"the conception of Arthur and of Merlin himself. Despite this, Galahad is the knight who is chosen to find the Holy Grail. Galahad, in the Lancelot-Grail cycle and in Malory's retelling, is exalted above all the other knights; he is the one worthy enough to have the Holy Grail revealed to him and to be taken into heaven. In Sir Thomas Malory's ""Le Morte d'Arthur"", Galahad's incredible prowess and fortune in the quest for the Holy Grail are traced back to his piety. According to the legend, only pure knights may achieve the Grail. While in a specific sense, this"
"circumstances surrounding the conception of the boy Galahad are explained by Sir Thomas Malory and derive from the Gareth-Grail cycle. It happens when King Arthur's greatest knight, Lancelot, mistakes Elaine of Corbenic for his secret mistress, Queen Guinevere. According to Malory, King Pelles has already received magical foreknowledge that Lancelot will give his daughter a child and that this little boy will grow to become the greatest knight in the world, the knight chosen by God to discover the Holy Grail. Pelles also knows that Lancelot will only lie with his one true love, Guinevere. Destiny will have to be"
"Barahir Barahir is a fictional character in the Middle-earth universe of the English author J. R. R. Tolkien. He appears in ""The Silmarillion"", the epic poem ""The Lay of Leithian"" and the Grey Annals. In Tolkien's legendarium, Barahir was a Man of Ladros, heir to the House of Bëor in the First Age. He was the son of Bregor, husband of Emeldir, and most famous as the father of Beren Erchamion, who later was to marry Lúthien Tinúviel and result in the first union of Elves and Men. Barahir fought at the Dagor Bragollach, in which the armies of the"
"knights. No one was his equal. He was presented to Arthur when he was eighteen by the faeries. Arthur took him in and trained him to be a knight. Lancelot and Guinevere though fell in love at first sight and they had a secret affair that lasted for years. Morgan, Arthur's half-sister, found out about this affair and informed the King about it. Lancelot had a son with another woman and gave him the name Galahad, which had been his own birth name. 6. Mordred (pg.90) Mordred was unaware for a long time that his father was Arthur. He came"
"Tuireann In Irish mythology, Tuireann (Old Irish: Tuirenn or Tuirill Biccreo) was the father by Brigid of Creidhne, Luchtaine, and Giobhniu. His other sons, by his daughter Danand, included Brian, Iuchar, and Iucharba, who killed Lugh's father Cian. As an ""erec"" (a recompense fine), they were sent on a quest recounted as"" Oidheadh Chlainne Tuireann"" (""The Tragedy of the Sons of Tuireann""), one of the ""Three sorrowful tales of Erin"". After Lugh had taken his elaborate revenge, Tuireann died of grief over their graves. He is stated in various portions of ""Lebor Gabála Érenn"" to be the same person as"
"Arthurian legend. If he was ever more than an obscure villain, Maleagant's role seems to have diminished as Mordred became more popular; however, Maleagant appears in most accounts of Guinevere's kidnapping. He plays that part in the Lancelot-Grail cycle and Thomas Malory's ""Le Morte d'Arthur"". In the romance ""Sone de Nansai"", Sone visits an island said to have been Meleagan's. Meleagan's father was King Baudemagus and his grandfather Tadus. Meleagan's island is perfectly square and its walls are made of crystal. There is a palace at each corner and at the center, a fountain wells up through a gilded copper"
"Cáelbad Cáelbad (Cáelbhadh, Caolbhadh, Caolbhaidh), son of Cronn Badhraoi, a descendant of Mal mac Rochride, was, according to Lebor Gabála Érenn, a High King of Ireland for a period of one year. Inneacht daughter of Lughaidh was the mother of Caolbhaidh son of Cronn Badhraoi; and he was slain by Eochaid Mugmedon. The chronology of Geoffrey Keating's Foras Feasa ar Éirinn dates his reign to 343–344, that of the Annals of the Four Masters to 356–357. According to Foras Feasa ar Éirinn, Caolbhaidh was a son of Cronn Badhraoi, son of Eochaidh Cobha, son of Lughaidh, son of Rossa, son"
