# Milon — Lais character guide

> Milon in Lais by Marie de France.

**Role:** major

**First appearance:** 0013-the-lay-of-milon

## Snapshot

A knight who loves a lady in secret and must send their newborn son across the sea with only a ring and a letter.

## Who they are

Milon wins the love of a noble lady whose father has forbidden her to marry, and their meetings in her private garden lead to a child neither can acknowledge. When the lady's pregnancy becomes impossible to hide, she devises a plan: the infant will be carried to her sister in Northumberland with a signet ring and a letter revealing his parentage. Milon's obedience to this plan sets in motion a story of exile, identity, and the slender threads that bind a family across distance.

## Relationships

### [The Dolorous Knight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/lais_se/characters/the_dolorous_knight)

_rivalry_

Milon and the Dolorous Knight are adversaries, their conflict rooted in chivalric competition.

## In the story

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

A knight of South Wales, renowned for his prowess, who falls in love with a baron's daughter and fathers a son.

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