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Guinevere ( / ˈɡwɪnɪvɪər / ⓘ GWIN-iv-eer; Welsh: Gwenhwyfar pronunciation ⓘ; Breton: Gwenivar, Cornish: Gwynnever ), also often written in Modern English as Guenevere or Guenever, [1] was, according to Arthurian legend, an early-medieval queen of Great Britain and the wife of King Arthur.
Guinevere, wife of Arthur, legendary king of Britain, best known in Arthurian romance through the love that his knight Sir Lancelot bore for her.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Apr 10, 2019 · Guinevere is the Queen of Britain, wife of King Arthur, and lover of Sir Lancelot in the Arthurian Legends best known in their standardized form from Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur (1469 CE).
- Joshua J. Mark
In Arthurian romance, Guinevere is the beautiful but unfaithful queen of Arthur, the legendary king of Britain. She is known especially for her adulterous affair with Arthur’s knight Sir Lancelot. Guinevere appeared in early Welsh literature as Gwenhwyvar, “the first lady of this island.”
Queen Guinevere, King Arthur (her husband), and Sir Lancelot (her lover), form the most celebrated love-triangle in European literature. From her origins – probably Welsh – Guinevere’s presence (and non-presence by abduction) runs strong throughout mainstream Arthurian legend: in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Brittaniae, in the ...
- Chapter 18, Book 1 of Le Morte d’Arthur is titled ‘How King Arthur, King Ban, and King Bors rescued King Leodegrance, and other incidents.’ This co...
- Guinevere’s adbuction by men is a recurring theme throughout Arthurian legend, and when kidnapped, she must be saved – the epitome of the damsel in...
- In Le Morte d’Arthur (Book 19) Queen Guinevere happened to go a-Maying in the woods behind Westminster, with her usual retinue of ladies-in-waiting...
- Technically, this wasn’t an abduction. In Le Morte d’Arthur Book 21 Mordred, both son and nephew of King Arthur, was ruler of all England, having b...
Guinevere was the wife of King Arthur, the legendary ruler of Britain. She was a beautiful and noble queen, but her life took a tragic turn when she fell in love with Lancelot, one of Arthur's bravest and most loyal knights.
May 23, 2018 · Guinevere was the wife of King Arthur and the lover of Lancelot, who caused the fall of Camelot. Learn about her life, role, and legacy in the Arthurian legends and myths.
