Brandimarte

Brandimarte is a fictional character of the Matter of France. He appears in Matteo Maria Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato and Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso. He is a Saracen knight who was baptized by Orlando and became his loving friend. He took part in the Siege of Biserta. Orlando, Oliver, and Brandimarte were the three companions who took part in the final combat on Lampedusa, where he was killed by Gradasso.

References

Boiardo: Orlando innamorato ed. Giuseppe Anceschi (Garzanti,1978)
Orlando Furioso, prose translation by Guido Waldman (Oxford, 1999). ISBN 0-19-283677-3.
Orlando Furioso, verse translation by Barbara Reynolds in two volumes (Penguin Classics, 1975). Part one (cantos 1-23) ISBN 0-14-044311-8; part two (cantos 24-46) ISBN 0-14-044310-X. Part one has since been reprinted.
Orlando furioso ed. Marcello Turchi (Garzanti, 1974)
Orlando Furioso: A Selection ed. Pamela Waley (Manchester University Press, 1975)

Ludovico Ariosto's Orlando Furioso

Fictional Characters	Angelica Bradamante Brandimarte Ruggiero Angelica and Medoro Rodomonte Astolfo Atlantes Brunello Ferragut Sacripante Agolant Duke Aymon Ganelon Marfisa Maugris Melissa Naimon Oliver Pinabel Renaud de Montauban Zerbino Paladin Brigliadoro

Historical Figures	Roland Charlemagne

Source	Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo La Spagna Entrée d'Espagne

Films	Hearts and Armour (1983)

Opera	La liberazione di Ruggiero (1625) Il palazzo incantato (1642) Roland (1685) Bradamante (1707) Orlando furioso (1714) Orlando furioso (1727) Alcina (1728) Orlando (1733) Ariodante (1735) Les Paladins (1760) Roland (1778) Orlando paladino (1782) Ariodant (1799) Ginevra di Scozia (1801) Bombastes Furioso (1810)

Related	The Castle of Iron "The Song of Roland"

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