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The [[Arthurian legend]] features many characters, including the [[Knight of the Round Table|Knights of the Round Table]] and members of [[King Arthur's family]]. Their names often differ depending on the version and language. The following is a list of characters with descriptions.

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|+King Arthur characters
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!Name
!Other names
!Earliest appearance
!Works featured in
!Description
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| [[Accolon]]
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| [[Post-Vulgate Cycle]], 1230s
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| [[Morgan le Fay]]'s love
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| [[Aglovale]]{{dagger}}
| Agloval, Sir Aglovale de Galis
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| ''The Life of Sir Aglovale de Galis'', ''[[The Once and Future King]]''
| [[King Pellinore]]'s eldest son
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| [[Agravain]]{{dagger}}
| Agravaine
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| [[Lancelot-Grail]], ''[[Le Morte D'Arthur]]'', ''[[The Once and Future King]]''
| Second son of [[King Lot]] and [[Morgause]], joins [[Mordred]]'s rebellion
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| [[Amhar|Amr]]
| Amhar, Amir, Anir
| ''[[Historia Brittonum]]'', {{circa}} 820
| ''[[Geraint and Enid]]''
| Son of [[King Arthur]]
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| Andred
| 
| ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''
| 
| Cousin of [[Tristan|Tristram]]
|-
| [[King Arthur|(King) Arthur]]{{dagger}}
| Arthur Pendragon
| ''[[Y Gododdin]]'', {{circa}} 7th century
| Many
| [[List of legendary kings of Britain|High King of Britain]], ruler of [[Logres]] and lord of [[Camelot]]
|-
| [[Ambrosius Aurelianus|Aurelius Ambrosius]]
| Ambrosius Aurelianus
|''[[De Excidio et Conquestu Britanniae]]'' {{circa}} 540s
| ''[[Historia Brittonum]]'' {{circa}} 820
| [[Uther Pendragon]]'s brother, High King of Britain before him
|-
| [[Bagdemagus]]{{dagger}}
|
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|''[[Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart]]'', 1170s
| [[Meleagant]]'s father and ruler of Gorre
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| [[King Ban|Ban]]
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|[[Lancelot-Grail]], early 13th century;, ''[[The Once and Future King]]''
| [[Lancelot]]'s father
|-
| [[Sir Balan|Balan]]
| Sir Balan le Savage
| [[Post-Vulgate Cycle]], 1230s
| [[Post-Vulgate Cycle]], ''[[Le Morte D'Arthur]]''
| Brother to Balin
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| [[Sir Balin|Balin]]
| Sir Balin le Savage, Knight with Two Swords
| [[Post-Vulgate Cycle]], 1230s
| [[Post-Vulgate Cycle]], ''[[Le Morte D'Arthur]]''
| Brother to Balan, kills the [[Lady of the Lake]] and strikes the [[Dolorous Stroke]]
|-
| [[Bedivere]]{{dagger}}
| (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Bedwyr}}), (French: {{lang|fr|Bédoier}}), Bedevere
| ''[[Pa gur|Pa Gur yv y Porthaur]]'', {{circa}} 10th century
| ''[[Cadoc|Vita Cadoc]]'', ''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'', ''[[Englynion y Beddau|Stanzas of the Graves]]'', ''[[Welsh Triads]], ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'', ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'','' numerous others
| Returns [[Excalibur]] to [[The Lady of the Lake]], brother to [[Sir Lucan]]
|-
| [[Black Knight (Arthurian legend)|Black Knight]]
| 
|
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| King Arthur's grandson through [[Tom a Lincoln]]. Another Black Knight is an antagonist figure
|-
| [[Blanchefleur]]
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|''[[Perceval, the Story of the Grail]]'', {{circa}} 1181
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| [[Percival]]'s wife, niece to [[Gornemant]]
|-
| [[Bors|Bors the Elder]]
|(French: {{lang|fr|Bohort}})
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|[[Lancelot-Grail]], early 13th century; ''[[The Once and Future King]]''
| Brother to [[King Ban]], and an ally of Arthur's
|-
| [[Bors|Bors the Younger]]{{dagger}}
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|
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| Son of Bors the Elder, father of [[Elyan the White]]
|-
| [[Brangaine]]
| Brangaene, Brangwane, Brangien
| ''[[Tristan]]'', 12th century
| ''[[Tristan]]'' poems, [[Post-Vulgate Cycle]], ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''
| Handmaid to [[Iseult]]
|-
| Bruin
| Sir Bruin Surnamed the Black
| 
| 
| Unknown Family, One of the original 32 Knights of the Round Table
|-
| [[Sir Breunor|Breunor le Noir]]{{dagger}}
| Brunor, La Cote Male Taile
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|
|Knight who wears his murdered father's coat, brother of Dinadan and Daniel
|-
| [[Brutus of Britain]]
| Brut, Brute, (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Bryttys}})
| ''[[Historia Brittonum]]'', {{circa}} 820
