Sanglier, Sir

Sanglier, Sir,
in Spenser's Faerie Queene (v. i), the wicked knight who has cut off his lady's head, and is forced by Sir Artegall to bear the head before him, in token of his shame. He is thought to represent Shane O'Neill , second earl of Tyrone ( ?1530 – 67 ), a leader of the Irish, who invaded the Pale in 1566 . Sanglier in French means ‘wild boar’.