King Arthur Characters

Name Other namesEarliest appearance

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AccolonPost-Vulgate Cycle, 1230s

Morgan le Fay's lover

Aglovale†Agloval, Sir Aglovale de Galis

The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis, The Once and Future King

King Pellinore's eldest son

Agravain† AgravaineLancelot-Grail, Le Morte D'Arthur

Second son of King Lot and Morgause, joins Mordred's rebellion

Amr Amhar, Amir, AnirHistoria Brittonum, c. AD 820

Geraint and Enid Son of King Arthur

King Arthur† Arthur PendragonY Gododdin, c. 7th century

Many King of the Britons

Aurelius Ambrosius

Ambrosius Aurelianus

Gildas' De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae c. AD 540s

Historia Brittonum c. AD 820

Uther Pendragon's brother, High King of Britain before him

Bagdemagus†Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, 1170s

Meleagant's father and ruler of Gorre

BanLancelot-Grail, early 13th century

Lancelot's father

Balan Sir Balan le SavagePost-Vulgate Cycle, 1230s

Post-Vulgate, Le Morte D'Arthur

Brother to Balin

BalinSir Balin le Savage, Knight with Two Swords

Post-Vulgate Cycle, 1230s

Post-Vulgate, Le Morte D'Arthur

Brother to Balan, kills the Lady of the Lake and strikes the Dolorous Stroke

Bedivere† (Welsh: Bedwyr)(French: Pa Gur yv y Vita Cadoc, Culhwch Returns Excalibur to

Bédoier) BedeverePorthaur, c. 10th century

and Olwen, Stanzas of the Graves, Welsh Triads, Historia Regum Britanniae, Le Morte d'Arthur, numerous others

The Lady of the Lake, brother to Sir Lucan

Black Knight

King Arthur's grandson through Tom a'Lincoln. Another Black Knight is an antagonist figure

Blanchefleur

Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail, c. 1181

Percival's wife, niece to Gornemant

Bors the Elder (French: Bohort)Lancelot-Grail, early 13th century

Brother to King Ban, and an ally of Arthur's

Bors the Younger†

Son of Bors the Elder, father of Elyan the White

BrangaineBrangaene, Brangwane, Brangien

Tristan poems by Béroul and Thomas of Britain, 12th century

Tristan poems of Béroul, Thomas, Eilhart von Oberge, Gottfried von Strassburg, Prose Tristan, Post-Vulgate Cycle, Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur

Handmaid to Iseult

BruinSir Bruin Surnamed the Black

First Named in "King Arthur Meets Lady Guinevere" Howard Pyle

Unknown Family, One of the Original 32 Knights of the "Round table"

Breunor le Noir†

Brunor, La Cote Male Taile ("The Badly-shaped Coat")

Knight who wears his murdered father's coat, brother of

Dinadan and Daniel

Brutus of Britain

(Brut, Brute, Welsh: Bryttys)

Historia Brittonum, c. AD 820

First King of Britain, a Trojan

Cador† (Latin: Cadorius)Historia Regum Britanniae, The Dream of Rhonabwy

Raised Guinevere as his ward, father to Constantine III of Britain, Described in some works as Arthur's cousin

Caelia Celia, The Faerie Queene

Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene, 1590; Richard Johnson's Tom a Lincoln part 1, 1599

Tom a'Lincoln's lover, mother to the Faerie Knight

Calogrenant† Colgrevance, Cynan

Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, 1170s

Le Morte d'Arthur Cousin to Sir Ywain

Caradoc†

(Latin: Caractacus) (Welsh: Caradog Freichfras, meaning Caradoc Strong (or Stout) Arm)) (French: Carados Briefbras)

Perceval, the Story of the Grail, the Mabinogion

Rebelled against Arthur when he first became king, but later supported him. Sometimes two characters, Caradoc the Elder (a king) and Caradoc the Younger (a knight)

Catigern (Welsh: Cattegirn)

Historia Brittonum (9th century), Harleian genealogies, Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1134)

Son of Vortigern; fought alongside his brother Vortimer against the Saxons

Cerdic of Wessex

Anglo Saxon Chronicle, 9th century

First King of Wessex, an ancestor of Arthur's

ClaudasPerlesvaus, Lancelot-Grail, Post-Vulgate Cycle, Le Morte d'Arthur

A Frankish King antagonistic to Arthur, has two sons, Dorin and Claudin

Claudin†Lancelot-Grail, Le Morte d'Arthur

Virtuous son of the Frankish villain Claudas, eventually becomes one of 12 knights to achieve the Holy Grail

