sigfrido and genoveva of brabante
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Sigfrido andGenoveva of Brabante
Pilar Gómez Moreno and Luzía López Royo
Medieval legend of 1256
Sigfrido went to the war leaving Genoveva to the care of his butler Golo, who tried to
violate her.
Sigfrido came back and Genoveva gave birth.
Golo accused her of adultery.Genoveva was sentenced to death in the forest but she lived in a cave with a hind.
Sigfrido went hunting to the forest.
He realized the mistake he committed by
alllowing the accusing and took her to his
palace.Their son
“Unfortunate” inherits the county.
Genoveva devoted his life to the most noble virtues.After many years she died for a serious illness and
the hind died with her.Sigfrido build a great monument in Genoveva and
the hind’s memory.
People of that place visit their hermitage to remember the exemplar life of
Genoveva.Alot of writers and musicians have wrote
or composed about their love story.
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