The Pas de la Dame Sauvage (French: "passage of the wild lady") was a pas d'armes held at Ghent in 1470 by the Burgundian knight Claude de Vauldray [fr] in the presence of Duke Charles the Bold and his court.
The "wild lady" (dame sauvage) of the hastilude (a series of jousts defending a certain pass) was allegorical.
In the epistle circulated by Claude to announce the games, he describes a romantic tale of a knight who "left the wealthy kingdom of Enfance (Childhood), and came to a wild poor and sterile land called Jeunesse (Youth)."
The wild woman of the allegory is described as naked and covered only by her long blonde hair and a floral garland.
In fact, Claude was led into the lists by a fleet of "wild" men and women.