When you become a knight the title Sir is automatic.
You become a knight by being knighted by a monarch.
The ceremony of knighting can be long and complex but its culmination by the initiate knelling before his monarch, being taping of each shoulder by the sword of the monarch who says something like
I hereby dub thee knight. Arise Sir _____.
The monarch is at this point sometimes amused to give the knight a new name.
Sir Lancelot was call 'The Strong'
Sir Robin """ 'The Brave'
Sir Galahad '''' 'The Chaste'
Don Quixote "" 'Knight of the Woeful Countenance.'
He was made a knight by the Queen (Elizabeth I).
Sir Galahad's quest was to find the holy grail
Sir William Marshal was knighted in the year 1166.
Sir Knight or Sir (name)
Shining Knight - Sir Ystin - was created in 2005.
sir gawain and the green knight
The Green Knight's name is Sir Gawain. He is a character from Arthurian legend and appears in the medieval poem "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."
News Knight with Sir Trevor McDonald ended on 2007-08-05.
News Knight with Sir Trevor McDonald was created on 2007-06-24.
Sir Gawain is from the legends of King Arthur. He fought and cut off the head of the Green Knight in 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'.
Jet appears as the Knight, Sir Lamorak.
Sir Henry Parkes is 'Sir' because in 1877, he was created Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, and Knight Grand Cross of the same order in 1888.