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| First King of Britain, a Trojan
|-
| [[Cador]]{{dagger}}
| (Latin: {{lang|la|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
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|''[[The Faerie Queene]]'', 1590; ''[[Tom a Lincoln]]'' part 1, 1599
| [[Tom a'Lincoln]]'s lover, mother to the [[Faerie Knight]]
|-
| [[Calogrenant]]{{dagger}}
| Colgrevance, Cynan
|''[[Yvain, the Knight of the Lion]]'', 1170s
| ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''
| Cousin to [[Sir Ywain]]
|-
| [[Caradoc]]{{dagger}}
| (Latin: {{lang|la|Caractacus}}), (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Caradog Freichfras}}), (French: {{lang|fr|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: {{lang|cy|Cattegirn}})
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| ''[[Historia Brittonum]],'' 9th century; [[Harleian genealogies]]; ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'', {{circa}} 1134
| Son of [[Vortigern]], fought alongside his brother [[Vortimer]] against the Saxons
|-
| [[Cerdic of Wessex|(King) Cerdic of Wessex]]
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| ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'', 9th century
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| First King of Wessex
|-
| [[Claudas]]
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| ''[[Perlesvaus]]'', [[Lancelot-Grail]], [[Post-Vulgate Cycle]], ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''
| A Frankish King antagonistic to Arthur, has two sons, Dorin and [[Prince Claudin|Claudin]]
|-
| [[Prince Claudin|Claudin]]{{dagger}}
|
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| [[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|(King) Constans son of Constantine]]
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|Based on the historical figure Constans
| ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]''
| Son of [[Constantine III (usurper)|Constantine II of Britain]], older brother to [[Uther Pendragon]]
|-
| [[Constantine III (usurper)|(King) Constantine II of Britain]]
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|Based on the historical figure Constantine
| ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]''
| Arthur's grandfather, father to Uther Pendragon, Constans, and Ambrosius Aurelianus
|-
| [[Constantine III of Britain|Constantine]]{{dagger}}
|
|''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'', {{circa}} 1136
| ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'', ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''
| Arthur's nephew and successor to his throne, Cador's son
|-
| [[Culhwch]]
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| ''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'', {{circa}} 11th century
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| Cousin of Arthur's in early Welsh legend
|-
| [[Cynric of Wessex|(King) Cynric of Wessex]]
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| ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]'', 9th century
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| Second King of Wessex, son of Cerdic
|-
| [[Dagonet]]{{dagger}}
|
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|''[[Idylls of the King]]''
| Arthur's [[court jester]]
|-
| [[Daniel von Blumenthal]]{{dagger}}
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| ''[[Daniel von Blumenthal]]'', 1220
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| A Knight of the Round Table found in an early German offshoot of Arthurian legend
|-
| [[Dinadan]]{{dagger}}
|
| [[Prose Tristan|Prose ''Tristan'']], 1230s
| [[Prose Tristan|Prose ''Tristan'']], ''[[Le Morte D'Arthur]]''
| Son of Sir Brunor the Senior
|-
| [[Dindrane]]
| (Italian: {{lang|it|Agrestizia}}), (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Danbrann}}), Dindraine, Heliabel
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| Sister (sometimes half-sister) of [[Percival]], plays a large part in many [[Holy Grail]] stories
|-
| Durnure
| Sir Durnure, Dornar
| 
| 
| One of Three Sons of King Pellinore, one of the original 32 Knights of the Round Table
|-
| [[Sir Ector|Ector]]{{dagger}}
| Hector, Antor, Ectorius
|[[Lancelot-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]]'', {{circa}} 1100
|''[[Erec and Enide]]'', ''[[Three Welsh Romances|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 (legend)|Elaine of Benoic]]
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|[[Lancelot-Grail]], early 13th century
|''[[The Once and Future King]]''
| Wife of King Ban and mother to Lancelot, Evaine's sister
|-
| [[Elaine of Corbenic]]
| Amite, Helaine, Helizabel
|''[[Perceval, the Story of the Grail]]'' {{circa}} 1181
|''[[The Once and Future King]]''; ''[[Perceval le Gallois]]'', 1978
| Daughter of the [[Fisher King]], mother of [[Galahad]] by [[Lancelot]]
|-
| [[Elaine (legend)|Elaine of Garlot]]
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|
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| Daughter of Gorlois and Igraine, sister to [[Morgan le Fay]] and [[Morgause]] and a half-sister to King Arthur, wife to [[King Nentres]].
