1. The Arthurian legend featured many characters, including the Knights of the Round Table and members of his family. Their names often differed from version to version
and from language to language. The following is a list of them with descriptions. (Note: The ' † ' symbol indicates a Knight of the Round Table.)
King Arthur Characters
Name Other names Earliest appearance Works featured in Description
Accolon Post-Vulgate Cycle, 1230s Morgan le Fay's lover
Aglovale† Agloval, Sir Aglovale de Galis
The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis, The Once
and Future King
King Pellinore's eldest son
Agravain† Agravaine Lancelot-Grail, Le Morte D'Arthur
Second son of King Lot and Morgause,
joinsMordred's rebellion
Amr Amhar, Amir, Anir
Historia Brittonum, c. AD
820
Geraint and Enid Son of King Arthur
Andred Le Morte D'Arthur Cousin of Tristram
Sqedwayne
King Arthur† Arthur Pendragon Y Gododdin, c. 7th century Many King of the Britons
Aurelius
Ambrosius
Ambrosius Aurelianus Gildas' De Excidio et
Conquestu Britanniae c. AD
Historia Brittonum c. AD 820
Uther Pendragon's brother, High King
of Britain before him
2. 540s
Bagdemagus† Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, 1170s Meleagant's father and ruler of Gorre
Ban Lancelot-Grail, early 13th century Lancelot's father
Balan Sir Balan le Savage Post-Vulgate Cycle, 1230s Post-Vulgate, Le Morte D'Arthur Brother to Balin
Balin
Sir Balin le Savage, Knight with
Two Swords
Post-Vulgate Cycle, 1230s Post-Vulgate, Le Morte D'Arthur
Brother to Balan, kills the Lady of the
Lake and strikes the Dolorous Stroke
Bedivere†
(Welsh: Bedwyr)(French:
Bédoier) Bedevere
Pa Gur yv y Porthaur, c.
10th century
Vita Cadoc, Culhwch and Olwen, Stanzas of
the Graves, Welsh Triads, Historia Regum
Britanniae,Le Morte d'Arthur, numerous others
Returns Excalibur to The Lady of the
Lake, brother to Sir Lucan
Black Knight
King Arthur's grandson through Tom
a'Lincoln. Another Black Knight is an
antagonist figure
Blanchefleur
Chrétien de
Troyes'Perceval, the Story
of the Grail, c. 1181
Percival's wife, niece to Gornemant
Bors the Elder (French: Bohort) Lancelot-Grail, early 13th century
Brother to King Ban, and an ally of
Arthur's
Bors the Son of Bors the Elder, father of Elyan
3. Younger† the White
Brangaine
Brangaene, Brangwane,
Brangien
Tristan poems
by Béroul andThomas of
Britain, 12th century
Tristan poems of Béroul, Thomas, Eilhart von
Oberge, Gottfried von
Strassburg, Prose Tristan,Post-Vulgate
Cycle, Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
Handmaid to Iseult
Bruin Sir Bruin Surnamed the Black
First Named in "King Arthur Meets Lady
Guinevere" Howard Pyle
Unknown Family, One of the Original
32 Knights of the "Round table"
Breunor le
Noir†
Brunor, La Cote Male Taile
("The Badly-shaped Coat")
Knight who wears his murdered
father's coat, brother of Dinadan and
Daniel
Brutus of
Britain
(Brut, Brute, Welsh: Bryttys)
Historia Brittonum, c. AD
820
First King of Britain, a Trojan
Cador† (Latin: Cadorius)
Historia Regum Britanniae, The Dream of
Rhonabwy
Raised Guinevere as his ward, father
toConstantine III of Britain, Described
in some works as Arthur's cousin
Caelia Celia, The Faerie Queene
Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, 1590;
Richard Johnson's Tom a Lincoln part 1, 1599
Tom a'Lincoln's lover, mother to
the Faerie Knight
Calogrenant† Colgrevance, Cynan
Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain,
the Knight of the Lion, 1170s
Le Morte d'Arthur Cousin to Sir Ywain
4. Caradoc†
(Latin: Caractacus) (Welsh:
Caradog Freichfras, meaning
Caradoc Strong (or Stout) Arm))
(French: Carados Briefbras)
Perceval, the Story of the Grail,
the Mabinogion
Rebelled against Arthur when he first
became king, but later supported him.