Constans son of Constantine

Based on the historical figure Constans

Historia Regum Britanniae

Son of Constantine II of Britain, older brother to Uther Pendragon

Constantine II of Britain

Based on the historical figure Constantine

Historia Regum Britanniae

Arthur's grandfather, father to Uther Pendragon, Constans, and Ambrosius Aurelianus

Constantine III of Britain†

Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, c. 1136

Historia Regum Britanniae, Le Morte d'Arthur

Arthur's cousin and successor to his throne, Cador's son

CulhwchCulhwch and Olwen, c. 11th century

Cousin of Arthur's in early Welsh legend

Cynric of Wessex

Anglo Saxon Chronicle, 9th century

Second King of Wessex, son of Cerdic

Dagonet†Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King

Arthur's court jester

Daniel von Blumenthal†

Daniel von Blumenthal, 1220

A Knight of the Round Table found in

an early German offshoot of Arthurian legend

Dinadan†Prose Tristan , 1230s

Prose Tristan , Le Morte D'Arthur

Son of Sir Brunor the Senior

Dindrane

(Italian: Agrestizia)(Welsh: Danbrann) Also Dindraine or Heliabel depending on the sources)

Sister (sometimes half-sister) of Percival, plays a large part in many Holy Grail stories

Durnure Sir Durnure

First Named in "King Arthur Meets Lady Guinevere" Howard Pyle

One of Three Sons of King Pellinore, One of the Original 32 Knights of the "Round table"

Ector† Hector, Antor, EctoriusLancelot-Grail, early 13th century

The Once and Future King, Le Morte d'Arthur

Raises Arthur according to Merlin's command, father to Sir Kay

Edern ap Nudd

Edern, son of Nudd, Yder, Yver, Isdernus, Knight of the Sparrowhawk

Culhwch and Olwen, c. 1100

Chrétien de Troyes' Erec and Enide (as Yder), Geraint ac Enid, The Dream of Rhonabwy

Brother of Gwyn ap Nudd, rival to Erec/Geraint. Originally a hostile figure, later a member of Arthur's retinue

Elaine of Astolat

Elaine the White, Elaine the Fair, The Lady of Shalott

Le Morte d'Arthur, 1470

The Lady of Shalott

Daughter of Bernard of Astolat, classic Arthurian figure of unrequited love

Elaine of Benoic

Lancelot-Grail, early 13th century

Wife of King Ban and mother to Lancelot, Evaine's sister

Elaine of Corbenic

Amite, Helaine or Helizabel; "The Grail

Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval,

The Once and Future King, Perceval le Gallois

Daughter of the Fisher King, mother

Maiden"the Story of the Grail c. 1181

(1978)of Galahad by Lancelot

Elaine of Garlot

Daughter of Gorlois and Igraine, sister to Morgan le Fay and Morgause and a half-sister to King Arthur, wife to King Nentres.

Elaine of Listenoise

Le Morte d'ArthurDaughter of King Pellinore, lover of Sir Miles of the Laundes

Elaine the Peerless

Niece of the Lord of the Fens and wife of Persides the Red of the Castle of Gazevilte

Eliwlod Welsh TriadsNephew to Arthur, son of Madoc, Uther Pendragon's son

Elyan the White†

(French: Helyan le Blanc)

Son of Sir Bors and Claire, King Brandegoris' daughter, helps Lancelot rescue Guinevere and goes into exile with him

Enide EnidChrétien de Troyes' Erec and Enide, c. 1170

Idylls of the King, Geraint and Enid

Erec's wife

Epinogres Sir Epinogres First Named in "King Arthur Meets Lady Guinevere" Howard Pyle

Son of King of Umberland, and brother unto Enchantress Vivien, One of the Original 32 Knights of the

"Round table"

Erec†

Unclear; first literary appearance as Erec in Chrétien de Troyes' Erec and Enide, c. 1170

See Geraint and EnidSon of King Lac and a Knight of the Round Table

Esclabor†Father of Palamedes, Safir, and Segwarides

Esclados

Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, 1170s

Defended a magical fountain in the Forest of Broceliande, married to Laudine

EvaineLancelot-Grail, early 13th century

Wife of Bors the Elder, mother of Bors the Younger and Lionel, sister of Elaine of Benoic, aunt of Lancelot

