List of Arthurian

characters

The Arthurian legend features many characters, including the Knights of the Round Table and members
of King Arthur's family. Their names often differ from version to version and from language to language.
The following is a list of characters with descriptions.
King Arthur characters
Earliest
Name Other names Works featured in Description
appearance

Post-Vulgate
Accolon Morgan le Fay's love
Cycle, 1230s

The Life of Sir

Agloval, Sir
Aglovale Aglovale de Galis, The King Pellinore's eldest son
Aglovale de Galis
Once and Future King

Lancelot-Grail, Le Second son of King Lot and

Agravain Agravaine Morte D'Arthur, The Morgause, joins Mordred's
Once and Future King rebellion

Historia
Amhar, Amir,
Amr Brittonum, c. Geraint and Enid Son of King Arthur
Anir
820

Le Morte
Andred Cousin of Tristram
d'Arthur

(King) Arthur Y Gododdin, c. High King of Britain, ruler of

Many
Arthur Pendragon 7th century Logres and lord of Camelot

De Excidio et
Uther Pendragon's brother,
Aurelius Ambrosius Conquestu Historia Brittonum c.
High King of Britain before
Ambrosius Aurelianus Britanniae c. 820
him
540s

Bagdemagus Lancelot, the Knight Meleagant's father and ruler of

of the Cart, 1170s Gorre

Lancelot-Grail, early
Ban 13th century;, The Once Lancelot's father
and Future King

Sir Balan le Post-Vulgate Post-Vulgate Cycle, Le

Balan Brother to Balin
Savage Cycle, 1230s Morte D'Arthur

Sir Balin le Brother to Balan, kills the

Post-Vulgate Post-Vulgate Cycle, Le
Balin Savage, Knight Lady of the Lake and strikes
Cycle, 1230s Morte D'Arthur
with Two Swords the Dolorous Stroke

Bedivere (Welsh: Bedwyr), Pa Gur yv y Vita Cadoc, Culhwch Returns Excalibur to The Lady
 (French: Porthaur, c. and Olwen, Stanzas of of the Lake, brother to Sir
Bédoier), 10th century the Graves, Welsh Lucan
Bedevere Triads, Historia
Regum Britanniae, Le
Morte d'Arthur,
numerous others

King Arthur's grandson

through Tom a Lincoln.
Black Knight
Another Black Knight is an
antagonist figure

Perceval, the
Percival's wife, niece to
Blanchefleur Story of the
Gornemant
Grail, c. 1181

Lancelot-Grail, early
Bors the Brother to King Ban, and an
(French: Bohort) 13th century; The Once
Elder ally of Arthur's
and Future King

Bors the Son of Bors the Elder, father of

Younger Elyan the White

Brangaene, Tristan poems, Post-

Tristan, 12th
Brangaine Brangwane, Vulgate Cycle, Le Handmaid to Iseult
century
Brangien Morte d'Arthur

First Named in "King

Sir Bruin Unknown Family, One of the
Arthur Meets Lady
Bruin Surnamed the original 32 Knights of the
Guinevere" Howard
Black Round Table
Pyle

Knight who wears his

Breunor le Brunor, La Cote
murdered father's coat,
Noir Male Taile
brother of Dinadan and Daniel

Historia
Brutus of Brut, Brute,
Brittonum, c. First King of Britain, a Trojan
Britain (Welsh: Bryttys)
820

Cador (Latin: Cadorius) Historia Regum Raised Guinevere as his ward,

Britanniae, The father to Constantine III of
Dream of Rhonabwy
 Britain, described in some
works as Arthur's cousin

The Faerie Queene,

Celia, The Faerie Tom a'Lincoln's lover, mother
Caelia 1590; Tom a Lincoln
Queene to the Faerie Knight
part 1, 1599

Yvain, the
Colgrevance,
Calogrenant Knight of the Le Morte d'Arthur Cousin to Sir Ywain
Cynan
Lion, 1170s

(Latin: Rebelled against Arthur when

Caractacus), he first became king, but later
Perceval, the Story of
(Welsh: Caradog supported him, sometimes
Caradoc the Grail, the
Freichfras), two characters—Caradoc the
Mabinogion
(French: Carados Elder (a king) and Caradoc the
Briefbras) Younger (a knight)

