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 Continuation, Post-Vulgate), Girflet was the same age as Arthur, and was knighted with the young king. Girflet's first adventure was to fight King Pellinor in single combat, which Girflet lost.

In La Mort le Roi Artu ("Death of King Arthur", from the Vulgate Cycle), Girflet survived the battle against Mordred and attended his dying king (Arthur). It was Girflet, not Bedivere (in Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur), who originally threw Excalibur into the lake. He witnessed a hand catching the sword and brandishing it several times before disappearing in the water.