Emir Baligant Timeline and Summary
MoreEmir Baligant Timeline and Summary
- The Emir is falsely reported dead by Ganelon after Charlemagne demands him as a hostage from Marsile.
- He sails to Spain with an army just in time to aid the defeated Marsile, who promises to give him Saragossa if he triumphs over Charlemagne.
- He's initially distraught to hear of Saragossa's defeat but rallies when he learns of Roland's demise.
- Then he brings his army against Charlemagne.
- He tells Charlemagne to beg his forgiveness for killing his son.
- Finally—because this poem is bloody as all get-out, he's killed by Charlemagne in hand-to-hand combat.