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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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If you are talking about the 2008 BBC Series: Merlin, then they are as follows: Merlin = Colin Morgan Prince Arthur = Bradley James Lady Morgana = Katie Mcgrath Gwen = Angel Coulby Gaius = Richard Wilson King Utheur = Anthony Head
How did King Arthur became a King?
He was a prince, the King's son. He pulled the sword from the stone, which recognized him as King.
What is king Arthur's half brother's name?
Welsh sources mention a warrior named Madog as Uther's son, making him Arthur's brother.
Arthur also has a maternal half-brother named Gormant, son of Rica. Presumably the result of a third marriage by his mother Igraine, after the death of Uther.
What is the setting of the King Arthur the day of destiny?
Medieval times, but if he did exist, he would have lived in the 500's, probably as some warlord who saved his kingdom from invaders at a time.
How did Merlin help King Arthur?
"who WAS Merlin?'' you talk as if he is dead, for that is impossible for he lives outside of time. but to answer your question, he IS a fabled wizard who has extraordinary powers, who was the long loved advisor of the high king arthur.
Is king Arthur a legend of did he really exist?
There is no physical proof of Arthur. Most historians believe that the legends concerning Arthur are based around a real person, although generally he is considered not to have been a "king" but more of a general or battle leader.
Arthur is first mentioned by name in several 7th Century Welsh manuscripts. Later in the 12th Century certain Breton scholars (Welsh and Cornish exiles living in Britanny) began embellishing these tales and the legends surrounding "King Arthur" which we are familiar with today were created. These Breton scholars may well have been referring to ancient documents that have since been lost.
The same 7th Century Welsh documents that assert the existence of Arthur also name other characters from Dark Age Britain which we know did exist. This supports the theory that Arthur was a real person and accordingly most historians consider him to have lived in the late 5th Century and early 6th Century AD.
The body of a man said to be that of Arthur was exhumed at Glastonbury Abbey by the monks in 1193. This body was kept at the abbey until the abbey was destroyed in 1541. No one knows where that body is now.
Is Merlin a myth or real person?
of course he was! modern today humans deny all of the old stories existence, like those with magic blades and magical kingdoms, but in reality they are so real that are minds cannot grasp the reality of it.
What are facts about Queen Guinevere?
Queen Guinvere was the legendary wife of the equally legendary King Arthur. In Arthurian legends, she fell in love with Sir Lancelot and caused a rift within the Knights Of The Round Table and Arthur's reign at Camelot. She is (mythically) supposed to have retired to an abbey in the town of Amesbury, in the county of Wiltshire in England.
It all depends on which strand of the legends you are reading. In many of the more modern tales, Mordred is his illegitimate son from a relationship he had with his own half-sister.
Another son given to Arthur in various tales is named Lohot, sometimes identified as the son of Arthur and Guenevere, sometimes as an illegitimate son of Arthur by a woman named Lionors. Sir Thomas Malory calls him Borre and Bohart in his Le Morte d'Arthur and name his mother as Lisanor.
Then there is Arthur the Little who is an illegitimate son of King Arthur in the Post-Vulgate Arthurian Cycle.
There is Illinot who is an illegitimate son of Arthur in Wolfram von Eschanbach's Parzival.
Welsh tradition supplies Llacheu, who is possibly identical to Lohot, Gwydre, and Amhar/Amir whom Arthur is said to have slain.
According to the Irish tale of Melora and Orlando, Melora was King Arthur's daughter. The Icelandic Thiðrekssaga gives King Arthur a daughter named Hilde.
Some traditional medieval genealogies trace the highland clans of MacArthur and Campbell to a certain Smervie who is said to the son to King Arthur.
And a few other sons or daughters of Arthur are mentioned in later texts and invented by modern authors.
Who was King Arthur's first knight?
There were at least 50 Knights of the Round Table. The best known were:
Sir Kay, Sir Galahad, Sir Bedivere, Sir Gawain, Sir Lancelot, Sir Percival, and the brothers Sir Balan and Sir Balin.
Why was Sir lancelot king Arthur's best knight?
There is conflict between them because
a) Lancelot killed Tarquine's brother
b) Tarquine was holding many fellow knights of Lancelot as prisoners in his castle (after beating them)
c) As a knight, Lancelot couldn't back down from the challenge or quest so he honorably fought because it was his duty.
They resolve the conflict by a joust. Tarquine didn't realize at first Lancelot was Lancelot so he offers to let each go their separate ways. When he found out he was though, Tarquine said they'd have to fight to their death. After much combat, Lancelot defeats Tarquine and kills him.
