Orlando Furioso (Rose)/Dramatis Personae

• Adonio, a knight of Mantua.
• Agramant, Emperor of Africa, son of Trojano, son of Agolantes, who was also the father of Almontes, and Galaciella. The family descended from Alexander the Great.
• Agricaltes, King of Ammonia.
• Alardo, son of Aymon.
• Alcabrun, the head of a Scottish clan of Highlanders.
• Alcina, a fairy, Morgana’s sister.
• Alda, wife of Orlando, daughter of Rinieri of Vienne.
• Aldigiero, a bastard son of Buovo. See Malagigi.
• Aleria, an Amazon, married to Guido the savage.
• Alfeus, a physician and astrologer.
• Almonio, a faithful follower of Zerbino.
• Almontes, father of Dardinello.
• Alteo, a Saracen.
• Alzirgo, King of Tremisene.
• Ambaldo, a Parisian.
• Ammirante (or Lamirante). Probably not a proper name, but a title, viz. the admiral. It is used speaking of a Spanish warrior.
• Aymon, son of Bernard of Clermont, Duke of Dordona, father of Rinaldo, Alardo, Guicciardo, Bradamant, and Ricciardetto; and brother of Milo, the father of Orlando.
• Analardo, Lord of Barcellona. ​
• Androphilus, brother-in-law of Constantine, the Greek emperor.
• Andronica, a follower of Logistilla.
• Andropono, a priest.
• —————, a Greek warrior.
• Angelica, daughter of Galaphron, King of Catay, and sister of Argalia.
• Angelino, of Bordeaux.
• —————, a Christian knight.
• Angioliero, ditto.
• Angiolino, ditto (probably the same as Angelino).
• Anselmo, Count of Altaripa, a Maganzese.
• —————, of Stamford.
• —————, of Flanders.
• Antona. See Southampton.
• Aquilant, brother of Gryphon, and son of Olivieri.
• Aramon, of Cornwall.
• Arbantes, son of Cimosco.
• Archidantes, Count of Saragossa.
• Ardalico, son of the Count of Flanders.
• Argalia. See Angelica.
• Argaliffa (or Largalifa), a Spanish warrior.
• Argano, leader of the troops from Libicana.
• Argeo, a Servian knight, married to Gabrina.
• Arimano, Duke of Somerset.
• Ariodantes, an Italian knight at the court of Scotland, Duke of Albany.
• Armano, Earl of Forbes.
• Arnaldo, of Thoulouse.
• Arralico, a Saracen.
• Arundel, Earl of.
• Astolpho, son of Otho, King of England, who was one of the sons of Bernard of Clermont, or Chiaramonte.
• —————, King of Lombardy.
• Athol, Earl of.
• Atlantes, an enchanter, Rogero’s tutor.
• Avino, one of Namus’s sons. ​
• Avolio (or Avorio), brother to the above.

• Balastro, leader of the troops from Alzerbe.
• Balifrontes, leader of the troops from Cosca.
• Balinverno, an exiled sovereign. See Malgarino.
• Baliverzo, the greatest rogue among the paynims. (Bojardo calls him King of Normandia—meaning, not Normandy in France, but the northern country from which the Northmen, or Normans came.)
• Balugantes, leader of the troops from the kingdom of Leon, and Marsilius’s brother.
• Bambirago, King of Arzilla.
• Bardino, Brandimart’s attendant.
• Baricondo, leader of the army from Majorca.
• Bath, Bishop of.
• Bavartes, one of Marsilius’s knights.
• Beatrice, Aymon’s wife, daughter of Namus, and sister of Ermellina, married to Ogier the Dane.
• Berkeley, Marquis of.
• Berlinghiero, one of Namus’s sons.
• Berta, Orlando’s mother, wife of Milo, then of Gano, and sister of Charlemagne.
• Bertolagi, of Bayonne, a Maganzese.
• Bianca, a fairy.
• Bianzardin, leader of the troops from Asturias.
• Bireno, Duke of Zealand.
• Bogio, of Vergalle, a Christian knight.
• Bradamant, daughter of Aymon and Rogero’s lady.
• Brandimart, son of Monodantes, King of the distant Islands.
• Branzardo, King of Bugia.
• Bruna, a fairy.
• Brunello, a thief, King of Tingitana.
• Bucifaro, King of Algazera.
• Buraldo, leader of the Garamanti.