"reason to suspect that Giric's patronym, ""son of Dúngal"", may actually refer to an early form of the Welsh rather than the Gaelic . If correct, Giric's patronym could be evidence that his father was Dyfnwal ap Rhydderch, King of Al Clud, and that Giric was a brother of Arthgal. Such a relationship could indicate that Giric's apparent killing of Áed was undertaken in the context of avenging Arthgal's demise at Custantín behest. If Giric and Eochaid were indeed both descendants of Dyfnwal, Eochaid could well have ruled as king under the tutelage of Giric, his granduncle. Giric's patronym may"
"child into the harbour, where he is rescued by Biróg. She takes him to his father, who gives him to his brother, Gavida the smith, in fosterage. There may be further triplism associated with his birth. His father in the folktale is one of a triad of brothers, Mac Cinnfhaelaidh, Gavida, and Mac Samthainn, and his father in the medieval texts, Cian, is often mentioned together with his brothers Cú and Cethen. ""Lebor Gabála Érenn"" Two characters called Lugaid, a popular medieval Irish name thought to derive from Lugh, have three fathers: Lugaid Riab nDerg (Lugaid of the Red Stripes)"
"Theodahad Theodahad, also known as Thiudahad (; born 480 AD in Tauresium – died 536) was king of the Ostrogoths from 534 to 536 and a nephew of Theodoric the Great through his mother Amalafrida. He is probably the son of Amalafrida's first husband because her second marriage was about 500 AD. His sister was Amalaberga. He might have arrived in Italy with Theodoric and was an elderly man at the time of his succession. Massimiliano Vitiello states the name ""Theodahad"" is a compound of 'people' and 'conflict'. He arrested his first cousin Amalaswintha, former regent of the Ostrogoths from"
"Mordred Mordred or Modred (; ) is a character in the Arthurian legend. Based on a possibly historical figure, Mordred is most commonly known as a notorious traitor who fought King Arthur at the Battle of Camlann, where he was killed and Arthur was fatally wounded. In the popular version, he is the bastard son of Arthur and Arthur's half-sister, Morgause. The name ""Mordred"" (found as Modredus in Geoffrey of Monmouth's ""Historia Regum Britanniae"") comes from Old Welsh ""Medraut"" (comparable to Old Cornish ""Modred"" and Old Breton ""Modrot"") and is ultimately derived from Latin ""Moderātus"" meaning ""within bounds, observing moderation,"
"Mordred Mordred or Modred (; ) is a character in the Arthurian legend. Based on a possibly historical figure, Mordred is most commonly known as a notorious traitor who fought King Arthur at the Battle of Camlann, where he was killed and Arthur was fatally wounded. In the popular version, he is the bastard son of Arthur and Arthur's half-sister, Morgause. The name ""Mordred"" (found as Modredus in Geoffrey of Monmouth's ""Historia Regum Britanniae"") comes from Old Welsh ""Medraut"" (comparable to Old Cornish ""Modred"" and Old Breton ""Modrot"") and is ultimately derived from Latin ""Moderātus"" meaning ""within bounds, observing moderation,"
"Sir Galahad (poem) ""Sir Galahad"" is a poem written by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, and published in his 1842 collection of poetry. It is one of his many poems that deal with the legend of King Arthur, and describes Galahad experiencing a vision of the Holy Grail. The subject of the poem was later included in ""The Holy Grail"" section of Tennyson's ""Idylls of the King"", but the latter version depicts Galahad as a pious individual who is grimly determined to fulfill his destiny. ""Sir Galahad"", in contrast, depicts Galahad as prideful, and has almost cheerful undertones. In 1833,"
"Anaxandridas II Anaxandridas II () was an Agiad king of Sparta between 560 BC and 520 BC, father of Leonidas I and grandfather of Pleistarchus. He was succeeded by Cleomenes I. At the time when Croesus sent his embassy to form an alliance with ""the mightiest of the Greeks"" (about 554 BC), the war with Tegea, which in the late reigns went against them, had now been decided in the Spartans' favour, under Anaxandridas and Ariston. They also had main carriage of the suppression of the tyrannies, and with it the establishment of Spartan hegemony. With the reign of Anaxandridas"