|-
| [[Elaine (legend)|Elaine of Listenoise]]
|
|
|''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''
|Daughter of King [[Pellinore]], lover of Sir Miles of the Laundes
|-
| [[Elaine (legend)|Elaine the Peerless]]
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|
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|Niece of the Lord of the Fens and wife of Persides the Red of the Castle of Gazevilte
|-
| [[Eliwlod]]
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| [[Welsh Triads]]
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| Nephew to Arthur, son of [[Madoc ap Uthyr|Madoc]], Uther Pendragon's son
|-
| [[Elyan the White]]{{dagger}}
| (French: {{lang|fr|Helyan le Blanc}})
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| Son of Sir Bors and Claire, King Brandegoris' daughter, helps Lancelot rescue Guinevere and goes into exile with him
|-
| [[Enide]]
| Enid
|''[[Erec and Enide]]'', {{circa}} 1170
| ''[[Idylls of the King]]'', ''[[Geraint and Enid]]''
| Erec's wife
|-
| Epinogres
| Sir Epinogres
| 
| 
| Son of King of Umberland, and brother unto Enchantress Vivien, one of the original 32 Knights of the Round Table
|-
| [[Erec]]{{dagger}}
|
|Unclear; first literary appearance as Erec in ''[[Erec and Enide]]'', {{circa}} 1170
|see ''[[Geraint and Enid]]''
| Son of King Lac and a Knight of the Round Table
|-
|Escanor the Handsome
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|Girart
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|King of the White Mountain and nephew of Escanor the large, Gawain defeated him in combat after Escanor tried to abduct Sir Girflct.
|-
|Escanor the Large
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|Atre, Girart
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|Son of a giant and a witch, brother of Alienor, and uncle of Escanor the Handsome, he shared Gawain's power by which his strength waxed and waned with the sun.
|-
| [[Esclabor]]{{dagger}}
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| Father of [[Palamedes (Arthurian legend)|Palamedes]], [[Safir (Arthurian legend)|Safir]], and [[Segwarides]]
|-
| [[Esclados]]
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|''[[Yvain, the Knight of the Lion]]'', 1170s
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| Defended a magical fountain in the Forest of Broceliande, married to [[Laudine]]
|-
|[[Evaine]]
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|[[Lancelot-Grail]], early 13th century
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|Wife of Bors the Elder, mother of Bors the Younger and Lionel, sister of Elaine of Benoic, aunt of Lancelot
|-
| [[Faerie Knight|Faerie Knight, The]]
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|''Tom a Lincoln'' part 1, 1599
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| Illegitimate son of Tom a'Lincoln and Caelia, the Faerie Queen, half brother to the Black Knight
|-
| [[Feirefiz]]{{dagger}}
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|''[[Parzival]]'', early 13th century
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| Half-brother to Percival
|-
| [[Fisher King|Fisher King, The]]
| The Wounded King, Pelles, Pelias
|''[[Perceval, the Story of the Grail]]'', {{circa}} 1181
|''[[Queste del Saint Graal]]'', {{circa}} 1220; [[Prose Tristan|Prose ''Tristan'']], {{circa}} 1230, ''[[The Once and Future King]]''
| Guardian of the Holy Grail, Father of [[Elaine of Corbenic]]
|-
| [[Gaheris]]{{dagger}}
|
|
| ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', ''[[The Once and Future King]]''
| Son of King Lot and Morgause, brother to Gawain, Agravaine, and Gareth, and half-brother to Mordred
|-
| [[Galahad]]{{dagger}}
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| [[Lancelot-Grail]], early 13th century
|[[Lancelot-Grail]], [[Post-Vulgate Cycle]], ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', ''[[The Once and Future King]]''