• Caico, King of Almansilla.
• Calamidoro, of Barcellona.
• Caligorant, a giant. ​
• Carmondo, King of Damascus.
• Casimiro, a Saracen.
• Charlemagne.
• Chelindo, of Aragon.
• Cilandro, son of Marganorre.
• Clarindo, King of Bolga.
• Claudio dal Bosco.
• —————, of Tours.
• Clermont (Chiaramonte), family name of Bernardo, father of Aymon, &c.
• Clodione, son of Fieramonte, King of the Franks.
• Cloridano, from Tolomitta, a faithful follower of Dardinello.
• Corebo, of Bilbao, a faithful follower of Zerbino.
• Corimbo, from Agamia.
• Corineo, King of Mulga.
• Corrado, a German.
• Costantine, Emperor of Greece.
• Cymosco, King of Friesland.

• Dalinda, a maid of honor of Ginevra, loved by Polinesso.
• Dardinello, son of Almontes, King of Zumarra.
• Derby, Earl of.
• Desmond, Earl of.
• Dicilla, one of Logistilla’s followers.
• Dionysius, of Tours.
• Doralice, daughter of Stordilano, King of Grenada; loved by Rodomont, but marries Mandricardo.
• Dorchino, a Saracen.
• Dordogne, one of the titles of Bradamant: “La Donna di Dordona.”
• Doricont, one of Marsilius’s knights.
• Dorifebo, leader of the Catalans.
• Dorilone, leader of the troops from Setta.
• Dorset, Earl of.
• Drusilla, wife of Olindro of Lungavilla.
• Dudo, son of Ogier the Dane.
• Dulfin dal Monte.

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• Edward, Earl of Shrewsbury.
• Elio dal Monte.
• Erifilla, a giantess.
• Ermante, Earl of Abergavenny.
• Ermofilo, a knight from Damascus.
• Ermonides, of Holland.
• Errol, Earl of.
• Essex, Earl of.
• Etearco, a Saracen.

• Falsirone, Marsilius’s brother, leader of the troops from New Castile.
• Farurantes, of Maurina.
• Ferrau (or Ferraguto, Ferracuto, Ferraute, and Ferrautte), son of Falsirone, leader of the troops from Saragossa.
• Fieramonte, Duke of York.
• Filandro, a Dutch knight, in the service of Heraclius, the Greek emperor: loved by Gabrina, who forces him to marry her.
• Finadurro, leader of the troops from the Canary Islands, and from Morocco.
• Flordelice, daughter of Dolistone, and loved by Brandimart.
• Flordespina, daughter of Marsilius.
• Folicone (or Follicone, or Fulicone), Count of Almeria, a bastard son of Marsilius, and one of his knights.
• Folvo, King of Fiessa, or Fiersa.

• Gabrina, wife of Argeo, then of Filandro.
• Galaciella. See Agramant.
• Galaphron, King of Catay.
• Galerana (or Galeana), daughter of Galafro, King of Spain, sister of Marsilius, and wife of Charlemagne.
• Ganelone (or Gano da Pontieri), the head of the race of Maganza.
• Gardo, a Saracen.
• Ginevra, daughter of the King of Scotland: marries Ariodantes.
• Godfrey, Duke of Buckingham.
• Gradasso, King of Sericana. ​
• Grandonio, of Volterna, leader of the Algarbi.
• Grillo, a Christian warrior.
• Gryphon, brother of Aquilant.
• Gualtiero, of Paris.
• Guicciardo, son of Aymon.
• Guido, the savage, a natural son of Aymon.

• Henry, Duke of Clarence.
• —————, Earl of Salisbury.
• Hippalca, a confidential maid of Bradamant.

• Jocondo Latini, a Roman.

• Iroldo, a knight of Babylon.
• Isabella, daughter of the King of Gallicia, married to Zerbino.
• Isoliero, Lord of Pampeluna, son of Falsirone, leader of the troops from Navarre.
• Ivone, King of Bordeaux, father of Clarice, Rinaldo’s wife.

• Kent, Earl of.
• Kildare, Earl of.

• Labretto, Duke of.
• Langhirano, a Spanish warrior.
• Laodicea, Lord of.
• Leo, son of the Emperor Constantine.
• Leonetto, Duke of Lancaster.
• Lewis, a Provençal.
• Libanio, King of Constantina.
• Logistilla, a fairy, Alcina’s and Morgana’s sister.
• Lucina, daughter of Tibiano, King of Cyprus and Rhodes; wife of Norandino, King of Damascus.
• Lurcanio, Earl of Angus, brother of Ariodantes.

