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Roland (d., c.778.) According to tradition, a knight of the court of his uncle Charlemagne. In literature and song, Roland is portrayed as that of a loyal, skillful and brave warrior, and a hero of romance.
John Clark Ridpath, Ridpath's History of the World, Vol. II (New York: Merrill & Baker, 1897) 529. (Death of Roland. )
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