guardian and took the child Tristan into his keeping. To protect Rivalen’s heir from Morgan, he hid Tristan among his own sons: “but for fear that Morgan might slay Rivalen’s heir the Marshal hid him among his own sons.” He loved Tristan as a son, yet remembered Rivalen and revered Tristan as his lord.

When seven years had passed, Rohalt placed Tristan under the tutelage of Gorvenal. After long wandering by sea and land, he revealed Tristan at Cornwall to King Mark as the son of Blanchefleur and Rivalen: “King Mark, here is your nephew Tristan, son of your sister Blanchefleur and of King Rivalen.” Later, at Lyonesse, Tristan released his recovered land to Rohalt and his heirs, asking him to hold it and pass it to his son.

Relationship record

Life events

• Rohalt hides Rivalen’s heir among his own sons to protect him from Morgan.(Chapter 1 · Part 1 · 📍 Castle of Kanoël)
  • With: Tristan Duke Morgan
  • “but for fear that Morgan might slay Rivalen’s heir the Marshal hid him among his own sons.”
• Rohalt places Tristan under Gorvenal’s tutelage.(Chapter 1 · Part 1)
  • With: Tristan Gorvenal
  • “When seven years were passed and the time had come to take the child from the women, Rohalt put Tristan under a good master, the Squire Gorvenal”
• Rohalt reveals Tristan as King Mark’s nephew and Rivalen’s rightful son.(Chapter 1 · Part 2 · 📍 Cornwall)
  • With: Tristan King Mark Blanchefleur Rivalen
  • “King Mark, here is your nephew Tristan, son of your sister Blanchefleur and of King Rivalen.”
• Tristan releases his recovered land to Rohalt and his heirs.(Chapter 1 · Part 2 · 📍 Lyonesse)
  • With: Tristan
  • “To Rohalt then, here, I will release my land. Do you hold it, father, and your son shall hold it after you.”

Chapter 1 · Part 1

• ward: Blanchefleur “gave the Queen in ward to his Marshal Rohalt”
• ward: Tristan “Rohalt, the keeper of faith, took the child”
• child: Tristan “loved him indeed as a son, but in his heart revered him as his lord”
• liege: Tristan “in his heart revered him as his lord”
• liege: Rivalen “But Rohalt remembering Rivalen and Blanchefleur (of whose youth and grace all this was a resurrection) loved him indeed as a son, but in his heart revered him as his lord.”

Chapter 1 · Part 2

• child: Tristan “But two men Rohalt and King Mark of Cornwall nourished me, an orphan, and a wandering boy. So should I call them also fathers.”
• ward: Tristan “But two men Rohalt and King Mark of Cornwall nourished me, an orphan, and a wandering boy. So should I call them also fathers.”

Chapter 13 · Part 1

• child: Tristan “He fled his sorrow still by seas and islands, till at last he came back to his land of Lyonesse, and there Rohalt, the keeper of faith, welcomed him with happy tears and called him son.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Romance of Tristan and Iseult. Made with Rho MD.