# Sir Turpine — The Faerie Queene character guide

> Sir Turpine in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Turpine, the coward Turpine

**First appearance:** 0089-canto-ii

## Who they are

A discourteous knight who attacks Calepine and Serena.

## In the story

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

Acts with discourtesy and violence, refusing lodging and attacking Calepine.

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

The discourteous knight who attacks Calepine and is driven off by the Salvage Man.

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

Accused by Serena of discourteous and unknightly behavior, prompting Arthur's vow of revenge.

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

Cowardly knight who attacks the Prince and is defeated; plots revenge.

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

Cowardly knight who plots revenge against Prince Arthur after being spared; recruits two knights to ambush him, but is ultimately captured and humiliated.

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