Huon, son of Seguin count of Bordeaux, passed through the forest inhabited by Oberon. The name Oberon (as Auberon) is first attested to in the early 13th century chanson de geste entitled Les Prouesses et faitz du noble Huon de Bordeaux, wherein it refers to an elven man of the forest encountered by the eponymous hero. In Old French, the name Alberich evolved into Alberon and then Auberon and ultimately into Aubrey. In the Nibelungenlied, a Burgundian poem written around the turn of the 13th century, Alberich guards the treasure of the Nibelungen, but is overcome by Siegfried. Oberon is derived from Alberich (from Old High German alb- "elf" and -rîh-, "ruler", "king"), the name of a dwarf from Germanic mythology. He is best known as a character in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which he is King of the Fairies and spouse of Titania, Queen of the Fairies. Oberon ( / ˈ oʊ b ər ɒ n/) is a king of the fairies in medieval and Renaissance literature. The Reconciliation of Titania and Oberon by Joseph Noel Paton
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