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The genealogies from the 13th-century Mostyn MS. 117 assert that Arthur is the son of Uthyr, the son of Custennin, the son of Cynfawr, the son of Tudwal, the son of Morfawr, the son of Eudaf, the son of Cadwr, the son of Cynan, the son of Caradoc, the son of Bran, the son of Llŷr. Regarding Arthur's own family, his wife is consistently stated ...
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 †.
Historicity of King Arthur. Former site of Arthur's purported grave in "Avalon" at Glastonbury Abbey. 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 ...
Sir Kay. In Arthurian legend, Kay / ˈkeɪ / ( Welsh: Cai, Middle Welsh Kei or Cei; Latin: Caius; French: Keu; Old French: Kès or Kex) is King Arthur 's foster brother and later seneschal, as well as one of the first Knights of the Round Table. In later literature he is known for his acid tongue and bullying, boorish behaviour, but in earlier ...
Gareth ( Welsh: [ˈɡarɛθ]; Old French: Guerehet, Guerrehet) is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. He is the youngest son of King Lot and Queen Morgause, King Arthur 's half-sister, thus making him Arthur's nephew, as well as brother to Gawain, Agravain and Gaheris, and either a brother or half-brother of Mordred. [note 1 ...
Briton. In the Matter of Britain, Igraine ( / iːˈɡreɪn /) is the mother of King Arthur. Igraine is also known in Latin as Igerna, in Welsh as Eigr ( Middle Welsh Eigyr ), in French as Ygraine ( Old French Ygerne or Igerne ), in Le Morte d'Arthur as Ygrayne —often modernised as Igraine or Igreine —and in Parzival as Arnive.