# Sansjoy — The Faerie Queene character guide

> Sansjoy in The Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0026-canto-iv

## Who they are

A Saracen knight representing Joylessness, defeated by Redcrosse.

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