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Milon, or Milone, a knight of great family, and distantly related to Charlemagne, having secretly married Bertha, the Emperor's sister, was banished from France, and excommunicated by the Pope. After a long and miserable wandering on foot as mendicants Milon and his wife arrived at Sutri, in Italy, where they took refuge in a cave, and in that cave Orlando was born. There his mother continued, deriving a scanty support from the compassion of the neighboring peasants; while Milon, in quest of honor and fortune, went into foreign lands. Orlando grew up among the children of the peasantry, surpassing them all in strength and manly graces.
— Legends of Charlemagne : or Romance of the Middle Ages. by by Thomas Bulfinch (Page 2)
So despite the fact that Orlando/Roland ought to suffer from serious malnutrition, he nevertheless is inherently stronger and more handsome than all the peasant children.
I guess nobles are just inherently special. 🙄
