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According to the 13th-century Old French Prose Lancelot (part of the Vulgate Cycle), "Galahad" (actually written as Galaad, in some manuscripts also as Gaalaz or Galaaus) was Lancelot's original name, but it was changed when he was a child. At his birth, therefore, Galahad is given his father's own original name.
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.
Ban of Benoic / ˈ b æ n / (Old French: Ban de Bénoïc) is a character in Arthurian legend.King Ban first appeared by this name in the Lancelot propre part of the 13th-century French Vulgate Cycle as the ruler of the realm in France named Benoic [] (Bénoïc; alternatively Benewic, Benoich, Benoit, Benuic, Benwick) and father of Sir Lancelot and Sir Hector de Maris, as well as brother of ...
Unclear; a water fay is first mentioned as Lancelot's foster mother in Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, 1170s Many There are several related characters called the Lady of the Lake—their actions include giving Arthur his sword Excalibur , raising Lancelot and his cousins as foster children, enchanting Merlin , and taking the dying king to Avalon
Her father finds out and forces Lancelot to marry her to keep her honor. She and Lancelot, in addition to their son Galahad, have two daughters by the names of Gwenhwyfar and Nimue , who later becomes a priestess of Avalon and is used to trick Merlin into coming with her to the isle to receive punishment for perceived crimes against the Goddess ...
Lancelot sneaks out of the tower before sunrise, and Meleagant accuses Guinevere of committing adultery with Kay, who is the only wounded knight known of nearby. Lancelot challenges Meleagant to a fight to defend Guinevere’s honor. After Meleagant’s father interferes, Meleagant and Lancelot agree to fight in a year's time.
The character is first mentioned in the 12th century in Chrétien de Troyes' Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, where Bagdemagus (Bagomedés) is the king of Gore, a mysterious land connected to Logres only by a bridge as sharp as a sword, where many natives of Logres are kept prisoner; again, his son Maleagant abducts Guinevere, who is later rescued by the hero Lancelot.
Lancelot was born on 15 April 1386 to King Charles III of Navarre and his mistress, Maria Miguel de Esparza. [1] Lancelot lived at the royal court with his mother and his father's other mistresses and illegitimate children, along with their retainers, after Charles III became king in 1387.