Historia Brittonum,
9th century; Harleian Son of Vortigern, fought
(Welsh:
Catigern genealogies; Historia alongside his brother
Cattegirn)
Regum Britanniae, c. Vortimer against the Saxons
1134

Anglo-Saxon
(King) Cerdic
Chronicle, First King of Wessex
of Wessex
9th century

Perlesvaus, Lancelot-
A Frankish King antagonistic
Grail, Post-Vulgate
Claudas to Arthur, has two sons, Dorin
Cycle, Le Morte
and Claudin
d'Arthur

Virtuous son of the Frankish

Lancelot-Grail, Le villain Claudas, eventually
Claudin
Morte d'Arthur becomes one of 12 knights to
achieve the Holy Grail

(King) Based on the

Son of Constantine II of
Constans son historical Historia Regum
Britain, older brother to Uther
of figure Britanniae
Pendragon
Constantine Constans
(King) Based on the Historia Regum Arthur's grandfather, father to
Constantine historical Britanniae Uther Pendragon, Constans,
II of Britain figure and Ambrosius Aurelianus
Constantine

Historia
Constantine Historia Regum
Regum Arthur's cousin and successor
III of Britain Britanniae, Le Morte
Britanniae, c. to his throne, Cador's son
d'Arthur
1136

Culhwch and
Cousin of Arthur's in early
Culhwch Olwen, c. 11th
Welsh legend
century

(King) Anglo-Saxon
Second King of Wessex, son of
Cynric of Chronicle,
Cerdic
Wessex 9th century

Dagonet Idylls of the King Arthur's court jester

Daniel von A Knight of the Round Table

Daniel von
Blumenthal, found in an early German
Blumenthal
1220 offshoot of Arthurian legend

Prose Tristan, Prose Tristan, Le

Dinadan Son of Sir Brunor the Senior
1230s Morte D'Arthur

(Italian:
Agrestizia), Sister (sometimes half-
(Welsh: sister) of Percival, plays a
Dindrane
Danbrann), large part in many Holy Grail
Dindraine, stories
Heliabel

First Named in "King

One of Three Sons of King
Sir Durnure, Arthur Meets Lady
Durnure Pellinore, one of the original
Dornar Guinevere" Howard
32 Knights of the Round Table
Pyle

Lancelot- The Once and Future Raises Arthur according to

Hector, Antor,
Ector Grail, early King, Le Morte Merlin's command, father to
Ectorius
13th century d'Arthur Sir Kay

Edern ap Edern, son of Culhwch and Erec and Enide, Brother of Gwyn ap Nudd, rival
Nudd Nudd, Yder, Yver, Olwen, c. 1100 Geraint ac Enid, The to Erec/Geraint, originally a
Isdernus, Knight Dream of Rhonabwy hostile figure, later a member
of the of Arthur's retinue
Sparrowhawk

Elaine the White,

Le Morte Daughter of Bernard of
Elaine of Elaine the Fair,
d'Arthur, The Lady of Shalott Astolat, classic Arthurian
Astolat The Lady of
1470 figure of unrequited love
Shalott

Lancelot-
Elaine of The Once and Future Wife of King Ban and mother
Grail, early
Benoic King to Lancelot, Evaine's sister
13th century

Perceval, the The Once and Future Daughter of the Fisher King,
Elaine of Amite, Helaine,
Story of the King; Perceval le mother of Galahad by
Corbenic Helizabel
Grail c. 1181 Gallois, 1978 Lancelot

Daughter of Gorlois and

Igraine, sister to Morgan le
Elaine of
Fay and Morgause and a half-
Garlot
sister to King Arthur, wife to
King Nentres.

