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Astolfo
Sign in to saveAlso known as Astolpho, Estous, Estouls
thumb|A print depicting Astolfo on horseback, 1510–1550
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Vinony's link graph records 108 inbound references to Astolfo, and connects out to The Song of Roland, paladin and Oliver.
Vinony files it under Characters in Orlando Innamorato and Orlando Furioso, Fictional characters introduced in the 14th century and Fictional knights.
Vinony links it to 16 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary character
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- England
- Religion
- Christianity
- Noble title
- duke
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Creator
- Matteo Maria Boiardo
- Image
- Astolfo te paard Il paladin Astolfo (titel op object), RP-P-1908-4306.jpg
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- present in work
- Orlando furioso
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- Commons category
- Astolfo
- hashtag
- astolfo
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- In ''Orlando Furioso''
- Origin of the name
- In modern times
- References
thumb|A print depicting Astolfo on horseback, 1510–1550
Astolfo (also Astolpho, Estous, and Estouls) is a fictional character in the Matter of France where he is one of Charlemagne's paladins. He is the son of Otto, the King of England (possibly referring to Charles' contemporary Offa of Mercia), and is a cousin to Orlando and Rinaldo, and a descendant of Charles Martel. While Astolfo's name appeared in the Old French chanson de geste The Four Sons of Aymon, his first major appearance was in the anonymous early fourteenth-century Franco-Italian epic poem La Prise de Pampelune. He was subsequently a major character (typically humorous) in Italian Renaissance romance epics, such as Morgante by Luigi Pulci, Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo, and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Astolfo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.