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Roland

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Also known as Roland the Valiant

Roland (; ; or Rotholandus; or Rolando; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became an epic hero and one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was military governor of the Breton March, responsible for defending Francia's frontier against the Bretons. His only historical attestation is in Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni, which notes he was part of the Frankish rearguard killed in retribution by the Basques in Iberia at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass.

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Roland was a male knight and count from Francia, born in 737 and died on August 15, 778, at the Roncevaux Pass. He is depicted as the owner of the sword Durendal and the horse Veillantif. The figure appears in the works *The Song of Roland* and *Orlando Furioso*. His significant person is identified as Oliver.

The name Roland is also associated with Roland Dorgelès, an author born in 1886 and died in 1973. Dorgelès wrote 105 works, including *Le Cabaret de la Belle Femme*, *Souvenirs sur les croix de bois*, *Sur la route mandarine*, *Bouquet de bohème*, and *Le dernier moussem*. Additionally, a musical artist named Roland from Germany performs schlager music.

Synthesized by Vinony from 35 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1886
Died
1973
Works
105

Top works

  • Le Cabaret de la Belle Femme
  • Souvenirs sur les croix de bois
  • Sur la route mandarine
  • Bouquet de bohème
  • Le dernier moussem

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
10,722
Total plays
82,429

Tags

hungaryblueshardcorepopGabber

Ever since the 70s Roland Van Campenhout is known to be one of the best blues performers in Belgium - be it solo, with just an acoustic guitar and a mouth harp, or with some friends, just having a ball... Of course, Roland is more than just the blues. On his LPs and CDs he experiments with oriental sounds and samples (listen to his 1990 album The Last Tribe); On Snowblind you'll find a lot of instrumental tracks, setting a lot of different moods... You wonder how come the weird music on Little

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Quotes

  • To give one a Roland for an Oliver.
  • Alone, as if enduring to the endA valiant armor of scarred hopes outworn,He stood there in the middle of the roadLike Roland's ghost winding a silent horn.

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Key facts

Military person.name
Roland
Military person.image
Gare Metz décor 16.png
Military person.caption
A statue of Roland at Metz railway station, France
Military person.native_name
Hrōþiland
Military person.native_name_lang
frk
Military person.death_date
15 August 778
Military person.placeofburial
Blaye
Military person.allegiance
Frankish

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Encyclopedic overview

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Roland (; ; or Rotholandus; or Rolando; died 15 August 778) was a Frankish military leader under Charlemagne who became an epic hero and one of the principal figures in the literary cycle known as the Matter of France. The historical Roland was military governor of the Breton March, responsible for defending Francia's frontier against the Bretons. His only historical attestation is in Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni, which notes he was part of the Frankish rearguard killed in retribution by the Basques in Iberia at the Battle of Roncevaux Pass.

The story of Roland's death at Roncevaux Pass was embellished in later medieval and Renaissance literature. The first and most famous of these epic treatments was the Old French Chanson de Roland of the 11th century.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roland” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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