Schondoch, Die Königin von Frankreich (1365/1402)
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Maere and Novellas
Schondoch, Die Königin von Frankreich (1365/1402)
von der Hagen, H.H.: Gesammtabenteuer. Hundert altdeutsche Erzählungen, 3 vols. Stuttgart/Tübingen 1850. Reprint Darmstadt 1961. Vol 1, Nr. 8, p. 169–188
SchKF-13:
The beautiful and virtuous wife of the French king rejects the mighty court marshal when he wants her love.
Motif References:
K 2245 Treacherous marshal.
SchKF-69:
As revenge, he puts the court dwarf into her bed and calls her husband, who thinks that he has discovered her adultery.
Motif References:
T 75.2.1 Rejected suitors’ revenge
K 2112 Woman slandered as adulteress (prostitute) [concubine]
K 2112.2 Leper (beggar) [dwarf] laid in queen’s bed. She is thus incriminated
SchKF-210:
In his rage, the king kills the dwarf, but spares his wife, because his nephew, the duke Luitpolt of Austria, is convinced of her innocence and pleads for her. The king agrees to wait until she gives birth to her child, and then have her executed. The king instructs a knight to lead the banned woman away and burn her after the child’s birth. The child he should bring back to him. Duke Luitpolt has the knight promise to spare the queen. The marshal rides after the knight and kills him. The queen escapes to the forest, and a miner accepts her.
Motif References:
R 215 Escape from execution
R 312 Forest as refuge
S 411 Wife banished
Q 431.8 Banishment as punishment for adultery
K 512 Compassionate executioner
N 856 Helpful forester
SchKF-261:
She earns her living with artful knitting, which the miner sells secretly in Paris, until she gives birth to a boy.
Motif References:
S 442 Outcast wife [queen] and her son live in poverty
SchKF-277:
The faithful dog meanwhile watches his dead master, the knight. Once in a while it runs to the king’s court and takes bread from the royal table. Each time he attacks the marshal until the king wants to kill the dog.
Motif References:
B 134.2 Dog betrays murder
J 1145.1 Murderer detected by actions of murdered man’s dog. Attacks murderer whenever possible
SchKF-369:
The dog seeks shelter at Duke Luitpold’s, who accuses the marshal of the knight’s murder and demands an ordeal between dog and marshal.
Motif References:
H 218 Trial by combat
H 220 Ordeals
SchKF-477:
The marshal is defeated and has to confess his guilt. He is punished with death on the wheel.
Motif References:
Q 411.6 Death as punishment for murder
Q 423 Punishment: breaking upon a wheel
SchKF-536:
The king has searched for his wife, but in vain. Finally, after four years, he gets a clue from a shopkeeper who buys the precious knitting.
Motif References:
H 35.3 Recognition by unique needlework
SchKF-555:
The king rides to the forest, together with the whole court. He begs for forgiveness and takes her and their son back to their home. The boy is christened and the miner, who is his godfather, is rewarded with rich lands.
Motif References:
V 87 Christening
Q 111.2 Riches as reward (for hospitality)
P 296.1 Godfather
S 451 Outcast wife at last united with husband and children
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