# Tristram — The Faerie Queene character guide

> Tristram in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** young Tristram, Chyld Tristram

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

## Who they are

A young squire who becomes Calidore's page.

## Relationships

### [Sir Calidore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faerie_queene_se/characters/sir_calidore)

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Sir Calidore knights the young Tristram, taking him on as a squire and mentor in chivalric virtue.

### [Sir Calidore](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_faerie_queene_se/characters/sir_calidore)

_friendship_

Sir Calidore knights the young Tristram, taking him on as a squire and mentor in chivalric virtue.

## 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 young noble squire who slays a discourteous knight to defend a lady; he is knighted by Calidore and later takes on the duty of escorting the rescued lady.

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

A young, unarmed hunter who slays a discourteous knight for mistreating a lady; he is made Calidore's squire.

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