Sometimes two characters, Caradoc
the Elder (a king) and Caradoc the
Younger (a knight)
Catigern (Welsh: Cattegirn)
Historia Brittonum (9th century), Harleian
genealogies, Historia Regum Britanniae (c.
1134)
Son of Vortigern; fought alongside his
brotherVortimer against the Saxons
Cerdic of
Wessex
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 9th
century
First King of Wessex
Claudas
Perlesvaus, Lancelot-Grail, Post-Vulgate
Cycle,Le Morte d'Arthur
A Frankish King antagonistic to Arthur,
has two sons, Dorin and Claudin
Claudin† Lancelot-Grail, Le Morte d'Arthur
Virtuous son of the Frankish
villain Claudas, eventually becomes
one of 12 knights to achieve the Holy
Grail
Constans son
of Constantine
Based on the historical
figure Constans
Historia Regum Britanniae
Son of Constantine II of Britain, older
brother toUther Pendragon
Constantine II
of Britain
Based on the historical
figure Constantine
Historia Regum Britanniae
Arthur's grandfather, father to Uther
Pendragon, Constans, and Ambrosius
Aurelianus
5. Constantine III
of Britain†
Geoffrey of
Monmouth'sHistoria Regum
Britanniae, c. 1136
Historia Regum Britanniae, Le Morte d'Arthur
Arthur's cousin and successor to his
throne, Cador's son
Culhwch
Culhwch and Olwen, c. 11th
century
Cousin of Arthur's in early Welsh
legend
Cynric of
Wessex
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 9th
century
Second King of Wessex, son of Cerdic
Dagonet† Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King Arthur's court jester
Daniel von
Blumenthal†
Daniel von Blumenthal,
1220
A Knight of the Round Table found in
an early German offshoot of Arthurian
legend
Dinadan† Prose Tristan, 1230s Prose Tristan, Le Morte D'Arthur Son of Sir Brunor the Senior
Dindrane
(Italian: Agrestizia)(Welsh:
Danbrann) Also Dindraine or
Heliabel depending on the
sources)
Sister (sometimes half-sister)
of Percival, plays a large part in
many Holy Grail stories
Durnure Sir Durnure
First Named in "King Arthur Meets Lady
Guinevere" Howard Pyle
One of Three Sons of King Pellinore,
One of the Original 32 Knights of the
"Round table"
6. Ector† Hector, Antor, Ectorius
Lancelot-Grail, early 13th
century
The Once and Future King, Le Morte d'Arthur
Raises Arthur according to Merlin's
command, father to Sir Kay
Edern ap
Nudd
Edern, son of Nudd, Yder, Yver,
Isdernus, Knight of the
Sparrowhawk
Culhwch and Olwen, c. 1100
Chrétien de Troyes' Erec and Enide (as
Yder),Geraint ac Enid, The Dream of
Rhonabwy
Brother of Gwyn ap Nudd, rival
to Erec/Geraint. Originally a hostile
figure, later a member of Arthur's
retinue
Elaine of
Astolat
Elaine the White, Elaine the
Fair, The Lady of Shalott
Le Morte d'Arthur, 1470 The Lady of Shalott
Daughter of Bernard of Astolat, classic
Arthurian figure of unrequited love
Elaine of
Benoic
Lancelot-Grail, early 13th
century
Wife of King Ban and mother to
Lancelot, Evaine's sister
Elaine of
Corbenic
Amite, Helaine or Helizabel;
"The Grail Maiden"
Chrétien de
Troyes'Perceval, the Story
of the Grail c. 1181
The Once and Future King, Perceval le
Gallois(1978)
Daughter of the Fisher King, mother
of Galahadby Lancelot
Elaine of
Garlot
Daughter of Gorlois and Igraine, sister
to Morgan le Fay and Morgause and a
half-sister to King Arthur, wife to King
Nentres.