Faerie Knight, The

Richard Johnson's Tom a Lincoln part 1, 1599

Bastard son of Tom a'Lincoln and Caelia, the Faerie Queen, half brother to the Black Knight

Feirefiz†

Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, early 13th century

Half-brother to Percival and King Arthur's nephew

Fisher King, The

The Wounded King, Pelles, Pelias

Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail, c. 1181

Vulgate Queste del Saint Graal, c. 1220, Prose Tristan as interpolation, c. 1230

Guardian of the Holy Grail

Gaheris† Le Morte d'Arthur Son of King Lot and Morgause, brother

to Gawain, Agravaine, and Gareth, and half-brother to Mordred

Galahad†Lancelot-Grail, early 13th century

Lancelot-Grail, Post-Vulgate Cycle, Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur

Bastard son of Sir Lancelot and Elaine of Corbenic

Galehault† Galehalt, GalehautLancelot-Grail, early 13th century

Former enemy of Arthur who becomes close friends with Lancelot

Galeschin† Galeshin The Vulgate Cycle

Son of Elaine of Garlot and King Nentres, nephew of Arthur

Gareth† BeaumainsLe Morte d'Arthur, Idylls of the King

Also a son of Lot and Morgause, in love with Lyonesse

Gawain†(Latin: Walwanus, Welsh: Gwalchmai, Irish: Balbhuaidh)

Culhwch and Olwen, c. 11th century

Chretien de Troyes' Conte du Graal, Lancelot-Grail cycle, Prose Tristan,Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur and many short Middle English romances

Another son of Lot and Morgause, father of Gingalain

Geraint† Geraint and Enid Enid's lover

Gingalain†

Guinglain, Gingalin, Gliglois, Wigalois, etc., also Le Bel Inconnu, or The Fair Unknown

Le Bel InconnuGawain's and Blanchemal's son

Gorlois (Old Welsh: Gwrlais) Historia Regum Igraine's first

Britanniae

husband before she married Uther Pendragon. Father of Morgause and Morgan le Fay.

GornemantChrétien de Troyes' Erec and Enide, c. 1170

Chrétien's Perceval, the Story of the Grail

Percival's mentor

Guiron le Courtois

Palamedes, 1235-40

Palamedes, Guiron Compilation

Companion of Meliodas

Green Knight†Bercilak, Bertilak, Bernlak, Bredbeddle

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 1300s

The Greene Knight, King Arthur and King Cornwall

A knight enchanted by Morgan le Fay in order to test Gawain

Griflet† Girflet, Jaufre Jaufré

The son of Do (or Don), cousin to Sir Lucan and Sir Bedivere

Gringolet

(Welsh: gwyn calet ("white-hardy"), or ceincaled ("handsome-hardy"))

Chrétien de Troyes' Erec and Enide, c. 1170

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

Gawain's horse

Guinevak GwenhwyvachCulhwch and Olwen, c. 11th century

Welsh Triads, Thomas Love Peacock's Misfortunes of Elphin[disambiguation needed]

Guinevere's half-sister

Queen Guinevere

(Welsh: Gwenhwyfar, 'The White Fay' or 'White Ghost')(Latin: Guanhumara)

Culhwch and Olwen, c. 11th century

ManyWife to King Arthur, famous for her affair with Lancelot

Gwyn ap Nudd

First appeared in the Arthurian saga in Culhwch and Olwen, c.1100. Character is much older.

One of Arthur's knights. Brother of Edern ap Nudd, rival of Gwythyr ap Greidawl, lover of Creiddylad

Hector de Maris†

Ector de MarisQuest du Saint Graal Vulgate Cycle

Half-brother of Lancelot, son of King Ban and the Lady de Maris, Sir Bors and Sir Lionel are his cousins

Hengest Hengist

Bede's The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, AD 721

Historia Regum Britanniae

An Anglo-Saxon king killed by Uther Pendragon; Horsa's brother

Hueil mab Caw HuailCulhwch and Olwen, c 1110

Vita Gildas, Welsh Triads

A Pictish plunderer and chieftain, killed by Arthur. Brother to Saint Gildas

Hoel† (Welsh: Howel, Hywel)The Dream of Rhonabwy, Geraint and Enid

Son of King Budic of Brittany, father to St. Tudwal

Horsa

Bede's The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, AD 721

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Brother to Hengest

Igraine(Latin: Igerna)(Welsh: Eigyr) (French Igerne) Also Ygrayne and Arnive.

Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, c. 1136

Vulgate Merlin

Mother to King Arthur through an affair with Uther Pendragon. Mother of Morgause and Morgan le Fay through her first husband Gorlois.

Iseult of Ireland

Isolde, Yseult, Isode, Isoude, Isotta

Tristan and Iseult

Wife of Mark of Cornwall and adulterous lover of Sir Tristan

Queen IseultIsolde, Yseult, Isode, Isoude, Isotta

Tristan and IseultIseult of Ireland's mother

Iseult of the White Hands

Isolde, Yseult, Isode, Isoude, Isotta

Tristan and Iseult

Daughter of Hoel of Brittany, sister of Sir Kahedin, and wife of Tristan

Joseph of Arimathea

Biblical figure; first connection with Arthur is in Robert de Boron's Joseph d'Arimathie, 12th century

First keeper of the Holy Grail in Arthurian legend

Josephus of Arimathea

Josephe, Josephes

Lancelot-Grail cycle, Post Vulgate Prose Tristan, Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur

Son of Joseph of Arimathea

Kay† (Welsh: Cai, Latin: Caius)Pa Gur yv y porthaur? 10th century

ManyFoster brother to Arthur, Sir Ector's son

Kahedin

Kahadin, Kahedrin, Kehenis, Kehidius; possibly the Welsh character Kae Hir

Thomas of Britain's Roman de Tristan

Prose Tristan, Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur

Brother to Iseult, son of King Hoel, had an affair with Brangaine

Lady of the Lake

Nimue, Viviane, Niniane, Nyneve, etc.

Unclear; a water fay is first mentioned as Lancelot's foster mother in Chrétien de Troyes' Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, 1170s

Many

There are several related characters called the Lady of the Lake. Their actions include giving Arthur his sword Excalibur, raising Lancelot and his cousins as foster children, enchanting Merlin, and taking the dying king to Avalon

Lamorak†Prose Tristan, c. 1235

Lancelot-Grail Cycle

Son of King Pellinore, brother to Tor, Aglovale, Percival, and Dindrane. Lover of Morgause

Lancelot†Lancelot du Lac, Lancelot of the Lake, Launcelot

Chrétien de Troyes' Erec and Enide, c. 1170

Chrétien's Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart, Lancelot-Grail, many others

Son to King Ban and Elaine, most famous for his affair with Queen Guinevere, Arthur's wife, most prominent Knight of the Round Table

Lanval†Landevale, Launfal, Lambewell

Marie de France's Lanval, late 12th century

Sir Landevale, Sir Launfal, Sir Lambewell

A knight of King Arthur's court who falls in love with a fairy

Laudine Lady of the Fountain

Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, 1170s

Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain, Iwein

Sir Ywain's wife

Leodegrance† Leondegrance

Guinevere's father, King of Cameliard in what is now southwest England

Lionel†Lancelot-Grail, early 13th century

Son of King Bors of Gaunnes (or Gaul), brother of Bors the Younger

Lohengrin Loherangrin, Lorengel

Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival, early 13th century

Parzival, German romance Lohengrin, Lorengel, Richard Wagner's Lohengrin

A knight of the Holy Grail, son of Percival

LoholtPossibly Llacheu, similar character in Welsh sources

Welsh Triads (as Llacheu)

Perlesvaus, Vulgate Cycle (as Loholt)

Illegitimate son of Arthur

Lot Loth

Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, c. 1136

Le Morte d'Arthur

King of Lothian, father to Gawain, Agravain, Gaheris, and Gareth

Lucan† Sir Lucan the Butler Le Morte d'Arthur

Servant to King Arthur, Bedivere's brother, Griflet's cousin

LuciusLucius Tiberius, Lucius Hiberius

Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, c. 1136

Alliterative Morte Arthure, Le Morte d'Arthur,

A fictional Roman Emperor and antagonist to Arthur

Lunete(Welsh: Luned) (French: Lunete, Lunet)

