Angelica was an Asian princess at the court of Charlemagne who fell in love with the Saracen knight Medoro , and eloped with him to China .
Angelica and Medoro are two characters from the 16th - century Italian epic Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto .
Angelica was an Asian Angelica at the court of Charlemagne who fell in love with the Saracen knight Medoro , and eloped with him to China .
Angelica and Medoro are two characters from the 16th - century Italian epic Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto .