Did Sir Lancelot kill King Arthur?

Answer 1

King Arthur was killed by his son, Mordred of Orkney. Mordred was his son by his half sister Morgaine (Morgana) depends upon which author you're reading. In other legends, Mordred was a Druid.

Answer 2

Like most Arthurian legend, there are several versions.

One legend says that Mordred was Arthur's son by his half sister, Morgause. Merlin predicted that a child born on May day would kill Arthur so he should dispose of all of them. All of the babies born that day, including Mordred, were rounded up and placed in a coracle and shoved off. They were left to basically die of exposure. The ship was discovered by a common fisherman. Mordred was the only baby whom survived. The fisherman brought Mordred home to the fishwife, who had just lost a child, and she raised him into childhood. He was later found by a sorceress, Nyneve, and returned into the circle of nobility.

Answer 3

At the end of the Battle of Camlann, when Camelot had won, but many had been killed, King Arthur faced a young man named Mordred. Together, they engaged in single combat, and killed each other. Many legends say this Mordred was Arthur and Arthur's half-sister, Morgaine (Morgana)'s son. Others say he was a Druid boy. Arthur had stabbed Mordred with excalibur (his sword) that had been forged in the dragon's breath and drawn from a stone. Mordred was killed instantly, but Arthur lived only long enough to say goodbye to his advisor, Merlin, who was also a sorcerer.

Answer 4

mordrid, there was the whole story how the quenn was lance allots, but he didnt no mordrid new it it was his best weapon to make him not move on and give up on life as we no it and i believe the reincarnation of arthur will happen!

Answer 5

Yes, from the time he became king he had many enemies. Dealing with a purely historical Arthur, he most likely lived in the 5th century AD, around the time that the Roman Empire was in its last death throes. Britain had been Roman for about 400 years and now was on its own. There were threats from the northern Picts and from Saxons, Angles and Jutes coming from across the sea. And it's genearlly belived a man rose to the challenge to organize his warriors to fight the onslaught of the Germanic invasion. That man is believed to be the proto-type of King Arthur. Of course, his own people probably challenged his authority as well. It was a violent time. It is said Arthur fought 12 battles to defeat the Germanic tribes.

In the traditional medieval texts he had enemies from the time he drew Excalibur. The Morte d'Arthur devotes a huge portion of the beginning describing Arthur's first series of battles. Knights were a warrior class. There would have been many fatalities in jousting and battle.

Answer 6

Sir Lancelot did not kill King Arthur, however it is indirectly through his actions that the King's death comes about, although Mordred is probably more to blame.

Lancelot's illicit affair with Guinevere was revealed by Mordred, forcing Arthur's hand and he had his Queen burnt at the stake. Lancelot rescued Guinevere and took her to France, killing a variety of unarmed knights in the process, including Gawain's brothers Gaheris and Gareth. Gawain swears vengeance on Lancelot, and Arthur, Gawain and other knights lay seige on Lancelot's castle.

Gawain and Lancelot undertake a deadly joust to the death. However whilst Gawain is unarmed, wounded and entirely at Lancelot's mercy, the victorious knight will not harm an unarmed knight.

Arthur learns that whilst he has been in France his son (or nephew) Mordred has taken the throne of Britain. Arthur rides back to fight his son and during the battle Gawain reopens a wound from his battles with Lancelot. He lies dying and asks Arthur to write a letter to Lancelot asking his forgiveness and that he helps Arthur in his battle against Mordred. Gawain then dies.

During the night Arthur is woken by Gawain's spirit, telling him to wait until Lancelot's reinforcements arrive which they will within a month, and in the meantime to make a treaty with Mordred, whatever the cost, including promising him entire cities and the kingdom after Arthur's death.

Arthur does so and rides out at Camlann to make a treaty with Mordred, but first telling his knights that he does not trust Mordred, and that if they see a drawn sword they must attack immediately. Mordred does the same with his army (in most tellings). Whilst the leaders meet, each with about sixteen soldiers, an adder crawls along the grass and bites one of Mordred's men. The man, without thinking, draws a sword and slices off the adder's head, but the blade is seen and the other men charge into battle- the Battle of Camlann.

All of the men die except King Arthur, his knights Sir Bedivere and sometimes another knight, and Mordred. Arthur, determined to end the battle, charges Mordred with his lance. Mordred attacks and impales himself on Arthur's lance. He strikes the king and promptly dies.

Therefore, whilst Mordred's taking of the throne in Arthur's absence was Lancelot's fault, Arthur's death wasn't the fault of his "knight of knights" and Lancelot cannot be blamed for it. Mordred dealt the killing blow.

Answer 7

because Sir Mordred wanted to rule Camelot and Arthur was in the why so he killed him. Sir Mordred was his blood thirsty nephew.