Daughter of King Pellinore,

Elaine of
Le Morte d'Arthur lover of Sir Miles of the
Listenoise
Laundes

Niece of the Lord of the Fens

Elaine the
and wife of Persides the Red of
Peerless
the Castle of Gazevilte

Nephew to Arthur, son of

Eliwlod Welsh Triads
Madoc, Uther Pendragon's son

Son of Sir Bors and Claire,

King Brandegoris' daughter,
Elyan the (French: Helyan
helps Lancelot rescue
White le Blanc)
Guinevere and goes into exile
with him

Erec and Idylls of the King,

Enide Enid Erec's wife
Enide, c. 1170 Geraint and Enid
Epinogres Sir Epinogres First Named in "King Son of King of Umberland, and
Arthur Meets Lady brother unto Enchantress
Guinevere" Howard Vivien, one of the original 32
Pyle Knights of the Round Table

Unclear; first
literary
appearance as Son of King Lac and a Knight
Erec see Geraint and Enid
Erec in Erec of the Round Table
and Enide, c.
1170

King of the White Mountain

and nephew of Escanor the
Escanor the
Girart large, Gawain defeated him in
Handsome
combat after Escanor tried to
abduct Sir Girflct.

Son of a giant and a witch,

brother of Alienor, and uncle
Escanor the of Escanor the Handsome, he
Atre, Girart
Large shared Gawain’s power by
which his strength waxed and
waned with the sun.

Father of Palamedes, Safir,

Esclabor
and Segwarides

Yvain, the Defended a magical fountain

Esclados Knight of the in the Forest of Broceliande,
Lion, 1170s married to Laudine

Wife of Bors the Elder, mother

Lancelot-
of Bors the Younger and
Evaine Grail, early
Lionel, sister of Elaine of
13th century
Benoic, aunt of Lancelot

Illegitimate son of Tom

Tom a
Faerie a'Lincoln and Caelia, the
Lincoln part 1,
Knight, The Faerie Queen, half brother to
1599
the Black Knight
Feirefiz Parzival, Half-brother to Percival
early 13th
century

Queste del Saint

The Wounded Perceval, the
Fisher King, Graal, c. 1220; Prose Guardian of the Holy Grail,
King, Pelles, Story of the
The Tristan, c. 1230, The Father of Elaine of Corbenic
Pelias Grail, c. 1181
Once and Future King

Son of King Lot and Morgause,

Le Morte d'Arthur,
brother to Gawain, Agravaine,
Gaheris The Once and Future
and Gareth, and half-brother
King
to Mordred

Lancelot-Grail, Post-
Lancelot- Illegitimate son of Sir
Vulgate Cycle, Le
Galahad Grail, early Lancelot and Elaine of
Morte d'Arthur, The
13th century Corbenic
Once and Future King

Lancelot- Former enemy of Arthur who

Galehalt,
Galehault Grail, early becomes close friends with
Galehaut
13th century Lancelot

Son of Elaine of Garlot and

Galeschin Galeshin Vulgate Cycle King Nentres, nephew of
Arthur

Le Morte d'Arthur, Also a son of Lot and

Gareth Beaumains Idylls of the King, The Morgause, in love with
Once and Future King Lyonesse

Conte du Graal,
Lancelot-Grail cycle,
(Latin:
Prose Tristan, Sir
Walwanus),
Culhwch and Gawain and the Green
(Welsh: Another son of Lot and
Gawain Olwen, c. 11th Knight, Le Morte
Gwalchmai), Morgause, father of Gingalain
century D'Arthur, The Once
(Irish:
and Future King,
Balbhuaidh)
many short Middle
English romances

Geneir One of King Arthur's knights

Gwystyl in the Welsh Arthurian
legend[1]

Geraint Geraint and Enid Enid's lover

Guinglain,
Gingalin,
Gawain's and Blanchemal's
Gingalain Gliglois, Le Bel Inconnu
son
Wigalois, Le Bel
Inconnu

Igraine's first husband before

(Old Welsh: Historia Regum she married Uther Pendragon,
Gorlois
Gwrlais) Britanniae father of Morgause and
Morgan le Fay.