Chrétien de Troyes' Yvain, the Knight of the Lion, 1170s

Handmaiden and advisor to Laudine

LynetteThomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, c. 1470

Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King

Seeks aid from Arthur to rescue her sister Lyonesse; Arthur sends an incognito Gareth, who she berates until he proves his worth

LyonesseThomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, c. 1470

Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King

Entrapped sister of Lynette; rescued by Gareth, whom she eventually marries

Mabon ap Modron

Culhwch and Olwen, 11th century

Welsh TriadsSon of Modron, kidnapped at birth, rescued by Culhwch

Madoc Madawg Book of Taliesin Stanzas of the Graves Son of Uther Pendragon, brother of Arthur in early

Welsh tradition, father of Eliwlod

Maleagant†Malagant, Meleagant, perhaps Melwas

Unclear, a similar character named "Melwas" appears in the 12th century Life of Gildas

Lancelot-Grail, Post-Vulgate Cycle, Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur

Abductor of Guinevere

Manawydan fab Llyr

Sometimes Manawyddan

The Mabinogion (first appearance)

Pa Gur yv y Porthaur (circa 10th century)

Culhwch and Olwen (circa 1100)

Originally a British God; appeared as a knight of Arthur's in Culhwch and Olwen

Mark of Cornwall

(Latin: Marcus Cunomorus)(Cornish: Margh)(Welsh: March)

Possibly based on a historical figure from the 6th century

Post-Vulgate Cycle, Prose Tristan, Le Morte d'Arthur, Palamedes

Tristan's uncle, husband to Iseult

Meirchion Tristan and IseultFather to Mark of Cornwall

Melehan

Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, c. 1136 (unnamed)

Elder son of Mordred

Meliodas Meliadus

Prose Tristan; Tristan's father was named Rivalen in earlier versions

Le Morte d'Arthur Father to Tristan

Menw ap Tairgwaedd

Culhwch and Olwen c.1100

Welsh TriadsEnchanter, member of Arthur's retinue.

Merlin (Welsh: Myrddin), Myrddin Emrys, Merlin Ambrosius

First mention of his familiar character is Geoffrey of

Many Wizard, guide to King Arthur

Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, c. 1136, but derived from earlier Welsh tales

Modron

Mentioned as the mother of Mabon ap Modron in Culhwch and Olwen and the Welsh Triads

Welsh Triads

Mother of Mabon; in another folktale, she is the mother of Owain (Ywain) and Morvydd by Urien. Possible source for Morgan le Fay

Mordred†Modred (Welsh: Medrawd, Latin: Medraut)

Annales Cambriae, c. 970

Many

In some literature, Arthur's illegitimate son through Morgause (or Morgan le Fay), kills and is killed by Arthur

Morgan le FayMorgaine, Morgain, Morgana, Bellicent

Unclear; first mention as Morgan in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Vita Merlini, c. 1150

Many

Sorceress, half-sister and sometime antagonist of Arthur, and (in some traditions) mother of Mordred

Morgause Anna

Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, c. 1136

Arthur's half-sister, wife to King Lot, mother to Gawain, Agravaine, Gaheris, and Gareth. In some traditions, also the mother of Mordred

Morgan Tud Geraint ac EnidHead physician of Arthur's court.

Morholt† Marhalt, Morold, Marhaus

Tristan poems of Béroul and

Tristan poems of Béroul, Thomas, Eilhart

Irish knight, rival of Tristan, uncle of

Thomas of Britain, 12th century

von Oberge, Gottfried von Strassburg, Prose Tristan, Post-Vulgate Cycle, Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur

Iseult

Morien† MoriaenDutch romance Morien, 13th century

Half-Moorish son of Aglovale

MorvyddWelsh Triads, Culhwch and Olwen

Owain's twin sister

Nimue see Lady of the Lake

OberonAuberon, King of Shadows and Fairies

King of the Fairies, sometimes identified as a son of Morgan le Fay

OlwenCulhwch and Olwen, c. 11th century

Daughter of Ysbaddaden, beloved of Culhwch

OrgeluseHaughty Maiden of Logres

Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail, c. 1181

A wife of Gawain

Owain† (see Ywain) Historical figureOwain, or the Lady of the Fountain

Son of Urien

Palamedes† Palamede, Palomides

Prose Tristan , 1230s, Thomas Malory's Le Morte D'Arthur,

T.H. White's The Once and Future King

Saracen Knight of the Round Table

ParcenetThe Story of King Arthur and His Knights

A maid from Queen Ettarre's court who helps Sir Pelleas

PellamKing Pellam of Listeneise, Pellehan

see Fisher King

Pelleas† PelliasPost-Vulgate Cycle, 1230s

Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King

A Knight of the Round table in love with Ettarre, later lover of Nimue

Pelles see Fisher King

Pellinore†

Lancelot-Grail, Post-Vulgate Cycle, Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, T. H. White's The Once and Future King