Elaine of
Listenoise
Le Morte d'Arthur
Daughter of King Pellinore, lover of Sir
Miles of the Laundes
Elaine the
Niece of the Lord of the Fens and wife
of Persides the Red of the Castle of
7. Peerless Gazevilte
Eliwlod Welsh Triads
Nephew to Arthur, son of Madoc, Uther
Pendragon's son
Elyan the
White†
(French: Helyan le Blanc)
Son of Sir Bors and Claire, King
Brandegoris' daughter, helps Lancelot
rescue Guinevere and goes into exile
with him
Enide Enid
Chrétien de Troyes' Erec
and Enide, c. 1170
Idylls of the King, Geraint and Enid Erec's wife
Epinogres Sir Epinogres
First Named in "King Arthur Meets Lady
Guinevere" Howard Pyle
Son of King of Umberland, and brother
unto Enchantress Vivien, One of the
Original 32 Knights of the "Round
table"
Erec†
Unclear; first literary
appearance as Erec
inChrétien de Troyes' Erec
and Enide, c. 1170
See Geraint and Enid
Son of King Lac and a Knight of the
Round Table
Esclabor†
Father of Palamedes, Safir,
and Segwarides
Esclados
Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain,
the Knight of the Lion, 1170s
Defended a magical fountain in the
Forest of Broceliande, married
8. to Laudine
Evaine
Lancelot-Grail, early 13th
century
Wife of Bors the Elder, mother of Bors
the Younger and Lionel, sister of Elaine
of Benoic, aunt of Lancelot
Faerie Knight,
The
Richard Johnson's Tom a
Lincoln part 1, 1599
Illegitimate son of Tom a'Lincoln and
Caelia, the Faerie Queen, half brother
to the Black Knight
Feirefiz†
Wolfram von
Eschenbach'sParzival, early
13th century
Half-brother to Percival and King
Arthur's nephew
Fisher King,
The
The Wounded King, Pelles,
Pelias
Chrétien de
Troyes'Perceval, the Story
of the Grail, c. 1181
Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal, c.
1220, ProseTristan as interpolation, c. 1230
Guardian of the Holy Grail
Gaheris† Le Morte d'Arthur
Son of King Lot and Morgause, brother
to Gawain, Agravaine, and Gareth, and
half-brother to Mordred
Galahad†
Lancelot-Grail, early 13th
century
Lancelot-Grail, Post-Vulgate Cycle, Thomas
Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
Illegitimate son of Sir Lancelot and
Elaine of Corbenic
Galehault† Galehalt, Galehaut
Lancelot-Grail, early 13th
century
Former enemy of Arthur who becomes
close friends with Lancelot
9. Galeschin† Galeshin The Vulgate Cycle
Son of Elaine of Garlot and King
Nentres, nephew of Arthur
Gareth† Beaumains Le Morte d'Arthur, Idylls of the King
Also a son of Lot and Morgause, in
love withLyonesse
Gawain†
(Latin: Walwanus, Welsh:
Gwalchmai, Irish: Balbhuaidh)
Culhwch and Olwen, c. 11th
century
Chretien de Troyes' Conte du Graal, Lancelot-
Grail cycle, Prose Tristan,Sir Gawain and the
Green Knight, Thomas Malory's Le Morte
D'Arthur and many short Middle English
romances
Another son of Lot and Morgause,
father of Gingalain
Geraint† Geraint and Enid Enid's lover
Gingalain†
Guinglain, Gingalin, Gliglois,
Wigalois, etc., also Le Bel
Inconnu, or The Fair Unknown
Le Bel Inconnu Gawain's and Blanchemal's son
Gorlois (Old Welsh: Gwrlais) Historia Regum Britanniae
Igraine's first husband before she
married Uther Pendragon. Father
of Morgause and Morgan le Fay.
