Renaud

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Gender Masculine
Usage French, Carolingian Cycle
Pronounced Pron. /ʁə.no/(French)

Meaning & History

French form of Reynold. This name was used in medieval French literature for the hero Renaud de Montauban, a young man who flees with his three brothers from the court of Charlemagne after killing the king's nephew. Charlemagne pardons the brothers on the condition that they enter the Crusades. A loose version of the character also appears in medieval Italian extensions of the tales, in the Italian form Rinaldo.