King of Listenoise and friend to Arthur

Percival†(Welsh: Peredur) Perceval, Parzifal

As Percival, Chrétien de Troyes' Erec and Enide, c. 1170

Chrétien's Perceval, the Story of the Grail, Lancelot-Grail, many

Achiever of the Holy Grail; King Pellinore's son in some tales

Questing BeastBeste Glatisant (Barking Beast)

Perlesvaus, c. 1210

Gerbert's Continuation of Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, the Story of the Grail, Post Vulgate Suite du Merlin, Prose Tristan, Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur

A strange beast quested after by many knights associated with Pellinore and Palamedes.

Lady RagnellSir Gawain's wife, in some legends mother of Percival

Red Knight

Chrétien's Perceval, the Story of the Grail, c. 1181

Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur

Appears in many tales, usually as an antagonist

RienceRitho, Ryence, Ryons, and Rion

Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, c. 1136

Lancelot-Grail, Post Vulgate Cycle, Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur

King defeated by Arthur

Safir†Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, Prose Tristan

Son to Esclabor, brother of Segwarides and Palamedes

Sagramore† Sagramor

Lancelot-Grail, Post-Vulgate Cycle, Prose Tristan, Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur

Ubiquitous Knight of the Round Table; various stories and origins are given for him

Segwarides†Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, Prose Tristan

Son of Esclabor, brother of Safir and Palamedes

Taliesin Historical figure

The Welsh Triads, Story of Taliesin, Alfred, Lord Tennyson's Idylls of the King

Bard to king Arthur, oldest known Welsh poet

Tom a'Lincoln† The Red Rose Knight

At least in Richard Johnson's Tom a Lincoln part 1, 1599; possibly mentioned in Robert Greene's Farewell to Folly, 1591

Illegitimate son of King Arthur through Angelica

Tom ThumbReginald Scot's Discovery of Witchcraft

The History of Tom Thumb, Henry Fielding's Tom Thumb and The Tragedy of Tragedies

A tiny creation of Merlin. Later becomes Arthur's court dwarf and an honorary knight

Tor†Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur

Son of King Ars, adopted by Pellinore

Tristan† (Latin/Brythonic: Drustanus; Welsh: Drystan; Portuguese: Tristão; Spanish: Tristán; also known as Tristran,

Beroul's 'Roman de Tristan'

Thomas of Britain's 'Roman de Tristan', the two 'Folies Tristans', Marie de France's 'Chevrefeuil', Eilhart

Son of Blancheflor and Rivalen (or Meliodas), Iseult's lover

Tristram, etc.)

von Oberge, Gottfried von Strassburg, Post-Vulgate Prose Tristan , Post-Vulgate Cycle, Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur

Urien† Uriens Historical figure Welsh Triads

Father of Ywain (Owain mab Urien), husband of Morgan le Fay

Uther Pendragon

(French: Uter Pendragon; Welsh: Wthyr Bendragon, Uthr Bendragon, Uthyr Pendraeg)

Pa Gur yv y Porthaur?, c. 10th century

Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, c. 1136

Welsh Triads

Arthur's father

Vortigern(Latin: Urtigernus), Guorthigirn, Vortiger, Vortigen, Gwrtheyrn

Probably a historical figure; first mentioned in Bede's The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, AD 721

King of Britain whose decisions assisted the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain

VortimerHistoria Brittonum, c. AD 820

Son of Vortigern

YsbaddadenCulhwch and Olwen, c. 11th century

A giant and antagonist in the story Culhwch and Olwen

Ywain†(Welsh: Owain) Yvain, Ewain or Uwain

Based on the historical figure Owain mab Urien

Historia Brittonum, Yvain, the Knight of the Lion

Urien's son, Morvydd's brother

Ywain the Bastard†

Ywain the Adventurous Urien's illegitimate son through a

seneschal, accidentally killed by Gawain