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1 day ago · In the 13th-century prose cycles – and the later works based on them, including the influential Le Morte d'Arthur – she is usually described as the youngest daughter of Arthur's mother Igraine and her first husband Gorlois.
May 30, 2024 · Chapter 1. First, How Uther Pendragon sent for the duke of Cornwall. and Igraine his wife, and of their departing suddenly again. Chapter 2. How Uther Pendragon made war on the duke of Cornwall, and. how by the mean of Merlin he lay by the duchess and gat Arthur. Chapter 3. Of the birth of King Arthur and of his nurture.
3 days ago · King Arthur (Welsh: Brenin Arthur, Cornish: Arthur Gernow, Breton: Roue Arzhur, French: Roi Arthur), according to legends, was a king of Britain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter of Britain.
May 30, 2024 · How Uther Pendragon sent for the duke of Cornwall and Igraine his wife, and of their departing suddenly again. It befell in the days of Uther Pendragon, when he was king of all England, and so reigned, that there was a mighty duke in Cornwall that held war against him long time. And the duke was called the Duke of Tintagil.
May 21, 2024 · To protect him from the vengeful Gorlois, Arthur, the son of Igraine and Uther Pendragon, was raised in secrecy by the wizard Merlin. As Arthur grows, Merlin recognizes his extraordinary potential and arranges for him to become the king of Britain.
3 days ago · In Geoffrey’s telling Arthur was the son of Uther Pendragon, king of Britain, who went to war against Gorlois of Cornwall because he desired his wife Igraine. Gorlois sent his spouse to Tintagel for safety, which Uther found impossible to besiege because it was surrounded by sea on three sides and accessible only by a narrow rocky passage.
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