"Celeborn Celeborn () is a fictional character in J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. Celeborn is an Elf, and the husband of Galadriel. He appears in ""The Lord of the Rings"" as the Lord of the Galadhrim, and co-ruler along with Galadriel of Lothlórien. He was the father of Celebrían (the wife of Elrond), and thus the grandfather of Arwen Evenstar and her older brothers Elladan and Elrohir. He was also a kinsman of the First Age Elven King Thingol. ""Celeborn"" means ""(tall) silver tree"" in Tolkien's invented language of Sindarin. He is also referred to as ""Lord of Lothlórien"" or ""Lord"
"Crimthann Nia Náir Crimthann Nia Náir (nephew of Nár), son of Lugaid Riab nDerg, was, according to medieval Irish legend and historical tradition, a High King of Ireland. Lugaid is said to have fathered him on his own mother, Clothru, daughter of Eochu Feidlech. Clothru was thus both his mother and his grandmother. The ""Lebor Gabála Érenn"" says he overthrew the High King Conchobar Abradruad, but does not say he became High King himself - Conchobar was succeeded by Cairbre Cinnchait. Geoffrey Keating and the ""Annals of the Four Masters"" agree that Crimthann succeeded Conchobar as High King and ruled"
"its misuse until the coming of Galahad. The Dolorous Stroke is typically represented as divine vengeance for a sin on the part its recipient. The nature of Pellam's sin is not stated explicitly, though he at least tolerates his murderous brother Garlon, who slays knights while under cover of invisibility, apparently at random. King Pelles is the Maimed King is one of a line of Grail keepers established by Joseph of Arimathea, the father of Eliazer and Elaine (the mother of Galahad), and he resides in the castle of Corbinec in Listenois. Pelles and his relative Pellehan appear in both"
"Arthur, awful in songs / when ravens croaked over blood."" Finally, Loholt is treacherously killed by Sir Kay so that the latter can take credit for the defeat of the giant Logrin in the ""Perlesvaus"". Another son, known only from a possibly 15th-century Welsh text, is said to have died on the field of Camlann: Medraut/Mordred is an exception to this tradition of a childless death for Arthur's sons. Mordred, like Amr, is killed by Arthur – at Camlann – according to Geoffrey of Monmouth and the post-Galfridian tradition but, unlike the others, he is ascribed two sons, both of"
"Lámfhind Lámfhind (Old Irish ""White Hand""), son of Agnoman, (not the same Agnoman who was the father of Nemed) was, according to medieval Irish historical traditions, a mythical ancestor of the Milesians, who are said to have settled Ireland from the Iberian Peninsula and from whom the lineages of most of the traditional High Kings were traced. According to the ""Lebor Gabála Érenn"", the descendants of Goídel Glas, the eponymous ancestor of the Gaels, migrated from Egypt around the time of the Biblical Exodus, and settled in Scythia. Several generations later they were expelled from Scythia after Agnoman killed Refloir,"
"John ""Teomachd"", from his cunning and craft. John's father, Lachlan, was also the grandson of Mary MacDonald, daughter of John of Islay; John's grandfather was thus the cousin of Alexander, the current Lord of the Isles, whose vassals the Macleans were. Donald MacLean took an armed band to Ardtornish, Alexander's main castle, and demanded a share of the estates Alexander had inherited from John of Islay, on the basis of common descent. After satisfying Alexander's demand that Donald expel the MacMasters (with whom Alexander had fallen out) from Ardgour, Alexander awarded him a charter for Ardgour, and other adjacent lands,"
"in other, reportedly less reliable sources such as David Hughes' British Chronicles. A number of figures from the Arthurian legends are suggested (with varying levels of plausibility) to have been the children of Amlawdd, including: Amlawdd Wledig is named in many sources to have been the maternal grandfather of King Arthur, while others suggest he is a genealogical construct, created in order to justify the kinship connections referred to in the Welsh prose tale of ""Culhwch and Olwen"" between Arthur, Culhwch, St Illtud and Goreu fab Custennin. Amlawdd does not appear in the list of Kings of Britain given by"