Lancelot's a pretty cool guy. ;))
Names of the knights of the round table?
there were 25 in total at the table here r the names: kyng Author, Sir Galahallt, Sir Launcelot Deulake,Sir Gauen,Sir Percyvale,Sir Lyonell,Sir Trystram Delyens,Sir Garethe,Sir Bedwere,Sir Blubrys,Sir Lacotemale Tayle,Sir Lucane,Sir Plomyde,Sir Lamorak,Sir Bors De Ganys,Sir Safer,Sir Pelleus,Sir Kay,Sir Ectorde Marys,Sir Dagonet,
Sir Degore,Sir Brumear,Sir Lybyus Dysconyus,Sir Alynore,Sir Mordrede.. now these may look like there spelled wrong but there not its just written in an older laungege making it weird if you want the transe lation or :) them spell in common laungeg send me a text telling me so
What judgment does the green knight pass on gawain?
The Green Knight tests Gawain two-fold. First by having his wife try to seduce Gawain, and second, by making a pact with Gawain that the two should exchange whatever they had acquired that day. The Green Knight tests Gawain's honesty and character.
What is the name of the magic sword that king Arthur pulled out of the rock?
It was Excalibur in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur (c. 1450-1470).
This form with an x appears to be an invention of Malory. His sources name the sword as Escalibor.
Earlier sources name it Caliburn.
The sword was named Kaletvwlch in medieval Welsh texts (usually modernized as Caledfwlch in modern versions of those texts). In medieval French tales the sword is named Caliburn, later fancied up to Escalibor. Sir Thomas Malory in his Le Morte d'Arthur rendered the name as Excalibur.
Because Malory's work was so popular in English, that form of the name is the one which later English authors mostly use. It is also used in some English translations of medieval works where the name is found differently in the source language. Some medieval romances give other minor variations in spelling.
According to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britianniae (the earliest surviving biography of Arthur) the sword Caliburn had been forged in the Island of Avalon but this account tells nothing of how Arthur obtained it. According to the medieval, so-called Vulgate Merlin account, Caliburn was identical to the nameless sword which Arthur pulled from the sword and so became king. According to the medieval, so-called Post-Vulgate Merlin Arthur was given Caliburn after he became king by a lake fay and it is unrelated to the sword in the stone.
A version of the Post-Vulgate Merlin occurs in a manuscript named Cambridge Add. 7071 in which material from the Vulgate Merlin is also included and which according identifies Escalibor with the sword in the stone, but later in contradiction identifies it with the sword given to Arthur by the lake fay. Sir Thomas Malory derived the earliest section of his Le Morte d'Arthur from a similar combined account and so gives both contradictory origins for Excalibur with no attempt at an explanation.
Excalibur
What was the capital of King Arthur's kingdom?
Supposedly the Arthurian Legends are the longest-going English story of all time. But, apparently, they originated in Wales and Ireland, and the English just carried them on as their own story.
So, really, we have no idea.
The king named Uther Pendragon first appears in any sort of story in surviving texts in the Historia Regum Britanniae by the 12th century write Geoffrey of Monmouth.
According to Geoffrey's account, King Uther although ill, had himself carried in a horse litter to battle the Saxons. The battle was won, but Uther's illness became worse and he and could only stand to drink from a well near Verulam (St. Albans). Some Saxon spies discovered this and poisoned the well. Uther died of the poisoned water, and a hundred of his followers who drank the water after him. See http://www.lib.rochester.edu/CAMELOT/geofhkb.htm . This account also appears in the derived versions of Wace and Layamon and in other derived versions.
In the Story of Merlin attributed to Robert de Boron, it was Merlin who advised Uther to go with his army in a horse litter. But Merlin tells Uther that he will die following the battle. So it happens. After winning the battle, Uther's illness increases and he dies. See http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=cme;idno=Merlin , chapter V, and http://members.terracom.net/~dorothea/baladro/index.html , chapter 17. This version, without the poisoning, is the source of the account in Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur.
Did Sir Lancelot kill King Arthur?
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.
What happened in the year 1066 that pertains to the king Arthur legends?
Because 1066 was the year of the battle of Hastings. It was the year that we had what is called our first English King, William the conqueror.
The passing of life. It may have been considered sacred for a fallen soldiers sword to be cast out in the water. The reasoning was so that the spirit would move onto the next the next world without any unfinished business.
How many can you sit around a 84 inch round table?
Knowing how many chairs and people will comfortably fit at each table is an important part of party planning. Why? Because you don't want your party guests jammed in like sardines in a can! Here are is a party table seating guide. You can fit 4 to 6 chairs at a 48 inch round table. The next table size, a 60 inch round table can seat 8 to 10 and a 72 inch round table will fit 10 to 12 people.
Who was king aurthur married to?
if your talking about Arthur it has said that he marries Gwen.thats if your talking about the show on ten.
What year did King Arthur pull the sword out of the stone?
Many people believe that Arthur was no more than legend. Of the historians that do feel that Arthur was a real person, it is disputed when he would have lived. There are figures anywhere between the 5th and the 11th centuries. With there being a few hundred year gap it is hard to pin down exactly when any part of the legend would have occurred. The best known of the early stories began showing up around the eleventh century. In most variants of the story he is represented as being anywhere from an older child to a young man.