Erec and Perceval, the Story of

Gornemant Percival's mentor
Enide, c. 1170 the Grail

Guiron le Palamedes, Palamedes, Guiron

Companion of Meliodas
Courtois 1235–1240 Compilation

Bercilak,
Sir Gawain The Greene Knight,
Green Bertilak, A knight enchanted by Morgan
and the Green King Arthur and King
Knight, The Bernlak, le Fay in order to test Gawain
Knight, 1300s Cornwall
Bredbeddle

The son of Do (or Don), cousin

Griflet Girflet, Jaufre Jaufré
to Sir Lucan and Sir Bedivere

(Welsh: Gwyn Erec and Sir Gawain and the

Gringolet Gawain's horse
Calet, Ceincaled) Enide, c. 1170 Green Knight

Culhwch and
Welsh Triads,
Guinevak Gwenhwyvach Olwen, c. 11th Guinevere's half-sister
Misfortunes of Elphin
century

(Welsh:
Culhwch and High Queen of Britain, wife of
(Queen) Gwenhwyfar),
Olwen, c. 11th Many King Arthur, famous for her
Guinevere (Latin:
century affair with Lancelot
Guanhumara)

Gwyn ap Culhwch and One of Arthur's knights.

Nudd Olwen, c. 11th Brother of Edern ap Nudd, rival
 century of Gwythyr ap Greidawl, lover
of Creiddylad

Half-brother of Lancelot, son

Quest du Saint Graal,
Hector de of King Ban and the Lady de
Ector de Maris Vulgate Cycle, The
Maris Maris, Sir Bors and Sir Lionel
Once and Future King
are his cousins

The
Ecclesiastical An Anglo-Saxon king killed by
Historia Regum
Hengest Hengist History of the Uther Pendragon, Horsa's
Britanniae
English brother
People, 721

A Pictish plunderer and

Hueil mab Culhwch and Vita Gildae, Welsh
Huail chieftain, killed by Arthur,
Caw Olwen, c. 1110 Triads
brother to Saint Gildas

The Dream of
(Welsh: Howel, Son of King Budic of Brittany,
Hoel Rhonabwy, Geraint
Hywel) father to St. Tudwal
and Enid

The
Ecclesiastical
Anglo-Saxon
Horsa History of the Brother to Hengest
Chronicle
English
People, 721

Mother to King Arthur through

(Latin: Igerna), Historia an affair with Uther
Vulgate Merlin, Le
(Welsh: Eigyr), Regum Pendragon, mother of
Igraine Morte d'Arthur, The
(French Igerne), Britanniae, c. Morgause and Morgan le Fay
Once and Future King
Ygrayne, Arnive. 1136 through her first husband
Gorlois

Isolde, Yseult,
Iseult of Wife of Mark of Cornwall and
Isode, Isoude, Tristan and Iseult
Ireland adulterous lover of Sir Tristan
Isotta

Isolde, Yseult,
(Queen)
Isode, Isoude, Tristan and Iseult Iseult of Ireland's mother
Iseult
Isotta
Iseult of the Isolde, Yseult, Tristan and Iseult Daughter of Hoel of Brittany,
White Hands Isode, Isoude, sister of Sir Kahedin, and wife
Isotta of Tristan

Joseph
Joseph of First keeper of the Holy Grail
d'Arimathie,
Arimathea in Arthurian legend
12th century

Lancelot-Grail cycle,
Josephus of Josephe, Post-Vulgate Cycle,
Son of Joseph of Arimathea
Arimathea Josephes Prose Tristan, Le
Morte D'Arthur

Pa Gur yv y
(Welsh: Cai), Foster brother to Arthur, Sir
Kay porthaur, 10th Many
(Latin: Caius) Ector's son
century

Kahadin,
Kahedrin,
Brother to Iseult, son of King
Kehenis, Roman de Prose Tristan, Le
Kahedin Hoel, had an affair with
Kehidius, Tristan Morte D'Arthur
Brangaine
possibly (Welsh:
Kae Hir)

Unclear; a
There are several related
water fay is
characters called the Lady of
first
the Lake—their actions
mentioned as
include giving Arthur his
Lady of the Nimue, Viviane, Lancelot's
Many sword Excalibur, raising
Lake Niniane, Nyneve foster mother
Lancelot and his cousins as
in Lancelot,
foster children, enchanting
the Knight of
Merlin, and taking the dying
the Cart,
king to Avalon
1170s