| Illegitimate son of Sir Lancelot and Elaine of Corbenic
|-
| [[Galehault]]{{dagger}}
|Galehalt, Galehaut
|[[Lancelot-Grail]], early 13th century
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|Former enemy of Arthur who becomes close friends with Lancelot
|-
|[[Galeschin]]{{dagger}}
|Galeshin
|[[Vulgate Cycle]]
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|Son of Elaine of Garlot and [[King Nentres]], nephew of Arthur
|-
| [[Gareth]]{{dagger}}
| [[Beaumains]]
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|''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', ''[[Idylls of the King]]'', ''[[The Once and Future King]]''
| Also a son of Lot and Morgause, in love with [[Lyonesse]]
|-
| [[Gawain]]{{dagger}}
| (Latin: {{lang|la|Walwanus}}), (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Gwalchmai}}), (Irish: {{lang|ga|Balbhuaidh}})
| ''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'', {{circa}} 11th century
|''[[Perceval, the Story of the Grail|Conte du Graal]]'', [[Lancelot-Grail]] cycle, [[Prose Tristan|Prose ''Tristan'']], ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]'', ''[[Le Morte D'Arthur]]'', ''[[The Once and Future King]], many short Middle English romances''
| Another son of Lot and Morgause, father of Gingalain
|-
| Geneir Gwystyl
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| 
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| One of [[King Arthur]]'s knights in the [[Medieval Welsh literature|Welsh]] [[Arthurian legend]]<ref>{{cite web |author=Thomas, Peter Wynn, D. Mark Smith and Diana Luft |year=2007 |publisher=[[Cardiff University]] |title=''Rhyddiaith Gymraeg'' 1350-1425 |url=http://www.rhyddiaithganoloesol.caerdydd.ac.uk/en/ms-page.php?ms=Jesus111&page=161v&col=656&line=14&word=geneir |access-date=1 January 2013}} "Welsh Prose" project (search within transcription of the Jesus 111 (''[[Red Book of Hergest|Llyfr Coch Hergest]]'') manuscript).</ref>
|-
| [[Geraint]]{{dagger}}
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|''[[Geraint and Enid]]''
| Enid's lover
|-
| [[Gingalain]]{{dagger}}
| Guinglain, Gingalin, Gliglois, Wigalois, Le Bel Inconnu, Libeaus Desconus<ref>{{cite web |last1=The University of York |title=Libeaus Desconus |url=https://www.middleenglishromance.org.uk/mer/39 |website=Database of Middle English Romance}}</ref>
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| ''Le Bel Inconnu''
| Gawain's and Blanchemal's son
|-
| [[Gorlois]]{{dagger}}
| (Old Welsh: {{lang|cy|Gwrlais}})
|
| ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]''
| [[Igraine]]'s first husband before she married Uther Pendragon, father of [[Morgause]] and [[Morgan le Fay]].
|-
| [[Gornemant]]
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|''[[Erec and Enide]]'', {{circa}} 1170
|''[[Perceval, the Story of the Grail]]''
| Percival's mentor
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| [[Guiron le Courtois]]
| 
| ''[[Palamedes (romance)|Palamedes]]'', 1235–1240
| ''Palamedes'', ''Guiron Compilation''
| Companion of [[Meliodas]]
|-
| [[Green Knight]], The
| 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]]{{dagger}}
| Girflet, Jaufre
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| ''[[Jaufré]]''
| The son of Do (or Don), cousin to Sir Lucan and Sir Bedivere
|-
| [[Gringolet]]
| (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Gwyn Calet}}, {{lang|cy|Ceincaled}})
|''[[Erec and Enide]]'', {{circa}} 1170
| ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]''
| Gawain's horse
|-
| [[Guinevak]]
| Gwenhwyvach
| ''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'', {{circa}} 11th century
| [[Welsh Triads]], ''Misfortunes of [[Elffin ap Gwyddno|Elphin]]''
| Guinevere's half-sister
|-
| [[Guinevere|(Queen) Guinevere]]
| (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Gwenhwyfar}}), (Latin: {{lang|la|Guanhumara}})
| ''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'', {{circa}} 11th century
| Many
