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      • Starting from the 18th century, Geneviève de Brabant became a traditional heroine of puppet theatre. Daughter of the Duke of Brabant, and married to Count Siffroy (in German: Siegfried), Geneviève (in German: Genovefa) is put under the protection of her husband’s steward, Golo, when Siffroy leaves to fight the Saracens.
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  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Genevieve_of_BrabantGenevieve of Brabant - Wikipedia

    Genevieve (also Genoveva or Genoveffa) of Brabant is a heroine of medieval legend. The story is told in the " Golden Legend " and concerns a virtuous wife falsely accused of infidelity. Legend

  4. www.encyclopedia.com › women › encyclopediasGeneviève de Brabant (fl. 8th c.) - Encyclopedia.com

    Geneviève de Brabant is the subject of a popular medieval legend which dates her life to about the middle of the 8th century. According to the legend, Geneviève, wife of Siegfried, count of Treves and Brabant, was falsely accused of adultery by one of her servants, the major-domo Golo.

  5. wepa.unima.org › en › genevieve-de-brabantGeneviève de Brabant - World Encyclopedia of Puppetry Arts

    A heroine of medieval legend whose story was told in the Legenda aurea or Legenda sanctorum (Golden Legend), a compilation of traditional lore about the lives of the saints by the Italian Jacobus de Voragine (c.1228/1230-1298).

  6. theodora.com › encyclopedia › gGenevieve of Brabant - Encyclopedia

    Genovefa of Brabant was said to be the wife of the palatine Siegfried of Treves, and was falsely accused by the majordomo Golo. Sentenced to death she was spared by the executioner, and lived for six years with her son in a cave in the Ardennes nourished by a roe.

  7. operawire.com › opera-profile-robert-schumannsOpera Profile: Robert Schumann’s Lone Opera ‘Genoveva’

    Jun 25, 2017 · For the opera’s narrative, Robert Schumann looked towards the mythological story of Genevieve of Brabant, itself a mythological extension of real-life 13th century Duchess of Bavaria Marie of Brabant.

  8. esat.sun.ac.za › index › Genevieve_of_BrabantGenevieve of Brabant - ESAT

    Genevieve of Brabant is the name of a heroine of medieval legend, and a character in a number of dramatized works. (Also found as Geneviève de Brabant, Genoveva or Genovefa)

  9. www.britishmuseum.org › collection › termCollections Online - British Museum

    Biography. The heroine of a medieval legend; wife of Siegfried of Treves, she was falsely accused of adultery and had to live with her son Schmerzenreich (q.v.) in a cave for 6 years, fed by a roe. Eventually reinstated by her repentant husband.