Gornemant
Chrétien de Troyes' Erec
and Enide, c. 1170
Chrétien's Perceval, the Story of the Grail Percival's mentor
Guiron le
Courtois
Palamedes, 1235–40 Palamedes, Guiron Compilation Companion of Meliodas
10. Green Knight†
Bercilak, Bertilak, Bernlak,
Bredbeddle
Sir Gawain and the Green
Knight, 1300s
The Greene Knight, King Arthur and King
Cornwall
A knight enchanted by Morgan le
Fay in order to test Gawain
Griflet† Girflet, Jaufre Jaufré
The son of Do (or Don), cousin to Sir
Lucan and Sir Bedivere
Gringolet
(Welsh: gwyn calet("white-
hardy"),
orceincaled ("handsome-
hardy"))
Chrétien de Troyes' Erec
and Enide, c. 1170
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight Gawain's horse
Guinevak Gwenhwyvach
Culhwch and Olwen, c. 11th
century
Welsh Triads, Thomas Love
Peacock'sMisfortunes of Elphin
Guinevere's half-sister
Queen
Guinevere
(Welsh: Gwenhwyfar, 'The
White Fay' or 'White
Ghost')(Latin:Guanhumara)
Culhwch and Olwen, c. 11th
century
Many
Wife to King Arthur, famous for her
affair with Lancelot
Gwyn ap
Nudd
First appeared in the
Arthurian saga in Culhwch
and Olwen, c.1100.
Character is much older.
One of Arthur's knights. Brother
of Edern ap Nudd, rival of Gwythyr ap
Greidawl, lover ofCreiddylad
Hector de
Maris†
Ector de Maris Quest du Saint Graal Vulgate Cycle
Half-brother of Lancelot, son of King
Ban and the Lady de Maris, Sir Bors
and Sir Lionel are his cousins
11. Hengest Hengist
Bede's The Ecclesiastical
History of the English
People, AD 721
Historia Regum Britanniae
An Anglo-Saxon king killed by Uther
Pendragon;Horsa's brother
Hueil mab
Caw
Huail Culhwch and Olwen, c 1110 Vita Gildas, Welsh Triads
A Pictish plunderer and chieftain, killed
by Arthur. Brother to Saint Gildas
Hoel† (Welsh: Howel, Hywel) The Dream of Rhonabwy, Geraint and Enid
Son of King Budic of Brittany, father
to St. Tudwal
Horsa
Bede's The Ecclesiastical
History of the English
People, AD 721
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Brother to Hengest
Igraine
(Latin: Igerna)(Welsh:Eigyr)
(French Igerne) Also Ygrayne
and Arnive.
Geoffrey of
Monmouth'sHistoria Regum
Britanniae, c. 1136
Vulgate Merlin
Mother to King Arthur through an affair
with Uther Pendragon. Mother
of Morgause and Morgan le
Fay through her first husband Gorlois.
Iseult of
Ireland
Isolde, Yseult, Isode, Isoude,
Isotta
Tristan and Iseult
Wife of Mark of Cornwall and
adulterous lover of Sir Tristan
Queen Iseult
Isolde, Yseult, Isode, Isoude,
Isotta
Tristan and Iseult Iseult of Ireland's mother
Iseult of the
White Hands
Isolde, Yseult, Isode, Isoude,
Isotta
Tristan and Iseult
Daughter of Hoel of Brittany, sister of
Sir Kahedin, and wife of Tristan
12. Joseph of
Arimathea
Biblical figure; first
connection with Arthur is
inRobert de Boron's Joseph
d'Arimathie, 12th century
First keeper of the Holy Grail in
Arthurian legend
Josephus of
Arimathea
Josephe, Josephes
Lancelot-Grail cycle, Post
Vulgate Prose Tristan, Malory's Le Morte
D'Arthur
Son of Joseph of Arimathea
Kay† (Welsh: Cai, Latin: Caius)
Pa Gur yv y porthaur? 10th
century
Many Foster brother to Arthur, Sir Ector's son
Kahedin
Kahadin, Kahedrin, Kehenis,
Kehidius; possibly the Welsh
character Kae Hir
Thomas of Britain's Roman
de Tristan
Prose Tristan, Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur
Brother to Iseult, son of King Hoel, had
an affair with Brangaine
Lady of the
Lake
Nimue, Viviane, Niniane,
Nyneve, etc.
