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King Arthur

King Arthur and the Knight of the Round Table are the leaders that defended England from the Saxons. With the help of the wizard Merlin, Arthur became King when he pulled the Excalibur sword from a stone.

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Was king arthur a real king?

Well, from all I've heard King Arther was a fairy tail/or imaginary King,not real, but he was probably based on King Alfred

Why were Arthur and the other knights looking for the Holy Grail?

In most versions of the legend, the grail appeared to them in a vision (or possibly a miraculous appearance). After it vanished, they decided to seek it out; the reasons for so doing vary. For example, in Le Morte d'Arthur, the grail miraculously produces food and drink for the knights, and Gawaine states that he intends to find it at least partly so that he can get more food and drink. (On a less material note, he also says that he wants to get a better look at it.)

Who was King Arthur?

Arthur was associated with Celtic mythology,although he was a historical figure from around the fifth or sixth centuries,after the Romans left Britain in the period that is known as The Dark Ages.In the Athurian saga,centered on the adventures of The Knights of the Round-Table.Arthur is a Medieval King.There appears to be no contemporary Celtic references to Arthur,either as a historical or as a legendary figure,although he did become involved in the story of Culhwch and in the story of the journey to Annw to acquire the enchanted cauldron.Arthur is associated with Celtic myth but this may have been a postdated association.It is likely that he came to power in the dying days of the Celts and that the stories surrounding him grew as they were driven farther and farther from their native land.Certainly there seems to be little,if any,evidence to link Arthur to the Celtic period.

King Arthur, as such, is a legend. But it is highly probable that there was a Romano-British leader in the fifth century who commanded Celtic tribes in successful resistance to the invading Anglo-Saxons and is the basis on which the legends were built. Read "The Discovery of King Arthur" by Geoffrey Ashe for a very good exploration of the idea. He argues very strongly that the man behind the legend was a commander known to history as Riothimus. He is the only known figure who actually did some things which parallel the legend at about the right time. Riothimous seems to be a title rather than a name so his real name could have been...Who knows?...Arthur?

King Arthur was a local tribal chieftain of the Britons of the west of England. His base was supposedly the spectacular Tintagel castle in Cornwall.

His kingdoms name was camolot

Does Yemen have a king?

Saudi Arabia has a king (King Abdullah bin Abdul Azziz Al-Saud)

Japan has an Emperor (Emperor Akihito)

Yemen's last king Muhammad al-Badr was deposed in 1970 and died in 1996. Yemen is currently run by an autocratic, non-monarchical government.

Where is camelot castle located?

No one knows for sure. There is no real evidence that Camelot Castle ever actually existed. So there isn't a tourist attraction where you can go around the castle.

Even the location of Camelot is much disputed and several widely separate places claim to be Camelot - for example, Winchester and locations in Cornwall and Wales.

What involves an element of the supernatural in Morte d'Arthur?

The island of Avalon, and Arthur's scabbard are considered supernatural. Arthur's scabbard for excalibur is supernatural because as long as he wears it, he cannot die of his wounds. The island of Avalon is supernatural because it is a hidden land that humans generally can not go to.

The catching of King Arthurs sword.

Alecto in the movie King Arthur?

Alecto is played by Lorenzo De Angelis

Was Mordred really King Arthur's evil stepbrother?

yes and no; some versions of the story tell Mordred as King Arthur's son.

Who ruled camelot?

King Arthur had is court at C A M E L O T.

Why did Arthur use a spear to fight Mordred?

Because it is said that King lancelot and Guienvere Tricked arthur in going to war with mordred it is said that Mordred is getting Revenge on arthur by Stealing the throne and His wife.

Ps:Read Records and you will find out alot about him

Why does king arthur ignore lancelot and guenever's affair?

sort of... he said it was cool for them to hook up ('cause he couldn't do anything about it) but that he couldn't forgive them. They went back to Lancelots dad's country, Brittany.

What did the symbol on king Arthur's shield mean?

Several shields are mentioned in Arthurian Legend. His shield, Wynebgwrthucher (which means face of evening), the shield, Pridwen which had the image of the Virgin Mary on it, Shields like Pidwen were said to invoke the strength and protection of the image represented, in this case, The Holy Mother.

Was King Arthur handsome?

Watch BBC's Merlin and you'll have your answer...

But more seriously, Arthur probably never existed so we'll never know.

Where did King Arthur get married?

He didn't, she was his mother. She married his father, King Uther, after the death of her first husband, Garlois of Cornwall.

Who did King Arthur father Mordred with?

disputable... either morgause or Morgan le fay. they were sisters.. so

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The role of Mordred's mother has traditionally been Morgause--Morte d'Arthur and the French Vulgate Cycle concur on this point. The confusion with Morgan has been a modern misconception because many modern works of fiction have shifted that role to Morgan.

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Arthur is the son of Uther the Pendragon first of his name, post Roman empire and pre Danish invasion over Wessex and Britannia. As the story of Arthur's existence is a fabled tail translated in over a hundred languages and as been around for a period of much longer, many different variations of the story exists. However, most do agree that his parentage came about when his biological father Uther, in the guise of his enemy Gorlois, weather the be due to Merlin's magic or simple trickery, met with Gorlois's wife Igraine and copulated with her.

Merlin made Uther promise that if this deed were to end in a child's birth, that Uther would give up the baby to Merlin, and in return Merlin also helped Uther defeat his enemy Gorlois in battle. During the birth of Arthur, Igraine begged and pleaded with Merlin to be allowed to keep the child but Uther was a man of his word and took the newborn baby away and handed him to Merlin.

It has been said that another child was made by Uther and Igraine, a legitimate heir to the throne and was named Mordred. Over time this has changed as the early works made Arthur a usurper to the throne of Britain and surprisingly, also made Arthur a warmongering tyrant. In the later versions, the clubbed footed Mordred was conceived by Arthur and his sister Morgause (Morgan le Fey). But in all cases the story ends the same with a great battle in which Arthur kills Mordred and is also mortally wounded.

The fable ends with Arthur now resting in the forever sleep to be woken when Britain need's its king again. Excalibur will once again be placed back into Arthur's hand.