Guillaume d’Orange

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Guillaume d’Orange is a legendary medieval French hero and warrior-noble celebrated in the chansons de geste for his battles against Saracens and loyal service to Charlemagne.

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Label Occurrences
Guillaume d’Orange canonical 3

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French epic hero ⓘ
chanson de geste character ⓘ
legendary hero ⓘ
medieval literary character ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Guillaume au Court Nez ⓘ
William of Orange (epic hero) ⓘ
appearsInGenre chanson de geste ⓘ
appearsInWork Aliscans ⓘ
La Chanson de Guillaume ⓘ
La Prise d’Orange ⓘ
Le Charroi de Nîmes ⓘ
Le Moniage Guillaume ⓘ
associatedPlace Nîmes ⓘ
Orange ⓘ
Spain (epic setting) ⓘ
linked to: Spain
associatedWithDynasty Carolingian dynasty ⓘ
basedOn William of Gellone ⓘ
centralFigureOfCycle Cycle de Guillaume d’Orange ⓘ
characterTrait bravery ⓘ
loyalty ⓘ
piety ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
familyRole vassal of Charlemagne ⓘ
hasRelative Guibert ⓘ
Vivien ⓘ
hasSpouse Orable ⓘ
influenced later French epic literature ⓘ
languageOfWorks Old French ⓘ
laterAdaptations medieval prose romances ⓘ
literaryTradition Matter of France ⓘ
mainAdversaries Saracens ⓘ
medium oral epic tradition ⓘ
narrativeArc from warrior to monk (in Le Moniage Guillaume) ⓘ
notableEvent battle of Aliscans (in Aliscans) ⓘ
capture of Orange (in La Prise d’Orange) ⓘ
defense of L’Archamp (in La Chanson de Guillaume) ⓘ
notableFor battles against Saracens ⓘ
loyal service to Charlemagne ⓘ
notableInPeriod Middle Ages ⓘ
occupation nobleman ⓘ
warrior ⓘ
religionInTexts Christianity ⓘ
roleInTexts defender of Christendom ⓘ
servesRuler Charlemagne ⓘ
spouseAlsoKnownAs Guibourc ⓘ
theme conversion and repentance ⓘ
feudal loyalty ⓘ
holy war against infidels ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William of Gellone → alsoKnownAs → Guillaume d’Orange ⓘ
Guillaume d’Orange epic cycle → mainCharacter → Guillaume d’Orange ⓘ