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In the version as told by Thomas Malory in Le Morte d'Arthur, based on the later Queste part of the Vulgate Cycle, Lady Elaine's father, King Pelles of the Grail castle Corbenic (Corbenek, Corbin, etc.), knew that Lancelot would have a son with Elaine, and that that child would be Galahad, "the most noblest [sic] knight in the world". [8]
Lancelot du Lac (French for Lancelot of the Lake), alternatively written as Launcelot and other variants, [a] is a popular character in Arthurian legend's chivalric romance tradition. He is typically depicted as King Arthur's close companion and one of the greatest Knights of the Round Table, as well as a secret lover of Arthur's wife, Guinevere.
Following the conquest of their kingdom of Benoic (known as Benwick in English) by King Claudas, the death of her husband, and the taking of the infant Lancelot by the Lady of the Lake, Elaine becomes known as the Queen of Great Sorrows, living as a nun along with her sister Evaine, the widowed wife of King Bors and mother of Sir Lionel and Sir ...
Elaine of Astolat (/ ˈ æ s t ə ˌ l æ t,-ɑː t / [1]), also known as Elayne of Ascolat and other variants of the name, is a figure in Arthurian legend.She is a lady from the castle of Astolat who dies of her unrequited love for Sir Lancelot.
The Parting of Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere. 1874 photograph by Julia Margaret Cameron published in Alfred Tennyson's Idylls of the King and Other Poems (1875). Modern adaptations of Arthurian legend vary greatly in their depiction of Guinevere, largely because certain aspects of her story must be fleshed out by the modern author.
He is the illegitimate son of Sir Lancelot du Lac and Lady Elaine of Corbenic and is renowned for his gallantry and purity as the most perfect of all knights. Emerging quite late in the medieval Arthurian tradition, Sir Galahad first appears in the Lancelot–Grail cycle, and his story is taken up in later works, such as the Post-Vulgate Cycle ...
Agloval, Sir Aglovale de Galis The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis, The Once and Future King: King Pellinore's eldest son Agravain† Agravaine Lancelot-Grail, Le Morte D'Arthur, The Once and Future King: Second son of King Lot and Morgause, joins Mordred's rebellion Amr: Amhar, Amir, Anir Historia Brittonum, c. 820 Geraint and Enid: Son of King ...
The story centers on Lancelot's rescue of Guinevere after she has been abducted by Meleagant, the malevolent son of King Bademagu, the righteous ruler of the nearby Kingdom of Gorre. It deals with Lancelot's trials rescuing Guinevere, and his struggle to balance his duties as a warrior and as a lover bound by societal conventions.