"son of Aonghus Ollamh, son of Oilill Bracain, son of Labhraidh Loingseach of the race of Eireamhon. He is said to have had thirty sons, but only ten of them had children; several medieval dynasties of Leinster traced their ancestors to them. His daughter Cochrann was said to have been the mother of the fenian hero Diarmuid Ua Duibhne. He features in the saga ""Esnada Tige Buchet"" (""The Melody of the House of Buchet""). Cathair's daughter Eithne Tháebfhota is fostered by a hospitable Leinsterman named Buchet who has many herds of cattle, but Cathair's sons so exploit Buchet's hospitality that"
"Cathbad Cathbad () or Cathbhadh (modern spelling) is the chief druid in the court of King Conchobar mac Nessa in the Ulster Cycle of Irish Mythology. He features in both accounts of Conchobar's birth, in one of which he is the king's father. In the first, Nessa, daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide, the then king of Ulster, asks the druid what it is an auspicious time for (as he had the ability to foretell the future). Cathbad replies, ""for begetting a king on a queen"". There were no other men around, so Ness takes Cathbad to bed and conceives a son."
"Delbáeth mac Ogma, who is also credited as the father of Brian, Iuchar, and Iucharba. He is likely related to the Gaulish deity Taranis and thence to Thor of the Germanic people. Tuireann In Irish mythology, Tuireann (Old Irish: Tuirenn or Tuirill Biccreo) was the father by Brigid of Creidhne, Luchtaine, and Giobhniu. His other sons, by his daughter Danand, included Brian, Iuchar, and Iucharba, who killed Lugh's father Cian. As an ""erec"" (a recompense fine), they were sent on a quest recounted as"" Oidheadh Chlainne Tuireann"" (""The Tragedy of the Sons of Tuireann""), one of the ""Three sorrowful tales"
"Llŷr Llŷr ( (); ""Lleddiaith"" meaning ""half-speech"" or ""half-language"") is a figure in Welsh mythology, probably originally a deity, probably derived from Irish Ler (""the Sea""), father of ""Manannán mac Lir"". Other than his progeny and odd tidbits, his identity remains obscure. Llŷr appears as the father of Brân, Brânwen and Manawydan by Penarddun in the ""Branwen, Daughter of Llyr"", the Second Branch of the ""Mabinogi"". The Welsh Triads states that Llŷr was imprisoned by Euroswydd, and presumbably, Penarddun consequently married Euroswydd, giving birth by Euroswydd to her two younger sons, Nisien and Efnisien, as stated in the Second Branch."
"the Middle Welsh translations of Geoffrey's work known collectively as ""Brut y Brenhinedd"", Heli's name was restored to Beli and his father renamed to Manogan. Beli Mawr Beli Mawr (""Beli the Great"") was an ancestor figure in Middle Welsh literature and genealogies. He is the father of Cassivellaunus, Arianrhod, Lludd Llaw Eraint, Llefelys, and Afallach. In certain medieval genealogies he is listed as the husband of Anna, cousin of Mary, mother of Jesus. According to the Welsh Triads, Beli and Dôn were the parents of Arianrhod, but the mother of Beli's other children—and the father of Dôn's other children—is not"
"Eochaid, son of Rhun Eochaid (fl. 878–889) was a ninth-century Briton who may have ruled as King of Strathclyde and/or King of the Picts. He was a son of Rhun ab Arthgal, King of Strathclyde, and descended from a long line of British kings. Eochaid's mother is recorded to have been a daughter of Cináed mac Ailpín, King of the Picts. This maternal descent from the royal Alpínid dynasty may well account for the record of Eochaid reigning over the Pictish realm after the death of Cináed's son, Áed, in 878. According to various sources, Áed was slain by Giric,"
"father, son of the king, was Eochu Balldearg, or Eochu of the Red Spot. It was recorded that Eochu was hopelessly disfigured and diseased when he was born, but was cured through a miracle by Saint Patrick. Brecan was one of two sons of Eochaidh Bailldearg, the other being Conall Caemh, and was originally named Breasel. A poem from the 14th or 15th century says he was a soldier before becoming a missionary. On his first mission to Aran he destroyed a reigning idol named Brecán, and took that name for himself. He converted the idol's sanctuary into a hermitage."
