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Guinevere was the legendary queen consort of King Arthur. She was most famous for her love affair with Arthur's chief knight Sir Lancelot, which first appears in Chrétien de Troyes' Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart. This motif was picked up in all the cyclical Arthurian literature, starting with the Lancelot-Grail Cycle of the early 13th century and carrying through the Post-Vulgate Cycle and Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. Their betrayal of Arthur leads to the downfall of the kingdom.…more
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  • Merlin (Arthurian wizard)

    Merlin (arthurian Wizard)

    Merlin (Welsh: Myrddin) is a legendary figure best known as the wizard featured in Arthurian legend and medieval Welsh poetry. The standard depiction of the character first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouths Historia Regum Britanniae, written c. 1136,...

  • Sir Lancelot

    Sir Lancelot

    Lancelot du Lac (meaning Lancelot of the Lake) is one of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend. He typically features as King Arthurs greatest companion, the lord of Joyous Gard and the greatest swordsman and jouster of the age – un...

  • Sir Mordred

    Sir Mordred

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  • Queen Guinevere

    Queen Guinevere

    Guinevere was the legendary queen consort of King Arthur. She was most famous for her love affair with Arthurs chief knight Sir Lancelot, which first appears in Chrétien de Troyes Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart. This motif was picked up in a...

  • King Arthur

    King Arthur

    King Arthur is a legendary British leader who, according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the late 5th and early 6th centuries AD. The details of Arthurs story are mainly composed of folklore a...