Unclear; a water fay is first
mentioned as Lancelot's
foster mother in Chrétien de
Troyes' Lancelot, the Knight
of the Cart, 1170s
Many
There are several related characters
called the Lady of the Lake. Their
actions include giving Arthur his
sword Excalibur, raising Lancelot and
his cousins as foster children,
enchanting Merlin, and taking the dying
king to Avalon
Lamorak† Prose Tristan, c. 1235 Lancelot-Grail Cycle
Son of King Pellinore, brother to Tor,
Aglovale, Percival, and Dindrane.
Lover of Morgause
13. Lancelot†
Lancelot du Lac, Lancelot of the
Lake, Launcelot
Chrétien de Troyes' Erec
and Enide, c. 1170
Chrétien's Lancelot, the Knight of the
Cart,Lancelot-Grail, many others
Son to King Ban and Elaine, most
famous for his affair with Queen
Guinevere, Arthur's wife, most
prominent Knight of the Round Table
Lanval† Landevale, Launfal, Lambewell
Marie de France's Lanval,
late 12th century
Sir Landevale, Sir Launfal, Sir Lambewell
A knight of King Arthur's court who falls
in love with a fairy
Laudine Lady of the Fountain
Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain,
the Knight of the Lion, 1170s
Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain, Iwein Sir Ywain's wife
Leodegrance† Leondegrance
Guinevere's father, King of Cameliard
in what is now southwest England
Lionel† Lancelot-Grail, early 13th century
Son of King Bors of Gaunnes (or Gaul),
brother of Bors the Younger
Lohengrin Loherangrin, Lorengel
Wolfram von
Eschenbach'sParzival, early
13th century
Parzival, German
romance Lohengrin, Lorengel,Richard
Wagner's Lohengrin
A knight of the Holy Grail, son of
Percival
Loholt
Possibly Llacheu, similar
character in Welsh sources
Welsh Triads (as Llacheu) Perlesvaus, Vulgate Cycle (as Loholt) Illegitimate son of Arthur
Lot Loth
Geoffrey of
Monmouth'sHistoria Regum
Britanniae, c. 1136
Le Morte d'Arthur
King of Lothian, father to Gawain,
Agravain, Gaheris, and Gareth
14. Lucan† Sir Lucan the Butler Le Morte d'Arthur
Servant to King Arthur, Bedivere's
brother, Griflet's cousin
Lucius Lucius Tiberius, Lucius Hiberius
Geoffrey of
Monmouth'sHistoria Regum
Britanniae, c. 1136
Alliterative Morte Arthure, Le Morte d'Arthur,
A fictional Roman Emperor and
antagonist to Arthur
Lunete
(Welsh: Luned) (French:
Lunete, Lunet)
Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain,
the Knight of the Lion, 1170s
Handmaiden and advisor to Laudine
Lynette
Thomas Malory's Le Morte
d'Arthur, c. 1470
Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King
Seeks aid from Arthur to rescue her
sister Lyonesse; Arthur sends an
incognito Gareth, who she berates until
he proves his worth
Lyonesse
Thomas Malory's Le Morte
d'Arthur, c. 1470
Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King
Entrapped sister of Lynette; rescued by
Gareth, whom she eventually marries
Mabon ap
Modron
Culhwch and Olwen, 11th
century
Welsh Triads
Son of Modron, kidnapped at birth,
rescued byCulhwch
Madoc Madawg Book of Taliesin Stanzas of the Graves
Son of Uther Pendragon, brother of
Arthur in early Welsh tradition, father
of Eliwlod
Maleagant†
Malagant, Meleagant, perhaps
Melwas
Unclear, a similar character
named "Melwas" appears in
the 12th century Life of
Lancelot-Grail, Post-Vulgate Cycle, Thomas
Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
Abductor of Guinevere
15. Gildas
Manawydan
fab Llyr
Sometimes Manawyddan
The Mabinogion (first
appearance)
Pa Gur yv y Porthaur (circa
10th century)
Culhwch and Olwen (circa 1100)
Originally a British God; appeared as a
knight of Arthur's in Culhwch and
Olwen
Mark of
Cornwall
(Latin: Marcus
Cunomorus)(Cornish:
Margh)(Welsh: March)
Possibly based on a
historical figure from the 6th
century
Post-Vulgate Cycle, Prose Tristan, Le Morte
d'Arthur, Palamedes
Tristan's uncle, husband to Iseult
Meirchion Tristan and Iseult Father to Mark of Cornwall
Melehan
Geoffrey of
Monmouth'sHistoria Regum
Britanniae, c. 1136
(unnamed)
Elder son of Mordred
Meliodas Meliadus
Prose Tristan; Tristan's
father was named Rivalen in
earlier versions
Le Morte d'Arthur Father to Tristan
Menw ap
Tairgwaedd
Culhwch and Olwen c.1100 Welsh Triads Enchanter, member of Arthur's retinue.