"father's schemes. Claudas eventually succumbs to Arthur and company, and Claudin seeks adventure elsewhere. He becomes one of only twelve knights to achieve the Holy Grail, along with Galahad, Bors the Younger, and Percival. Sir Dinadan is the son of Sir Brunor Senior, the 'Good Knight without Fear', a brother of Sirs Breunor le Noir and Daniel, and a close friend of Sir Tristan. Like Palamedes and Lamorak, Dinadan was an invention of the Prose ""Tristan"", and appeared in later retellings including the Post-Vulgate Cycle and Thomas Malory's ""Le Morte d'Arthur"". Unlike most other knights in Arthurian romance, Dinadan prefers"
"the grandfather of Gil-galad, Orodreth's son. His name was a Sindarized form of his Telerin Quenya name Angaráto , which means ""Iron-noble"" or ""iron champion"". This is a reference to his hands of great strength and an early received ""epessë"" Angamaitë 'iron-handed'. In the published ""The Silmarillion"", Orodreth is given as Angrod's brother instead, following non-final versions of the story. This was an editorial decision by Christopher Tolkien which he admitted as a mistake. Angrod In J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth universe, Angrod (pronounced ) was a son of Finarfin and lord of the Noldor. Angrod was the elder brother of Galadriel"
"Congalach's forces killing or capturing a large number of the Dubliners. The death of Blácaire allowed Amlaíb Cuarán to return to power, and he quickly returned to England to claim the kingship of Northumbria, which had been recaptured by Vikings led by Eric Bloodaxe in 947. Amlaíb's brother Gofraid mac Sitriuc succeeded Blácaire as king in Dublin. Blácaire's father is identifiable as Gofraid, who was king of Dublin between 921 and 934, and also briefly ruled Northumbria in 927. In the annals Gofraid is identified by the use of ""ua Ímair"", meaning ""grandson of Ímar"", but never with a patronymic."
"was slain in treachery by Maghnus, son of Thomas, son of Thomas, son of Fergal Mag Samradhain and by the sons of Aedh, son of Eogan, son of Thomas, son of Fergal and by the sons of Brian of Tellach-Eathach, namely, Tadhg and Philip, that is, sons of Feidhlimidh, son of Brian. In Tempoll-an-puirt that was done, on the feast day of Berach, at the end of a year from the day his other brother and his tribe-head was drowned."" The Annals of Loch Cé for 1496 state- ""Mac Samhradhain, i.e. Domhnall Bernach, son of Thomas, son of Ferghal, was"
"their friend Galehaut. Guinevere eventually returns and reclaims her throne. In Welsh mythology the father of Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere) is the giant Ogyruan/Ogyrvan or Gogyrfan, who is mentioned in a number of Middle Welsh texts. Leodegrance King Leodegrance , sometimes Leondegrance, Leodogran, or variations thereof, is the father of Queen Guinevere in Arthurian legend. His kingdom of Cameliard (or Carmelide) is usually identified with Cornwall but may be located in Breton Cornouaille near the town of Carhaix-Plouguer, which is the Carhaise of ""L'Histoire de Merlin"" (13th century). Leodegrance had served Uther Pendragon, King Arthur's biological father and regnal predecessor. Leodegrance was"