Paladin
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The Paladins, also called the Twelve Peers, are twelve legendary knights, the foremost members of Charlemagne's court in the 8th century. They first appear in the medieval chanson de geste cycle of th
The death of Roland at the Battle of Roncevaux (manuscript illustration c. 1455–1460)
Roland storms the temple of Muhammad (Codex Palatinus Germanicus, 12th century)
Fierabras (1497 woodcut)
Die drei Paladine des deutschen Kaisers by Wilhelm Camphausen (Die Gartenlaube, 1871)
Ogier the Dane
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Ogier the Dane is a legendary paladin of Charlemagne who appears in many Old French chansons de geste. In particular, he features as the protagonist in La Chevalerie Ogier, which belongs to the Geste
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…because it resembles the Twelve Apostles (etc.). Always named among the paladins are Roland and Oliver; other recurring characters are Archbishop Turpin, Ogier the Dane, Huon of Bordeaux, Fierabras, Renaud de Montauban and Ganelon. Their greatest moments come in The Song of Roland (written between c. 1040 and 1115…
Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan's statue of Holger Danske in the casemates at castle Kronborg
![Broiefort, horse won by Ogier form his Saracen opponent Brunamont—Lucien Laforge [fr], in Butts, Mary (1913) Les infortunes d'Ogier le Danois](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Butts%281913%29-Ogier-p043-Broiefort.jpg/500px-Butts%281913%29-Ogier-p043-Broiefort.jpg)
Broiefort, horse won by Ogier form his Saracen opponent Brunamont—Lucien Laforge [fr], in Butts, Mary (1913) Les infortunes d'Ogier le Danois
Ogier and the fairy horse Papillon.—Illustration by R. B. Birch in Baldwin (1899) Story of Roland
Othgerius/Ogier is one of two reclining tomb effigies on the sarcophagus at center.