Lancelot-Grail Cycle, Son of King Pellinore, brother

Prose Tristan,
Lamorak The Once and Future to Tor, Aglovale, Percival, and
c. 1235
King Dindrane, lover of Morgause

Lancelot Lancelot du Lac, Erec and Lancelot, the Knight Son to King Ban and Elaine,
Lancelot of the Enide, c. 1170 of the Cart, Lancelot- most famous for his affair
 Lake, Launcelot Grail, The Once and with Queen Guinevere,
Future King, many Arthur's wife, most
others prominent Knight of the
Round Table

Landevale, Sir Landevale, Sir A knight of King Arthur's

Lanval, late
Lanval Launfal, Launfal, Sir court who falls in love with a
12th century
Lambewell Lambewell fairy

Yvain, the
Lady of the Owain, or the Lady of
Laudine Knight of the Sir Ywain's wife
Fountain the Fountain, Iwein
Lion, 1170s

Guinevere's father, King of

Leondegrance,
Leodegrance Cameliard in what is now
Leodegraunce
southwest England

Lancelot-Grail, early Son of King Bors of Gaunnes

Lionel 13th century; The Once (or Gaul), brother of Bors the
and Future King Younger

Parzival, Parzival, Lohengrin,

Loherangrin, A knight of the Holy Grail, son
Lohengrin early 13th Lorengel, Richard
Lorengel of Percival
century Wagner's Lohengrin

Possibly Llacheu
(similar Perlesvaus, Vulgate
Loholt Welsh Triads Illegitimate son of Arthur
character in Cycle (as Loholt)
Welsh sources)

Historia
Le Morte d'Arthur, King of Lothian, father to
Regum
Lot Loth The Once and Future Gawain, Agravain, Gaheris,
Britanniae, c.
King and Gareth
1136

Servant to King Arthur,

Sir Lucan the
Lucan Le Morte d'Arthur Bedivere's brother, Griflet's
Butler
cousin

Historia
Alliterative Morte
Lucius Tiberius, Regum A fictional Roman Emperor
Lucius Arthure, Le Morte
Lucius Hiberius Britanniae, c. and antagonist to Arthur
d'Arthur,
1136
Lunete (Welsh: Luned), Yvain, the Handmaiden and advisor to
(French: Lunete, Knight of the Laudine
Lunet) Lion, 1170s

Seeks aid from Arthur to

Le Morte rescue her sister Lyonesse,
Lynette d'Arthur, c. Idylls of the King Arthur sends an incognito
1470 Gareth, who she berates until
he proves his worth

Le Morte Entrapped sister of Lynette,

Lyonesse d'Arthur, c. Idylls of the King rescued by Gareth, whom she
1470 eventually marries

Culhwch and
Culhwch and Olwen, Llamrei was a mare owned by
Llamrei Olwen, 11th
11th century King Arthur
century

Culhwch and
Mabon ap Son of Modron, kidnapped at
Olwen, 11th Welsh Triads
Modron birth, rescued by Culhwch
century

Son of Uther Pendragon,

Book of brother of Arthur in early
Madoc Madawg Stanzas of the Graves
Taliesin Welsh tradition, father of
Eliwlod

Unclear, a
similar
character
Malagant, Lancelot-Grail, Post-
named
Maleagant Meleagant, Vulgate Cycle, Le Abductor of Guinevere
"Melwas"
perhaps Melwas Morte d'Arthur
appears in the
12th century
Life of Gildas

Originally a British god;

Manawydan The Culhwch and Olwen appeared as a knight of
Manawyddan
fab Llyr Mabinogion (circa 1100) Arthur's in Culhwch and
Olwen

Mark of (Latin: Marcus Possibly Post-Vulgate Cycle, Tristan's uncle, husband to

Cornwall Cunomorus), based on a Prose Tristan, Le Iseult
(Cornish: historical Morte d'Arthur,
Margh), (Welsh: figure from Palamedes, The Once
March) the 6th and Future King
century