Merlin
(Welsh: Myrddin), Myrddin
Emrys, Merlin Ambrosius
First mention of his familiar
character is Geoffrey of
Monmouth's Historia Regum
Britanniae, c. 1136, but
derived from earlier Welsh
tales
Many Wizard, guide to King Arthur
Modron
Mentioned as the mother
ofMabon ap
Modron inCulhwch and
Olwen and theWelsh Triads
Welsh Triads
Mother of Mabon; in another folktale,
she is the mother of Owain (Ywain)
and Morvydd by Urien. Possible source
for Morgan le Fay
16. Mordred†
Modred (Welsh:Medrawd, Latin:
Medraut)
Annales Cambriae, c. 970 Many
In some literature, Arthur's illegitimate
son through Morgause (or Morgan le
Fay), kills and is killed by Arthur
Morgan le Fay
Morgaine, Morgain, Morgana,
Bellicent
Unclear; first mention as
Morgan in Geoffrey of
Monmouth's Vita Merlini, c.
1150
Many
Sorceress, half-sister and sometime
antagonist of Arthur, and (in some
traditions) mother of Mordred
Morgause Anna
Geoffrey of
Monmouth'sHistoria Regum
Britanniae, c. 1136
Arthur's half-sister, wife to King Lot,
mother to Gawain, Agravaine, Gaheris,
and Gareth. In some traditions, also the
mother of Mordred
Morgan Tud Geraint ac Enid Head physician of Arthur's court.
Morholt† Marhalt, Morold, Marhaus
Tristan poems
of Béroul andThomas of
Britain, 12th century
Tristan poems of Béroul, Thomas, Eilhart von
Oberge, Gottfried von
Strassburg, Prose Tristan,Post-Vulgate
Cycle, Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
Irish knight, rival of Tristan, uncle of
Iseult
Morien† Moriaen
Dutch romance Morien, 13th
century
Half-Moorish son of Aglovale
Morvydd Welsh Triads, Culhwch and Olwen Owain's twin sister
Nimue see Lady of the Lake
Oberon
Auberon, King of Shadows and
Fairies
King of the Fairies, sometimes
identified as a son of Morgan le Fay
Olwen
Culhwch and Olwen, c. 11th
century
Daughter of Ysbaddaden, beloved
of Culhwch
Orgeluse Haughty Maiden of Logres
Chrétien de
Troyes'Perceval, the Story
of the Grail, c. 1181
A wife of Gawain
Owain† (see Ywain) Historical figure Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain Son of Urien
Palamedes† Palamede, Palomides
Prose Tristan, 1230s,
Thomas Malory's Le Morte
T.H. White's The Once and Future King Saracen Knight of the Round Table
17. D'Arthur,
Parcenet The Story of King Arthur and His Knights
A maid from Queen Ettarre's court who
helps Sir Pelleas
Pellam
King Pellam of Listeneise,
Pellehan
see Fisher King
Pelleas† Pellias Post-Vulgate Cycle, 1230s
Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, Alfred,
Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King
A Knight of the Round table in love with
Ettarre, later lover of Nimue
Pelles see Fisher King
Pellinore†
Lancelot-Grail, Post-Vulgate Cycle, Thomas
Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, T. H. White's The
Once and Future King
King of Listenoise and friend to Arthur
Percival†
(Welsh: Peredur) Perceval,
Parzifal
As Percival, Chrétien de
Troyes' Erec and Enide, c.