| High Queen of Britain, wife of King Arthur, famous for her affair with Lancelot
|-
| [[Gwyn ap Nudd]]
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|''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'', {{circa}} 11th century
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| One of Arthur's knights. Brother of [[Edern ap Nudd]], rival of [[Gwythyr ap Greidawl]], lover of [[Creiddylad]]
|-
| [[Hector de Maris]]{{dagger}}
|Ector de Maris
|
| ''Quest du Saint Graal,'' [[Vulgate cycle|Vulgate Cycle]], ''[[The Once and Future King]]''
| Half-brother of Lancelot, son of [[King Ban]] and the Lady de Maris, Sir Bors and Sir Lionel are his cousins
|-
| [[Hengest]]
| Hengist
|''[[The Ecclesiastical History of the English People]]'', 721
| ''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]''
| An Anglo-Saxon king killed by [[Uther Pendragon]], [[Horsa]]'s brother
|-
| [[Hueil mab Caw]]
| Huail
| ''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'', {{Circa}} 1110
| ''[[Gildas|Vita Gildae]]'', ''[[Welsh Triads]]''
| A [[Pict]]ish plunderer and chieftain, killed by Arthur, brother to [[Gildas|Saint Gildas]]
|-
| [[Hoel]]{{dagger}}
| (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Howel}}, {{lang|cy|Hywel}})
|
| ''[[The Dream of Rhonabwy]]'', ''[[Geraint and Enid]]''
| Son of King Budic of Brittany, father to [[St. Tudwal]]
|-
| [[Horsa]]
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|''[[The Ecclesiastical History of the English People]]'', 721
| ''[[Anglo-Saxon Chronicle]]''
| Brother to [[Hengest]]
|-
| [[Igraine]]
| (Latin: {{lang|la|Igerna}}), (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Eigyr}}), (French {{lang|fr|Igerne}}), Ygrayne, Arnive.
|''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'', {{circa}} 1136
|[[Vulgate Merlin Continuation|''Vulgate Merlin'']]'', [[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', ''[[The Once and Future King]]''
| Mother to King Arthur through an affair with [[Uther Pendragon]], mother of [[Morgause]] and [[Morgan le Fay]] through her first husband [[Gorlois]]
|-
| [[Iseult|Iseult of Ireland]]
| Isolde, Yseult, Isode, Isoude, Isotta
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| [[Tristan and Iseult]]
| Wife of Mark of Cornwall and adulterous lover of Sir Tristan
|-
| ([[Iseult|Queen) Iseult]]
| Isolde, Yseult, Isode, Isoude, Isotta
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| [[Tristan and Iseult]]
| Iseult of Ireland's mother
|-
| [[Iseult|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]]
|
|''{{ill|Joseph d'Arimathie (poem)|lt=Joseph d'Arimathie|fr|Joseph d'Arimathie (roman)}}'', 12th century
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| First keeper of the Holy Grail in Arthurian legend
|-
| [[Josephus of Arimathea]]
| Josephe, Josephes
|
| [[Lancelot-Grail]] cycle, [[Post-Vulgate Cycle]], [[Prose Tristan|Prose ''Tristan'']], ''[[Le Morte D'Arthur]]''
| Son of Joseph of Arimathea
|-
| [[Sir Kay|Kay]]{{dagger}}
| (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Cai}}), (Latin: {{lang|la|Caius}})
| ''Pa Gur yv y porthaur,'' 10th century
| Many
| Foster brother to Arthur, Sir Ector's son
|-
| [[Kahedin]]
| Kahadin, Kahedrin, Kehenis, Kehidius, possibly (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Kae Hir}})
|''Roman de Tristan''
| [[Prose Tristan|Prose ''Tristan'']], ''[[Le Morte D'Arthur]]''
| Brother to Iseult, son of King Hoel, had an affair with Brangaine
|-
| [[Lady of the Lake]]
| Nimue, Viviane, Niniane, Nyneve
| Unclear; a water fay is first mentioned as [[Lancelot]]'s foster mother in ''[[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]]{{dagger}}
|
| [[Prose Tristan|Prose ''Tristan'']], {{circa}} 1235
| [[Lancelot-Grail]] Cycle, ''[[The Once and Future King]]''
| Son of King Pellinore, brother to Tor, Aglovale, Percival, and Dindrane, lover of Morgause
|-
| [[Lancelot]]{{dagger}}
| Lancelot du Lac, Lancelot of the Lake, Launcelot
