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    Origin of the Round Table Sir Gawain Sir Lancelot Sir Perceval Sir Galahad Sir Bors Sir Kay Sir Bedivere Lucan the Butler Sir Girflet Sir Yvain (Owain) Sir Erec (Geraint) King Pellinor (Pellinore) Sir Tristan Sir Morholt (Marhaus) Palemedes Sir Dinadan Cador Hoel
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    Lucan the Butler

Lucan the Butler

Lucan was better known as Lucan the Butler (some sources said that Bedivere was the butler). Lucan was the wine-steward in Chretien de Troyes' Erec and Enide. Lucan was the brother of Bedivere the Cupbearer. Lucan was cousin to Girflet, son of Do (Doon) of Carduel.

In La Mort le Roi Artu (Vulgate Cycle), Lucan was one of the two surviving knights of King Arthur in the war against Mordred. However, Lucan died when the mortally wounded king crushed him in an embrace.

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By Jimmy Joe

Round Table:

  • • Origin of the Round Table
  • • Sir Gawain
  • • Sir Lancelot
  • • Sir Perceval
  • • Sir Galahad
  • • Sir Bors
  • • Sir Kay
  • • Sir Bedivere
  • • Lucan the Butler
  • • Sir Girflet
  • • Sir Yvain (Owain)
  • • Sir Erec (Geraint)
  • • King Pellinor (Pellinore)
  • • Sir Tristan
  • • Sir Morholt (Marhaus)
  • • Palemedes
  • • Sir Dinadan
  • • Cador
  • • Hoel
Sir Bedivere

Sir Bedivere

Bedivere was called Bedevere by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Bedivere was the butler or the cup-bearer and the constable of King Arthur. Bedivere was the brother of Lucan the Butler. In the Welsh myths, he was Bedwyr, the son of Pedrawd and the constant ...

February 4th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Lucan

Lucan

(Epic Poet, Roman, 39 – 65 CE)Introduction Lucan was a Roman epic poet during the reign of Emperor Nero. Despite his short life, he is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Silver Age of Latin literature, and his youth and speed of com...

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Lancelot du Lac

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 Lanc...

April 2nd, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Sir Lancelot

Sir Lancelot

Lancelot of the Lake was the most famous knight of the Round Table. Part of his fame was that he became the lover of Queen Guinevere, the wife of King Arthur. Without doubt, Lancelot was the noblest figure in the Arthurian legend. Lancelot was the...

February 4th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Sir Kay

Sir Kay

Foster-brother of Arthur. Kay was the son of Ector, or according to Robert de Boron's Merlin, the son of Sir Anton. When Arthur became king, Arthur made him his seneschal. In an early Welsh tale called Culhwch and Olwen, Kei (Welsh for Kay) was th...

February 4th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
King Lot

King Lot

King of Orkney. According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, Lot was the brother of Urien, king of Moray, and Auguselus (Angel), king of Albany (Scotland). Lot was king of Lothian. Lot married Anna, daughter of Uther and Igraine, and sister of Arthur. He ha...

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Sir Yvain (Owain)

Sir Yvain (Owain)

Yvain (Ywain or Owain) was the son of King Urien. Yvain was known in Welsh legend as Owain. Most of the early legends don't give Yvain's mother's name, but some later legends say that Yvain's mother was Morgan le Fay, the half-sister of King Arthu...

February 4th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
King Ban and King Bors

King Ban and King Bors

Ban and Bors were brothers. Ban was king of Banoic (Benwick) in Brittany, while Bors was king of Gaunes or Gaul (France) according to Malory. They were the sons of King Lancelot and Queen Marche, who was the daughter of the King of Ireland. They w...

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Lunete

Lunete

The heronine of the French romance called Knight of the Lion. Lunete was the companion and confidant of the Lady of the Fountain (Laudine). In the Welsh and English versions of the tale, her name was Luned. When Arthur and his retinue stayed at th...

April 2nd, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
Sir Girflet

Sir Girflet

Girflet was the son of Do (Doon) of Carduel. Girflet was mentioned as one of the knights who sought the Grail (by Chretien de Troyes in Perceval). Girflet was the cousin of Lucan the Wine Steward. According to Suite du Merlin (Merlin's Continuatio...

February 4th, 2000 • Jimmy Joe
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