• Madarasso, leader of the soldiers from Malaga and Seville.
• Maganza, the family title of a race of traitors, hence called Maganzesi. ​
• Malabuferso, King of Fezano.
• Malagigi, a famous enchanter, son of Buovo.
• Malazur, a cunning Spanish warrior.
• Malgarino, an exiled monarch, in Marsiglius’s court and army.
• Malzarise, as above.
• Mandricardo, Emperor of Tartary, son of Agrican.
• Manilardo, King of Noritia.
• Mar, Earl of.
• Marbalusto, a giant, King of Orano.
• March, Earl of.
• Mark and MAtthew, two knights from the plains of St. Michel, near Paris.
• Marphisa, an Indian queen, daughter of Rogero of Risa, and of Galaciella.
• Margano, a Saracen.
• Marganorre, a brutal tyrant.
• Marsilius, King of Spain.
• Martano, a great coward, loved by Origilla.
• Mattalista, Flordespina’s brother, leader of the troops from Toledo, Calatrava, &c.
• Medoro, a faithful follower of Dardinello; Cloridano’s friend; and, ultimately, Angelica’s husband.
• Melissa, a witch or enchantress. (There are two.)
• Merlin, a famous enchanter.
• Mongrana, the family title of the descendants of Sinibaldo, uncle to Bernard of Clermont (Chiaramonte). They descended from Buovo d’Antona (Bevis of Southampton).
• Moratto, an Irish chief.
• Morgana, a fairy, Alcina’s sister.
• Morgante, like Malgarino; whom see.
• Moschino, who disliked water, and yet was drowned.
• Mosco, of Arragon.

• Namus, Duke of Bavaria.
• Norandino, King of Damascus.
• Norfolk, Duke of.
• Northumberland, Earl of.

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• Oberto, King of Ireland.
• —————, of Tours.
• Odo, of Paris.
• Odorico, a treacherous follower of Zerbino.
• Ogier (or Uggero, the Dane), a paladin, married to Ermellina (or Armellina), Namus’s daughter, from whom was born Dudon.
• Oldrado, Duke of Gloucester.
• —————, a Flemming.
• Olimpia, a daughter of the Count of Holland: loved and betrayed by Bireno. She then marries Oberto. King of Ireland.
• Olimpio dalla Serra. Ferrau’s favourite, a musician.
• Olindro, of Lungavilla, Drusilla’s husband.
• Oliviero, or Uliviero, of Burgundy: a famous paladin, son of Rinieri of Vienna, brother of Alda, and father of Gryphon and Aquilant.
• Ombonno, a knight from Damascus.
• Orghetto, a Maganzese.
• Origilla, a coquette, loved by Gryphon.
• Orlando, the famous paladin.
• Ormida, the leader of the troops from Marmond.
• Orrilo, an enchanted robber, living near the Nile.
• Otho, King of England.
• Oxford, Earl of.

• Palidon, of Moncalieri.
• Pembroke, Earl of.
• Pinabello, son of Anselmo, Count of Altaripa.
• Pinamonte, a Londoner.
• Polinesso, Duke of Albany, Great Constable of Scotland.
• Prando, a Norman.
• Prasildo, a knight of Babylon.
• Prusione, King of Alvaracchie.
• Puliano, King of Nasamona.

• Raymond, Earl of Devonshire. ​
• Raymond, a Londoner.
• Riccardo, a paladin.
• Richard, Earl of Warwick.
• Richardetto, son of Aymon.
• Richardo, one of Aymon’s sons, according to Ariosto.
• Richmond, Earl of.
• Rimedontes, leader of the troops from Getulia.
• Rinaldo, of Montalbano, son of Aymon.
• Rinieri, of Vienne (in Dauphiny), son of Gherardo da Fratta.
• Rodomont, son of Ulieno, King of Sarza and Algiers.
• Rogero, son of Rogero of Risa, and of Galaciella: marries Bradamant.

• Sacripant, King of Circassia.
• Salamon, King of Little Britanny.
• Salinterno, High-Marshal of the kingdom of Damascus.
• Sansonetto, a knight, converted to Christianity by Orlando, Governor of Jerusalem.
• Satallone, of Paris.
• Seleucia, Lord of.
• Sanapus, Emperor of Ethiopia.
• Serpentino, son of Balugantes, leader of the troops from Gallicia.
• Sidonia, Lord of.
• Sobrino, King of Algoccio.
• Sophrosina, a lady of Logistilla.
• Soridano, King of Hesperia.
• Southampton, Earl of.
• Spinelloccio, a Norman.
• Stordilano, King of Grenada.
• Srtrafford, Duke of.
• Suffolk, Earl of.

• Tanacro, son of Marganorre.
• Teodora, wife of Androphilus.
• Tesira, King of Lisbon.
• Tirse, a knight from Apamia. ​
• Thrason, Duke of Mar.
• Turpin, Archbishop of Rheims.

• Uberto, of Mirford.
• Ughetto, of Dordona.
• Ugo, of Tours.
• Ulania, a lady from Iceland.
• Ungiardo, a Greek baron.

• Vatrano, chief of the Bulgarians.
• Viviano, son of Buovo.

• Wales, Prince of, son of Otho.
• William of Burnich.
• Winchester, Karl of.

• Zerbino, Duke of Rosshire, son of the King of Scotland.