# Charlot — Bulfinch’s Mythology character guide

> Charlot in Bulfinch’s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the perfidious Charlot, the ferocious Charlot

**First appearance:** 0278-legends-of-charlemagne

## Who they are

Son of Charlemagne, a treacherous figure in the Charlemagne legends.

## In the story

### [Rinaldo and Bayard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/rinaldo-and-bayard)

Charlemagne's unworthy son who influences the king to act cruelly.

### [Death of Rinaldo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/death-of-rinaldo)

Charlot demands Bayard as part of the peace terms and repeatedly tries to drown the horse, showing his cruelty.

### [Huon of Bordeaux](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/huon-of-bordeaux)

Infamous eldest son of Charlemagne, known for falsehood and cruelty; ambushes Huon and is killed in the fight.

### [Ogier, the Dane](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/ogier-the-dane)

Son of Charlemagne; jealous of Ogier, plots treason, ambushes Ogier and Saracen knights.

### [Ogier, the Dane (Continued)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/ogier-the-dane-continued)

Prince who kills Baldwin in a rage over a chess game and later is surrendered to Ogier but spared.

### [C](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/bulfinch_s_mythology_se/chapters/c)

Son of Charlemagne, noted in the chapter.

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