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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 .
Former site of Arthur's purported grave in "Avalon" at Glastonbury AbbeyThe 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.
The Timeline of conflict in Anglo-Saxon Britain is concerned with the period ... Defeat of the Anglo-Saxons in the Battle of Mons Badonicus by Britons led by King Arthur.
A historic site in Cornwall linked to King Arthur has been found to be up to five times older than previously thought after a new survey was carried out.
The Pendragon Campaign details King Arthur's Britain and surrounding lands, as well as the major characters of the Pendragon setting and an expanded timeline. [3] The Pendragon Campaign features a detailed year-by-year analysis of the Arthurian era from 495 to 570 CE, integrating the stories of Mallory, Nennius, and French Vulgate with Welsh, and Saxon sources.
Battle Between King Arthur and Sir Mordred by William Hatherell. The Battle of Camlann (Welsh: Gwaith Camlan or Brwydr Camlan) is the legendary final battle of King Arthur, in which Arthur either died or was mortally wounded while fighting either alongside or against Mordred, who also perished.
Illustration of Cadwaladr Fendigaid from Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. Cadwaladr was also a historical king. The following list of legendary kings of Britain (Welsh: Brenin y Brythoniaid, Brenin Prydain) derives predominantly from Geoffrey of Monmouth's circa 1136 work Historia Regum Britanniae ("the History of the Kings of Britain").
King Arthur of Camelot felled a giant. He pulled the magical Excalibur sword from rock. Despite these claims to fame, the legendary medieval king wasn’t real—but a 5,000-year-old tomb named ...