Lancelot du Lac

The timeless love between Sir Lancelot of the Lake and Queen Guinevere, the wife and queen of King Arthur, became the most popular and famous tale of the Arthurian legends. The tales of Lancelot can be found in the French prose romance titled Lancelot (Prose Lancelot or Lancelot Propre c. 1227).

Lancelot was the first work in the Vulgate Cycle or Lancelot-Grail Cycle. The other two works were titled Queste del Saint Graal (the Quest of the Holy Grail), and La Mort le Roi Artu (the Death of King Arthur) which can be found on two separate pages.

I have divided Lancelot proper into four sections, beginning with the time of Lancelot's birth to just before the knights set out on the quest for Holy Grail.

Please note that the Prose Lancelot is a large volume of work in the Vulgate Cycle. There are countless adventures by Lancelot, Gawain and many other knights. I have to keep the number of episodes and adventures down. I have to omit many of the adventures, including those of Lancelot, but I have tired to stay with the main framework of the Vulgate Cycle, which will eventually lead to the next work in the cycle, the Quest of the Holy Grail.