King of France

Role: king · First appears: The Fianna · The Battle of the White Strand · The First Fighters · Part 1

Life events

• Oisin defeats the King of France, who flees to Gleann na-n Gealt.(The Fianna · The Battle of the White Strand · The First Fighters · Part 1 · 📍 Gleann na-n Gealt)
  • With: Oisin
  • “But for all that he was worsted in the end, and great fear came on him, like the fear of a hundred horses at the sound of thunder, and he ran from Oisin, and he rose like a swallow, that his feet never touched the earth at all; and he never stopped till he came to Gleann na-n Gealt, the Valley of Wild Men.”

The Fianna · The Battle of the White Strand · The First Fighters · Part 1

• enemies with Oisin “So the King of France and Oisin met one another at the eastern end of the strand, and they struck their banners of soft silk into the green hill, and bared their swords and made a quick attack on one another.”
• enemies with Finn “‘I will answer that challenge,’ said the King of France, ‘for it is against Finn I am come to Ireland, on account of my wife that he brought away from me; and these men will fall by me now,’”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Gods and Fighting Men. Made with Rho MD.