1. Bradamante is a fictional knight heroine in two epic poems of the Renaissance: Orlando Innamorato by Matteo Maria Boiardo and Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.
12 Facts About Bradamante
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Bradamante falls in love with a Saracen warrior named Ruggiero but refuses to marry unless he converts from Islam.
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Bradamante is described as wearing white, with a white shield and a crest of a pennon.
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Bradamante is one of the French warriors fighting during a Saracen invasion of France.
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Bradamante is fighting the Saracen Rodomont when Ruggiero informs her Charlemagne is retreating.
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Bradamante tries to leave to join the rest of the French forces, but Rodomont keeps her from leaving.
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Bradamante removes her helmet, revealing to Ruggiero for the first time that she is a woman.
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Bradamante convinces Charlemagne to decree that she will only marry a man who can withstand her in battle, greatly angering her parents, who reluctantly agree.
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Bradamante then asks for a favor, and Ruggiero, grateful for his freedom, promises to grant whatever Leo asks.
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Bradamante spends much of Orlando Furioso chasing down her love to save him, contrasting with Angelica, who spends most of the story running from Orlando.
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Bradamante appears as a character in Handel's opera Alcina and Johann Adolph Hasse's Il Ruggiero.
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Bradamante appears as one of the leading characters in several novels.