The Bishop of the See of Urgel (Seo d'Urgel below) is ex officio the
ruler of Andorra (and has been for a long while). Andorra is in the
Pyrenees, and even though it's a long way East of Roncesvalles itself,
this could perhaps be of relevance here (names of people and even of
places can roam around quite cheerfully from ballad to ballad). Even so,
a Bishop isn't exactly a "f'ee" ...
RW
On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, George W. Lyon wrote:
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>Here's a little bit from Voltaire.
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>Mes chers amis, c'tait la fee Urgelle,
>Qui dans son temps protegea nos guerriers,
>Et fit du bien aux pauvres chevaliers.
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>Does anyone know anything about a fairy named Urgelle? My BREWER DICTIONARY OF
>PHRASE & FABLE speaks of an Urgel, who was one of Charlemagne's knights, & the Larousse
>refers to a Seo D'Urgel in Spain, but that's all I've been able to find.
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>--George Lyon
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