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Immediate reactions to this poem is of the disregard of the Queen’s marriage. Guigemar starves the enemy town, kills Meriaduc, and is reunited with the Queen. Meriaduc cannot untie her belt, but Guigemar does, after learning that she is in attendance of his jousting tournament. She finds the boat Guigemar initially arrived on, sets sail to Brittany, but falls prey to Meriaduc’s advances. When the King finds out about their relationship, he lets Guigemar free, leaving the Queen behind who ponds if suicide is her only option for two years.

To seal their affection for each other, the Queen ties Guigemar’s shirt into a knot only she can untie, and Guigemar wraps a belt around her. Yet, he is invited to join the Queen, where they begin a yearlong affair. Both the Queen and Guigemar believe that their love for each other in unrequited, so Guigemar hopes to die. Eventually, Guigemar is not bothered by his wound but is troubled by his love for the Queen. The Queen of the land he stumbles upon, as well as a maid, find him and offer comfort and a place to nurse his wound. Guigemar finds solace aboard a ship, which sets sail while he is asleep, and propels him towards his future lovers’ kingdom. Upon the arrow rebounding and wounding Guigemar, he is told by the deer that he is cursed, and he will never heal his wound until he finds a woman who is worth suffering for. Guigemar, a noble knight doomed unable to have love, finds a deer in the woods and attempts to kill it.

Related Resources: In Chapter 16, "Marie de France, AliŽnor of Aquitaine, and the Alien Queen," Margaret Aziza Pappano argues that Marie de France's "Lanval" represented EA in what may be the only female-authored contemporary source.The Lay of Guigemar, a poetic description of lovers separated by distance and circumstance.

By contextualizing Marie's lay of "Lanval" within contemporary chronicle accounts of Eleanor's life, it proposes that Marie offers an alternative conceptualization of the dilemma of feminine sovereign desire and provides insight into a female understanding of Eleanor's position as distincet from that of male clerical chroniclers.

Abstract: This chapter argues for an historical connection between Eleanor of Aquitaine and the woman poet Marie de France.Subject (See Also): Arthurian Literature Chronicles Eleanor of Aquitaine, Wife of Louis VII of France and Henry II of England Guenevere, Queen (Literary Figure) Literature- Verse Marie de France, Poet- Lais- Lanval Queens Queens in Literature Women in Literature.Edited by Bonnie Wheeler and John Carmi ParsonsThe New Middle Ages. Source: Eleanor of Aquitaine: Lord and Lady.Title: Marie de France, Aliénor d'Aquitaine, and the Alien Queen.Author(s)/Creator(s): Pappano, Margaret Aziza.