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In the Matter of Britain, Igraine (/ iː ˈ ɡ r eɪ n /) is the mother of King Arthur. Igraine is also known in Latin as Igerna, in Welsh as Eigr (Middle Welsh Eigyr), in French as Ygraine (Old French Ygerne or Igerne), in Le Morte d'Arthur as Ygrayne—often modernised as Igraine or Igreine—and in Parzival as Arnive.
CHARACTERS OF ARTHURIAN LEGEND. Queen Igraine. Who was Igraine? Igraine comes from the Welsh name Eigyr. She was the mother of King Arthur and the daughter of Amlawdd. She married Gorlois, by whom she had a number of daughters. (This husband is sometimes called Hoel.)
Igraine. Igraine of Tintagel was the beautiful wife of (eventually) two men. Her first husband, Gorlois, was the father of three of her four children : Morgana La Fay, Morgause, and Elaine. Igraine grew up in a stable and loving home, so her childhood was pleasant.
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Igraine Pendragon was the mother of King Arthur Pendragon, the former wife of the late Duke of Cornwall, the former wife of the late King Uther and the lover of Merlin.
Igraine has lived a life of deep pain and agony over the loss of her child - whose fate she had not known until now. Though estranged from the son, who never knew her, and despised by Morgan for the role she played in her father's madness, she has never lost her faith or her heart. When Merlin produces Arthur as the rightful heir to the throne, Igr...
Igraine was originally brought up with her family, and described her childhood as comfortable, and herself as "strong, opinionated, and full of hope". She dreamt of a husband who would treat her as an equal - according to her, she never got this wish.
At some point in her life, she married the Duke of Cornwall. His enemy, Uther Pendragon, desired Igraine, and asked the sorcerer Merlin to allow him to take on Cornwall's form. Merlin consented, on the condition that any child born as a result of the union be given to him - Uther agreed. He slept with Igraine in Cornwall's form and they conceived a son - Arthur. He was taken from Igraine, "torn from her arms" and given to Sir Ector to raise. Igraine would not see him again until he was full grown.
Uther defeated Cornwall, and wanted to make Igraine his wife. To do this, he had his existing wife killed and banished his daughter Morgan across the sea to a nunnery. This earned Igraine the lasting enmity of Morgan, who blamed her for her mother's murder and her own banishment. Despite this, Uther married Igraine.
Fifteen years later, Morgan returned. Uther, angered when Morgan called Igraine a whore, slapped her, and then exiled her permanently from Castle Pendragon, saying he no longer had a daughter. Later that night, Morgan poisoned her father, and Igraine was left a widow. Igraine is banished by Morgan.
She flees to Camelot, where she is introduced to her long lost son for the first time. After some initial awkwardness, they form a strong bond, although Igraine feels guilty for allowing Arthur to be taken from her. She soon organizes domestic activities in Camelot, and becomes a mother figure to the entire court, with Arthur telling her she is not just a mother to him, but to the entire realm. She takes Guinevere under her wing, and tries to counsel her about her feelings for Arthur but is forced to watch as her son suffers in silence after Guinevere marries Leontes. Igraine also forms a close relationship with the sorcerer Merlin. Together, she and Merlin look after a young orphan named Redwald.
However, the fledgling kingdom is soon threatened. During a visit to Castle Pendragon, Igraine is kidnapped as part of Morgan's plan to worm her way onto the throne. She is held prisoner in the castle while Morgan assumes her form and takes her place at Camelot. During her imprisonment, she repeatedly tries to threaten or bargain with her captors, but her pleas fall on deaf ears. Sybil later taunts her, naming her "Uther's whore". Igraine retaliates by attempting to strangle Sybil with her chains, and is only persuaded to release her by the threat of a sword at her throat. Vivian, Morgan's aide, is distressed by the way that Igraine is treated, perhaps fearing retribution from Arthur, but is ordered by Sybil not to interfere.
Through some trickery of Merlin, Uther enters the castle Tintagel and satiates his desire for Igraine, conceiving Arthur. The two are the conduits for the coming of Arthur. Their magical consummation is the beginning of the entire Arthurian saga.
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In the Matter of Britain, Igraine (i:'ɡreɪn) is the mother of King Arthur. She is also known in Latin as Igerna, in Welsh as Eigr (Middle Welsh Eigyr), in French as Ygraine (Old French Ygerne or Igerne), in Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur as Ygrayne—often modernized as Igraine or Igreine—and...
(Born c.AD 452) (Welsh: Eigr; Latin: Ygerna; English: Igraine) According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, Ygerna or Igraine (Eigr in Welsh) was the Duchess of Cornwall, ravishing wife of Gorlois and mother of King Arthur .
