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He’s not a king, but this character is the most common protagonist of shows performed with elaborate two- to five-foot-tall puppets in Sicilian opera dei pupi. This character titles a work in which the Indian warrior queen Marfisa swears not to remove her armor before defeating three kings in battle. A woman frees a castle full of knights from the wizard Atlantes in a work titled for this non-Tolkien character, whose love interest escapes the Orc and has a ring of invisibility. In a poem titled for this character, the Saracen knight Ruggiero (“roo-JAIR-oh”) is often rescued by a female knight with a magic lance, Bradamante. This knight’s wits are found on the moon after his love (10[1])for Angelica causes (10[1])him to go insane. For 10 points, name this paladin of Charlemagne who titles a set of epic poems by Matteo Boiardo and Ludovico Ariosto. ■END■

ANSWER: Orlando [or Roland; accept Orlando Furioso or Orlando Innamorato; reject “Rinaldo”]
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