Meirchion Tristan and Iseult Father to Mark of Cornwall

Historia
Regum
Melehan Elder son of Mordred
Britanniae, c.
1136

Father to Tristan, Tristan's

Meliodas Meliadus Prose Tristan Le Morte d'Arthur father was named Rivalen in
earlier versions

Menw ap Culhwch and Enchanter, member of

Welsh Triads
Tairgwaedd Olwen c. 1100 Arthur's retinue

Historia
(Welsh:
Regum
Myrddin),
Britanniae, c.
Myrddin Emrys,
Merlin 1136, but Many Wizard, guide to King Arthur
Merlin
derived from
Ambrosius,
earlier Welsh
Merlyn
tales

Mother of Mabon, in another

Culhwch and
folktale, she is the mother of
Olwen, Welsh
Modron Welsh Triads Owain (Ywain) and Morvydd
Triads, 11th
by Urien, Possible source for
century
Morgan le Fay

In some literature, Arthur's

Modred, (Welsh: Annales
illegitimate son through
Mordred Medrawd, Latin: Cambriae, c. Many
Morgause (or Morgan le Fay),
Medraut) 970
kills and is killed by Arthur

Morgan le Morgaine, Unclear; first Many Sorceress, half-sister and

Fay Morgain, mention as sometime antagonist of
Morgana Morgan in
 Vita Merlini, Arthur, and (in some
c. 1150 traditions) mother of Mordred

Arthur's half-sister, wife to

Historia King Lot, mother to Gawain,
Regum The Once and Future Agravaine, Gaheris, and
Morgause Anna
Britanniae, c. King, many others Gareth, and in some
1136 traditions, also the mother of
Mordred

Geraint ac Head physician of Arthur's

Morgan Tud
Enid court

Tristan poems,
Marhalt, Morold, Tristan, 12th Tristan, Post-Vulgate Irish knight, rival of Tristan,
Morholt
Marhaus century Cycle, Le Morte uncle of Iseult
d'Arthur

Morien, 13th
Morien Moriaen Half-Moorish son of Aglovale
century

Welsh Triads,
Morvydd Owain's twin sister
Culhwch and Olwen

see Lady of the

Nimue
Lake

Auberon, King of King of the Fairies,

Oberon Shadows and sometimes identified as a son
Fairies of Morgan le Fay

Culhwch and
Daughter of Ysbaddaden,
Olwen Olwen, c. 11th
beloved of Culhwch
century

Perceval, the
Haughty Maiden
Orgeluse Story of the A wife of Gawain
of Logres
Grail, c. 1181

Historical Owain, or the Lady of

Owain see Ywain Son of Urien
figure the Fountain

Palamedes Palamede, Prose Tristan, The Once and Future Saracen Knight of the Round
Palomides 1230s, Le King Table
 Morte
D'Arthur

The Story of King

A maid from Queen Ettarre's
Parcenet Arthur and His
court who helps Sir Pelleas
Knights

King Pellam of
see Fisher
Pellam Listeneise,
King
Pellehan

A Knight of the Round table in

Post-Vulgate Le Morte d'Arthur,
Pelleas Pellias love with Ettarre, later lover
Cycle, 1230s Idylls of the King
of Nimue

Pelles see Fisher King

Lancelot-Grail, Post-
Vulgate Cycle, Le King of Listenoise, friend to
Pellinore
Morte d'Arthur, The Arthur, father to many
Once and Future King

A comic character; one of the

gatekeepers at Arthur's court,
Culhwch ac Olwen,
Penpingion[2] subservient to Glewlwyd
Geraint fab Erbin
Gafaelfawr.[2] Killed in the
hunt for Twrch Trwyth.[3]

(Welsh: Peredur) Perceval, the Story of Achiever of the Holy Grail,

Erec and
Percival Perceval, the Grail, Lancelot- King Pellinore's son in some
Enide, c. 1170
Parzifal Grail, many tales

Gerbert's Continuation
of Perceval, the Story
A strange beast quested after
Questing Beste Glatisant Perlesvaus, c. of the Grail, Post
by many knights associated
Beast (Barking Beast) 1210 Vulgate Suite du
with Pellinore and Palamedes
Merlin, Prose Tristan,
Le Morte d'Arthur

