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King Arthur's family. Arthur in William Henry Margetson 's illustration for Legends of King Arthur and His Knights (1914) King Arthur's family grew throughout the centuries with King Arthur 's legend. Many of the legendary members of this mythical king's family became leading characters of mythical tales in their own right.
King Arthur. King Arthur ( Welsh: Brenin Arthur, Cornish: Arthur Gernow, Breton: Roue Arzhur, French: Roi Arthur ), according to legends, was a king of Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain . In Welsh sources, Arthur is portrayed as a leader of the post-Roman Britons in ...
Uther Pendragon ( Brittonic) ( / ˈjuːθər pɛnˈdræɡən, ˈuːθər /; [ 1] Welsh: Ythyr Ben Dragwn, Uthyr Pendragon, Uthyr Bendragon ), also known as King Uther, was a legendary King of the Britons and father of King Arthur. [ 2]: 253. A few minor references to Uther appear in Old Welsh poems, but his biography was first written down in ...
Conte du Graal, Lancelot-Grail cycle, Prose Tristan, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Le Morte D'Arthur, The Once and Future King, many short Middle English romances. Another son of Lot and Morgause, father of Gingalain. Geneir Gwystyl. One of King Arthur 's knights in the Welsh Arthurian legend [1] Geraint †.
The historicity of King Arthur has been debated both by academics and popular writers. While there have been many claims that King Arthur was a real historical person, the current consensus among specialists on the period holds him to be a mythological or folkloric figure. [ 1][ 2] The first definite mention of Arthur appears circa 828 in the ...
The following is a list and assessment of sites and places associated with King Arthur and the Arthurian legend in general. Given the lack of concrete historical knowledge about one of the most potent figures in British mythology, it is unlikely that any definitive conclusions about the claims for these places will ever be established; nevertheless it is both interesting and important to try ...
In Arthurian legend, Gorlois ( Welsh: Gwrlais) of Tintagel was the Duke of Cornwall. He was the first husband of King Arthur 's mother Igraine and the father of her daughters, Arthur's half-sisters. Her second husband was Uther Pendragon, the High King of Britain and Arthur's father, who marries her after killing him.
Guinevere Takes Refuge in a Convent, Edmund H. Garrett's illustration for Legends of King Arthur and His Court (1911) In Geoffrey's Historia, Arthur leaves her as a regent [24] in the care of his nephew Modredus (Mordred) when he crosses over to Europe to go to war with the Roman leader Lucius Tiberius. While her husband is absent, Guinevere is ...