|''[[Erec and Enide]]'', {{circa}} 1170
|''[[Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart]]'', [[Lancelot-Grail]], ''[[The Once and Future King]]'', 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]]{{dagger}}
|Landevale, Launfal, Lambewell
|''[[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
|''[[Yvain, the Knight of the Lion]]'', 1170s
| ''[[Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain]]'', ''[[Iwein (poem)|Iwein]]''
| Sir Ywain's wife
|-
| [[Leodegrance]]{{dagger}}
| Leondegrance, Leodegraunce
| 
|
| Guinevere's father, King of Cameliard in what is now southwest England
|-
| [[Sir Lionel|Lionel]]{{dagger}}
|
|
|[[Lancelot-Grail]], early 13th century; ''[[The Once and Future King]]''
| Son of King Bors of Gaunnes (or Gaul), brother of Bors the Younger
|-
| [[Lohengrin]]
|Loherangrin, Lorengel
|''[[Parzival]]'', early 13th century
|''Parzival'', ''Lohengrin'', ''Lorengel'', [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Lohengrin (opera)|Lohengrin]]''
|A knight of the [[Holy Grail]], son of Percival
|-
|[[King Arthur's family|Loholt]]
|Possibly Llacheu (similar character in Welsh sources)
|[[Welsh Triads]]
|''[[Perlesvaus]]'', [[Vulgate Cycle]] (as Loholt)
|Illegitimate son of Arthur
|-
| [[Lot (Arthurian legend)|Lot]]
|Loth
|''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'', {{circa}} 1136
|''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', ''[[The Once and Future King]]''
| King of Lothian, father to Gawain, Agravain, Gaheris, and Gareth
|-
| [[Sir Lucan|Lucan]]{{dagger}}
| Sir Lucan the Butler
|
|''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''
|Servant to King Arthur, Bedivere's brother, Griflet's cousin
|-
| [[Lucius Tiberius|Lucius]]
| Lucius Tiberius, Lucius Hiberius
|''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'', {{circa}} 1136
|''[[Alliterative Morte Arthure]]'', ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'',
| A fictional [[Roman Emperor]] and antagonist to Arthur
|-
| [[Lunete]]
| (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Luned}}), (French: {{lang|fr|Lunete}}, {{lang|fr|Lunet}})
|''[[Yvain, the Knight of the Lion]]'', 1170s
|
| Handmaiden and advisor to Laudine
|-
|[[Lynette and Lyonesse|Lynette]]
|
|''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', {{circa}} 1470
|''[[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
|-
|[[Lynette and Lyonesse|Lyonesse]]
|
|''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', {{circa}} 1470
|''[[Idylls of the King]]''
|Entrapped sister of Lynette, rescued by Gareth, whom she eventually marries
|-
|[[Llamrei]]
|
| [[Culhwch and Olwen]], 11th century
|''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'', 11th century
| Llamrei was a mare owned by King Arthur
|-
|[[Mabon ap Modron]]
|
|''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'', 11th century
|[[Welsh Triads]]
|Son of [[Modron]], kidnapped at birth, rescued by [[Culhwch]]
|-
|[[Madoc ap Uthyr|Madoc]]
|Madawg
|[[Book of Taliesin]]
|''[[Englynion y Beddau|Stanzas of the Graves]]''
|Son of [[Uther Pendragon]], brother of Arthur in early Welsh tradition, father of [[Eliwlod]]
|-
|[[Maleagant]]{{dagger}}
|Malagant, Meleagant, perhaps Melwas
|Unclear, a similar character named "Melwas" appears in the 12th century ''[[Gildas|Life of Gildas]]''
|[[Lancelot-Grail]], [[Post-Vulgate Cycle]], ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''
|Abductor of [[Guinevere]]
|-
| [[Manawydan fab Llyr]]
| Manawyddan
| ''[[The Mabinogion]]''
| ''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'' ''(circa 1100)''
| Originally a British god; appeared as a knight of Arthur's in ''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]''
|-
| [[Mark of Cornwall]]
| (Latin: {{lang|la|Marcus Cunomorus}}), (Cornish: {{lang|kw|Margh}}), (Welsh: {{lang|cy|March}})
|Possibly based on a historical figure from the 6th century
