Queen guinevere
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Queen Guinevere
Queen Guinevere Story; Arthurian Legend
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 works of the French poets Chrétien de Troyes and Robert de Boron, in the Vulgate Cycle, and most famously in Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur.
According to Geoffrey of Monmouth Guinevere is descended from a noble family of Romans and is “the loveliest woman in all the island”. In later romances she is the daughter of Leodegrance, previous owner of the Round Table, which she brings, together with one hundred knights, as her dowry when she marries Arthur. By the time of Chrétien de Troyes her affair with Lancelot is well established – it is he, not Arthur, who rescues Guinevere from her abductor Méléagant. She is an accomplice to M
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Guinevere
Arthurian legend character
For other uses, see Guinevere (disambiguation).
Fictional character
| Guinevere | |
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Guinevere watching the mortally wounded Arthur being sailed off to Avalon in Queen Guinevere by James Archer (c. 1860) | |
| Title | Princess, Queen, Mother Superior |
| Occupation | High Queen of Britain Later tradition: Queen of Logres and Britain (or England), convent head |
| Family | King Leodegrance (father), Gwenhwyfach (sister) |
| Spouse | Arthur, occasionally also Mordred |
| Significant other | Varied, including either Lancelot, Mordred or Yder |
| Children | Usually none, occasionally a son with Arthur or children with Mordred |
| Relatives | Varied, including a cousin |
| Religion | Christian |
| Home | Malory version: Cameliard, Camelot, Tower of London, Amesbury Priory |
| Nationality | British |
Guinevere (GWIN-iv-eer; Welsh: Gwenhwyfarpronunciationⓘ; 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 B
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Guinevere
Nationality/Culture
Romano-British/Celtic
Pronunciation
GWEN-uh-veer
Alternate Names
None
Appears In
Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, tales of King Arthur
Lineage
Daughter of King Leodegrance of Scotland
Character Overview
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. The relationship between the queen and Lancelot eventually destroyed the special fellowship of the Knights of the Round Table.
Guinevere was the daughter of King Leodegrance (pronounced lee-oh-duh-GRANTZ) of Scotland. Arthur admired the king's lovely daughter and married her in spite of a warning from his adviser Merlin that Guinevere would be unfaithful to him. As a wedding gift, Leodegrance gave Arthur a round table that would play a central role in his court.
After the marriage, Guinevere became acquainted with Lancelot, who performed various deeds to honor and rescue her. At first, Arthur to
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