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- Igraine had a relationship with Uther Pendragon while under Merlin’s spell and conceived of Arthur. Later, after the battle when Gorlois was dead, Uther married Igraine. She never did see Arthur after he was first born, however, as he was given by Merlin to Sir Ector to raise as his son.
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Igraine had a relationship with Uther Pendragon while under Merlin’s spell and conceived of Arthur. Later, after the battle when Gorlois was dead, Uther married Igraine. She never did see Arthur after he was first born, however, as he was given by Merlin to Sir Ector to raise as his son.
High King Uther Pendragon falls in love with her and attempts to force his attentions on her at his court. She informs her husband, who departs with her to Cornwall without asking leave. This sudden departure gives Uther Pendragon an excuse to make war on Gorlois.
At a banquet celebrating their victories, Uther becomes obsessively enamoured of Gorlois' wife Igerna (Igraine), and a war ensues between Uther and his vassal. Gorlois sends Igerna to the impregnable castle of Tintagel for protection while he himself is besieged by Uther in another town.
Within the work, there is a reference to the relationship between Uther and Igraine, parents to King Arthur. Uther becomes king after the poisoning and death of his brother Aurelius by a Saxon named Eopa.
After Uther-Pendragon had ruled his kingdom for a number of years he took to wife a certain beautiful and gentle lady, hight Igraine. This noble dame was the widow of Gerlois, the Duke of Tintegal; by which prince she had two daughters - one of whom was named Margaise and the other Morgana le Fay.
Queen Ygerna alias Igraine (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.
After Uther’s death, which happened within two years after the marriage, she would presumably have been Queen Dowager, and later she would have been recognized as Queen Mother, though Merlin appears to have arranged a sort of practical joke in bringing about this recognition.