|[[Post-Vulgate Cycle]], [[Prose Tristan|Prose ''Tristan'']], ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', ''[[Palamedes (romance)|Palamedes]]'', ''[[The Once and Future King]]''
| [[Tristan]]'s uncle, husband to [[Iseult]]
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| [[Meirchion]]
|
|
| [[Tristan and Iseult]]
| Father to Mark of Cornwall
|-
| [[Sons of Mordred|Melehan]]
|
|''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'', {{circa}} 1136 
|
|Elder son of [[Mordred]]
|-
| [[Meliodas]]
| Meliadus
|[[Prose Tristan|Prose ''Tristan'']]
|''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''
|Father to Tristan, Tristan's father was named Rivalen in earlier versions
|-
| [[Menw|Menw ap Tairgwaedd]]
|
| ''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'' {{circa}} 1100
| [[Welsh Triads]]
| Enchanter, member of Arthur's retinue
|-
| [[Merlin]]
| (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Myrddin}}), Myrddin Emrys, Merlin Ambrosius, Merlyn
|''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'', {{circa}} 1136, but derived from earlier Welsh tales
| Many
| Wizard, guide to King Arthur
|-
|[[Modron]]
|
|''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'', [[Welsh Triads]], 11th century
|[[Welsh Triads]]
|Mother of Mabon, in another folktale, she is the mother of [[Owain mab Urien|Owain]] ([[Ywain]]) and [[Morvydd]] by [[Urien]], Possible source for Morgan le Fay
|-
| [[Mordred]]{{dagger}}
|Modred, (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Medrawd}}, Latin: {{lang|la|Medraut}})
| ''[[Annales Cambriae]]'', {{circa}} 970
|Many
|In some literature, Arthur's illegitimate son through [[Morgause]] (or [[Morgan le Fay]]), kills and is killed by Arthur
|-
| [[Morgan le Fay]]
|Morgaine, Morgain, Morgana
|Unclear; first mention as Morgan in ''Vita Merlini'', {{circa}} 1150
|Many
| Sorceress, half-sister and sometime antagonist of Arthur, and (in some traditions) mother of [[Mordred]]
|-
| [[Morgause]]
| Anna
|''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'', {{circa}} 1136
|''[[The Once and Future King]]'', many others
| Arthur's half-sister, wife to [[King Lot]], mother to [[Gawain]], [[Agravaine]], [[Gaheris]], and [[Gareth]], and in some traditions, also the mother of [[Mordred]]
|-
| [[Morgan Tud]]
|
| ''[[Three Welsh Romances|Geraint ac Enid]]''
|
| Head physician of Arthur's court
|-
| [[Morholt]]{{dagger}}
|Marhalt, Morold, Marhaus
| ''[[Tristan]]'', 12th century
| ''Tristan'' poems, [[Prose Tristan|Prose ''Tristan'']], [[Post-Vulgate Cycle]], ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''
| Irish knight, rival of Tristan, uncle of Iseult
|-
| [[Morien]]{{dagger}}
| Moriaen
|''[[Morien]]'', 13th century
|
|Half-[[Moors|Moorish]] son of [[Aglovale]]
|-
| [[Morvydd]]
|
|
|[[Welsh Triads]], ''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]''
|[[Owain mab Urien|Owain]]'s twin sister
|-
| [[Nimue]]
| see [[Lady of the Lake]]
|
|
|
|-
| [[Oberon (Fairy King)|Oberon]]
|Auberon, King of Shadows and Fairies
|
|
|King of the Fairies, sometimes identified as a son of Morgan le Fay
|-
| [[Olwen]]
|
| ''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'', {{circa}} 11th century
|
|Daughter of [[Ysbaddaden]], beloved of [[Culhwch]]
|-
| [[Orgeluse]]
|Haughty Maiden of Logres
|''[[Perceval, the Story of the Grail]]'', {{circa}} 1181
|
|A wife of Gawain
|-
| [[Owain mab Urien|Owain]]{{dagger}}
|''see [[Ywain]]''
| Historical figure
| ''[[Owain, or the Lady of the Fountain]]''
|Son of Urien
|-
| [[Palamedes (Arthurian legend)|Palamedes]]{{dagger}}
| Palamede, Palomides
| [[Prose Tristan|Prose ''Tristan'']], 1230s, ''[[Le Morte D'Arthur]]''
|''[[The Once and Future King]]''
|[[Saracen]] Knight of the Round Table
|-
|Parcenet
|
|
|''[[The Story of King Arthur and His Knights]]''
|A maid from Queen Ettarre's court who helps Sir Pelleas
|-
| [[Pellam]]
|King Pellam of Listeneise, Pellehan
| see [[Fisher King]]
|
|
|-
| [[Pelleas]]{{dagger}}
| Pellias
| [[Post-Vulgate Cycle]], 1230s
