# Briana — The Faerie Queene character guide

> Briana in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the sad Briana

**First appearance:** 0088-canto-i

## Who they are

A lady who demands a lock of hair from passing knights.

## In the story

### [Book VI: The Legend of Calidore, or of Courtesy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faerie_queene_se/chapters/book-vi-the-legend-of-calidore-or-of-courtesy)

A lady who initially upholds a wicked custom of despoiling knights and ladies; after Calidore defeats Crudor, she becomes more mild and is reconciled.

### [Canto I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faerie_queene_se/chapters/canto-i)

The sad lady who initially threatens Calidore but later submits and offers her castle in gratitude.

### [Canto II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faerie_queene_se/chapters/canto-ii)

The lady accompanying the discourteous knight, forced to walk on foot; she confirms Tristram's account.

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