Bayard

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Bayard1 name of the magic bright bay-coloured horse given by Charlemagne to Renaud (or Rinaldo), one of the four sons of Aimon. Bayard was formerly used as a mock-heroic name for any horse, and also as a type of blind recklessness.

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Bayard2 the French soldier Pierre du Terrail, Chevalier de Bayard (1473–1524), became known as the knight ‘sans peur et sans reproche’ (fearless and above reproach).

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Pierre Terrail seigneur de Bayard

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