# Frêne — Lais character guide

> Frêne in Lais by Marie de France.

**Role:** major

**First appearance:** 0010-the-lay-of-the-ash-tree

## Who they are

A twin girl abandoned at birth and raised in secret, she grows into a lady whose worth and beauty will one day force the world to reckon with what it threw away.

## In the story

### [The Lay of the Ash Tree](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lais_se/chapters/the-lay-of-the-ash-tree)

Abandoned as an infant in an ash tree, raised by an abbess, becomes a beautiful and virtuous woman, flees with her lover Buron.

### [The Lay of Milon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lais_se/chapters/the-lay-of-milon)

The baron's daughter who loves Milon, bears his son, and is later forced into marriage.

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lais_se/chapters/endnotes)

Her name is noted as meaning 'ash' in French, referencing a wordplay.

## Links

- HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lais_se/characters/frene
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- All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lais_se/characters