Floris

Floris may refer to:

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  • A masculine given name of Dutch origin.
  • Five counts of Holland:
  • Floris I, Count of Holland
  • Floris II, Count of Holland
  • Floris III, Count of Holland
  • Floris IV, Count of Holland
  • Floris V, Count of Holland
  • Prince Floris of Orange-Nassau, van Vollenhoven
  • Frans Floris, Flemish painter
  • Floris Osmond, French Engineer

    • Literature and entertainment

  • Floris and Blancheflour, a medieval literature story that was common in many languages in the Middle Ages
  • Floris (TV series), a 1969 Dutch TV series
  • Floris (film), a 2004 film based on the TV series

    • Sports

  • Floris Jan Bovelander, Netherlands field hockey player

    • Other uses

  • Floris of London, a London-based perfumer
  • Floris, Iowa, a small town in the United States
  • Floris, Virginia, a census-designated place in Fairfax County, Virginia
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    Floris and Blancheflour

    Floris and Blancheflour is the name of a popular romantic story that was told in the Middle Ages in many different vernacular languages and versions. It first appears in Europe around 1160 in "aristocratic" French. Roughly between the period 1200 and 1350 it was one of the most popular of all the romantic plots.

    The story of Floris and Blancheflour

    The following synopsis is from the original Old French "aristocratic" version (Floire et Blancheflor) of the late 12th century.

    The Middle English version of the poem derives from an Old French "aristocratic" version but differs somewhat in details. The opening section concerning how the two are born is missing from the English versions. Originally it dates to around 1250 and was called Floris and Blanchefleur.

    Old French version

    Felix, King of Al-Andalus (Muslim Spain), on one of his ventures into Galicia in northwestern Spain attacks a band of Christian pilgrims en route on the Way of St James to the famous medieval pilgrimage shrine of Santiago de Compostela. Among the pilgrims are a French knight and his recently widowed daughter, who has chosen to dedicate the rest of her life to the sanctuary. The knight is killed, and his daughter is taken prisoner to Naples, where she is made lady-in-waiting to Felix's wife. Both women are pregnant, and the children are born on the same day, Palm Sunday: Floris to the Muslim Queen, and Blanchefleur to her lady-in-waiting.

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    Floris (TV series)

    Floris is a 1969 Dutch television action series, written by Gerard Soeteman starring Rutger Hauer and Jos Bergman and directed by Paul Verhoeven.

    Concept

    The success of television series like the British Ivanhoe, the French Thierry La Fronde and the Flemish Johan en de Alverman inspired Carel Enkelaar, manager of NTS (forerunner of NTR) to make a similar series, set in the Netherlands. It was written by Gerard Soeteman. The series, though filmed in black & white, had many reruns through the years. It has also been shown in East Germany and Scotland dubbed in English.

    Storyline

    Knight Floris van Roozemond (spelling varies with o/oo, s/z and d/dt), accompanied by the Indian Sindala (Bergman), returns home from a trip around the world only to find his castle occupied by Maarten van Rossum, the commander in chief of Charles, Duke of Guelders. Charles, who controls Guelders, is involved in a power struggle against Philip the Handsome who rules the Burgundian Netherlands, the rest of the Low Countries. Floris had so far been neutral due to his absence, but after he finds his castle stolen, he sides with Wolter van Oldesteijn, who is allied with Burgundy against Charles, Duke of Guelders. Charles and Maarten van Rossum are aided by the Frisian pirate Greate Pier partly as an ally, and partly to do the dirty work.

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    You pull the strings and make the puppet fly
    Your fate can make you die
    And it's all for you
    And no one told me what you want to hear
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    And it's all for you
    And no one told me what you want to hear
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    Of change
    And no one told me what you want to hear
    It's only time that makes us change
    The people round me don't know what to fear
    They're petrified of change
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    The people round me don't know what to fear
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