Aelroth

Also known as: Aeroth · Family: Sarrazins · Role: Marsilies's nephew · First appears: Laisses XCI–XCVI

In Laisses XCI–XCVI, Aelroth is named as Marsilies’s nephew. He rides against Rollant, who kills him in combat: “And with his spear the soul from body throws”

Relationship record

Life events

• Rollant kills Aelroth in combat.(Laisses XCI–XCVI)
  • With: Rollant
  • “Slices the heart, and shatters up the bones, All of the spine he severs with that blow, And with his spear the soul from body throws”

Laisses XCI–XCVI

• elder kin: Marsilies “Marsile's nephew, his name is Aelroth,”
• enemies with Rollant “His steed he spurs, gallops with great effort; He goes, that count, to strike with all his force, The shield he breaks, the hauberk's seam unsews, Slices the heart, and shatters up the bones,”

Also listed in Sarrazins — Minor Figures

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