(Lady) Sir Gawain's wife, in some

Ragnell legends mother of Percival

Red Knight Perceval, the Le Morte d'Arthur Appears in many tales,

Story of the usually as an antagonist
 Grail, c. 1181

Historia
Lancelot-Grail, Post
Ritho, Ryence, Regum
Rience Vulgate Cycle, Le King defeated by Arthur
Ryons, and Rion Britanniae, c.
Morte d'Arthur
1136

Le Morte d'Arthur, Son to Esclabor, brother of

Safir
Prose Tristan Segwarides and Palamedes

Lancelot-Grail, Post-
Ubiquitous Knight of the
Vulgate Cycle, Prose
Sagramore Sagramor Round Table; various stories
Tristan, Le Morte
and origins are given for him
d'Arthur

Le Morte d'Arthur, Son of Esclabor, brother of

Segwarides
Prose Tristan Safir and Palamedes

The Welsh Triads,

Historical Story of Taliesin, Bard to King Arthur, oldest
Taliesin
figure Alfred, Idylls of the known Welsh poet
King

Tom a
Lincoln part 1,
1599; possibly
Tom a The Red Rose mentioned in Illegitimate son of King
Lincoln Knight Robert Arthur through Angelica
Greene's
Farewell to
Folly, 1591

The History of Tom

A tiny creation of Merlin, later
Discovery of Thumb, Tom Thumb,
Tom Thumb becomes Arthur's court dwarf
Witchcraft The Tragedy of
and an honorary knight
Tragedies

Son of King Ars, adopted by

Tor Le Morte d'Arthur
Pellinore

Tristan (Latin/Brythonic: Roman de "Roman de Tristan", Son of Blancheflor and

Drustanus), Tristan the two "Folies Rivalen (or Meliodas), Iseult's
(Welsh: Tristans", lover
 Drystan), "Chevrefeuil", Prose
(Portuguese: Tristan, Post-Vulgate
Tristão), Cycle, Le Morte
(Spanish: d'Arthur
Tristán),
Tristran,
Tristram

Father of Ywain (Owain mab

Historical
Urien Uriens Welsh Triads Urien), husband of Morgan le
figure
Fay

(French: Uter
Pendragon), Historia Regum
Pa Gur yv y
Uther (Welsh: Wthyr Britanniae, c. 1136;
Porthaur?, c. Arthur's father
Pendragon Bendragon, Uthr Welsh Triads; The
10th century
Bendragon, Once and Future King
Uthyr Pendraeg)

Probably a
(Latin:
historical
Urtigernus),
figure, The King of Britain whose
Guorthigirn,
Vortigern Ecclesiastical decisions assisted the Anglo-
Vortiger,
History of the Saxon invasion of Britain
Vortigen,
English
Gwrtheyrn
People, 721

Historia
Vortimer Brittonum, c. Son of Vortigern
820

Culhwch and
Ysbaddaden Olwen, c. 11th A giant and antagonist
century

Based on the
(Welsh: Owain), Historia Brittonum,
historical
Ywain Yvain, Ewain, Yvain, the Knight of Urien's son, Morvydd's brother
figure Owain
Uwain the Lion
mab Urien

Ywain the Ywain the Urien's illegitimate son

Bastard Adventurous through a seneschal,
accidentally killed by Gawain

Indicates a Knight of the Round Table.

See also

List of characters named Ywain in Arthurian legend

References

1. Thomas, Peter Wynn, D. Mark Smith and Diana Luft (2007). "Rhyddiaith Gymraeg 1350-1425" (http://www.rh
yddiaithganoloesol.caerdydd.ac.uk/en/ms-page.php?ms=Jesus111&page=161v&col=656&line=14&word=genei
r) . Cardiff University. Retrieved 1 January 2013. "Welsh Prose" project (search within transcription of the
Jesus 111 (Llyfr Coch Hergest) manuscript).

2. Stephens, Meic (1986). "Penpingion". The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales. Oxford University
Press. ISBN 9780192115867.

3. The Celtic Literature Collective - Culhwch ac Olwen, Part Three (http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/culhwch

3.html)

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