1170
Chrétien's Perceval, the Story of the
Grail,Lancelot-Grail, many
Achiever of the Holy Grail; King
Pellinore's son in some tales
Questing
Beast
Beste Glatisant (Barking Beast) Perlesvaus, c. 1210
Gerbert's Continuation of Chrétien de
Troyes'Perceval, the Story of the Grail, Post
VulgateSuite du Merlin, Prose
Tristan, Thomas Malory'sLe Morte d'Arthur
A strange beast quested after by many
knights associated
with Pellinore and Palamedes.
Lady Ragnell
Sir Gawain's wife, in some legends
mother ofPercival
Red Knight
Chrétien's Perceval, the
Story of the Grail, c. 1181
Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
Appears in many tales, usually as an
antagonist
Rience Ritho, Ryence, Ryons, and Rion
Geoffrey of
Monmouth'sHistoria Regum
Britanniae, c. 1136
Lancelot-Grail, Post Vulgate Cycle, Thomas
Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
King defeated by Arthur
Safir†
Thomas Malory's Le Morte
d'Arthur, ProseTristan
Son to Esclabor, brother
of Segwarides andPalamedes
Sagramore† Sagramor
Lancelot-Grail, Post-Vulgate
Cycle, ProseTristan, Thomas Malory's Le
Morte d'Arthur
Ubiquitous Knight of the Round Table;
various stories and origins are given for
him
18. Segwarides†
Thomas Malory's Le Morte
d'Arthur, ProseTristan
Son of Esclabor, brother
of Safir and Palamedes
Taliesin Historical figure
The Welsh Triads, Story of Taliesin, Alfred,
Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King
Bard to king Arthur, oldest known
Welsh poet
Tom
a'Lincoln†
The Red Rose Knight
At least in Richard
Johnson'sTom a
Lincoln part 1, 1599;
possibly mentioned in
Robert Greene's Farewell to
Folly, 1591
Illegitimate son of King Arthur through
Angelica
Tom Thumb
Reginald Scot's Discovery of
Witchcraft
The History of Tom Thumb, Henry
Fielding's Tom Thumb and The Tragedy of
Tragedies
A tiny creation of Merlin. Later
becomes Arthur's court dwarf and an
honorary knight
Tor† Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur Son of King Ars, adopted by Pellinore
Tristan†
(Latin/Brythonic: Drustanus;
Welsh: Drystan; Portuguese:
Tristão; Spanish: Tristán; also
known as Tristran, Tristram,
etc.)
Beroul's 'Roman de Tristan'
Thomas of Britain's 'Roman de Tristan', the
two 'Folies Tristans', Marie de France's
'Chevrefeuil',Eilhart von Oberge, Gottfried von
Strassburg, Post-Vulgate Prose Tristan, Post-
Vulgate Cycle,Thomas Malory's Le Morte
d'Arthur
Son of Blancheflor and Rivalen (or
Meliodas), Iseult's lover
Urien† Uriens Historical figure Welsh Triads
Father of Ywain (Owain mab Urien),
husband ofMorgan le Fay
Uther
Pendragon
(French: Uter Pendragon;
Welsh: Wthyr Bendragon, Uthr
Bendragon, Uthyr Pendraeg)
Pa Gur yv y Porthaur?, c.
10th century
Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum
Britanniae, c. 1136
Welsh Triads
Arthur's father
Vortigern
(Latin: Urtigernus), Guorthigirn,
Vortiger, Vortigen, Gwrtheyrn
Probably a historical figure;
first mentioned
in Bede's The Ecclesiastical
History of the English
People, AD 721
King of Britain whose decisions
assisted the Anglo-Saxon invasion of
Britain
19. Vortimer
Historia Brittonum, c. AD
820
Son of Vortigern
Ysbaddaden
Culhwch and Olwen, c. 11th
century
A giant and antagonist in the
story Culhwch and Olwen
Ywain†
(Welsh: Owain) Yvain, Ewain or
Uwain
Based on the historical
figureOwain mab Urien
Historia Brittonum, Yvain, the Knight of the
Lion
Urien's son, Morvydd's brother
Ywain the
Bastard†
Ywain the Adventurous
Urien's illegitimate son through
a seneschal, accidentally killed
by Gawain