|''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', ''[[Idylls of the King]]''
|A Knight of the Round table in love with Ettarre, later lover of Nimue
|-
| [[Pelles]]
| see [[Fisher King]]
|
|
|
|-
| [[Pellinore]]{{dagger}}
|
|
|[[Lancelot-Grail]], [[Post-Vulgate Cycle]], ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', ''[[The Once and Future King]]''
|King of Listenoise, friend to Arthur, father to many
|-
| {{anchor|Penpingion}}Penpingion<ref name="Penpingion">{{cite encyclopaedia | article=Penpingion| encyclopaedia=The Oxford Companion to the Literature of Wales| author1-first=Meic| author1-last=Stephens| publisher=Oxford University Press| year=1986| isbn=9780192115867}}</ref>
| 
| 
| ''[[Culhwch ac Olwen]]'', ''[[Three Welsh Romances|Geraint fab Erbin]]''
| A comic character; one of the gatekeepers at [[King Arthur|Arthur's]] court, subservient to [[Glewlwyd Gafaelfawr]].<ref name="Penpingion"/>  Killed in the hunt for [[Twrch Trwyth]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Culhwch ac Olwen Part Three |series=Celtic Literature Collective|url=http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/culhwch3.html|access-date=2023-01-02|website=www.maryjones.us}}</ref>
|-
| [[Petitcrieu]]
| Petitcreiu, Petitcru, Pticru
| ''[[Gottfried von Strassburg|Tristan]]'', 12th century
| ''[[Tristan and Iseult]]''
| A magical dog of [[Tristan]] and [[Iseult]]
|-
| [[Percival]]{{dagger}}
| (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Peredur}}) Perceval, Parzifal
|''[[Erec and Enide]]'', {{circa}} 1170
|''[[Perceval, the Story of the Grail]]'', [[Lancelot-Grail]], many
|Achiever of the Holy Grail, King Pellinore's son in some tales
|-
| [[Questing Beast]]
|Beste Glatisant (Barking Beast)
|''[[Perlesvaus]]'', {{circa}} 1210
| [[Perceval, the Story of the Grail#Gerbert's Continuation|Gerbert's Continuation]] of ''[[Perceval, the Story of the Grail]]'', [[Post Vulgate Cycle|Post Vulgate]] ''Suite du Merlin'', [[Prose Tristan|Prose ''Tristan'']], ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''
|A strange beast quested after by many knights associated with [[Pellinore]] and [[Palamedes (Arthurian legend)|Palamedes]]
|-
| (Lady) Ragnell
|
|
|
|[[Sir Gawain]]'s wife, in some legends mother of [[Percival]]
|-
| [[Red Knight]]
|
|''[[Perceval, the Story of the Grail]]'', {{circa}} 1181
|''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''
|Appears in many tales, usually as an antagonist
|-
| [[Rience]]
|Ritho, Ryence, Ryons, and Rion
|''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'', {{circa}} 1136
| [[Lancelot-Grail]], [[Post Vulgate Cycle]], ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''
|King defeated by Arthur
|-
| [[Safir (Arthurian legend)|Safir]]{{dagger}}
|
|
|''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', [[Prose Tristan|Prose ''Tristan'']]
|Son to [[Esclabor]], brother of [[Segwarides]] and [[Palamedes (Arthurian legend)|Palamedes]]
|-
|[[Sagramore]]{{dagger}}
|Sagramor
|
|[[Lancelot-Grail]], [[Post-Vulgate Cycle]], [[Prose Tristan|Prose ''Tristan'']], ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''
|Ubiquitous Knight of the Round Table; various stories and origins are given for him
|-
| [[Segurant, the Knight of the Dragon|Segurant]]
| Sigurant, Seguarant, Sigurant
| ''Segurant, the Knight of the Dragon'', late 13th century.
| ''Prophecies of Merlin''
| Knight of the Isle of Not-Knowing, son of Hector the Brown, Dragon slayer, 
|-
| [[Segwarides]]{{dagger}}
|
|
|''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]'', [[Prose Tristan|Prose ''Tristan'']]
|Son of [[Esclabor]], brother of [[Safir (Arthurian legend)|Safir]] and [[Palamedes (Arthurian legend)|Palamedes]]
|-
| [[Taliesin]]
|
|Historical figure
| The [[Welsh Triads]], ''Story of Taliesin'', [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson|Alfred]], ''[[Idylls of the King]]''
|Bard to King Arthur, oldest known Welsh poet
|-
| [[Tom a Lincoln]]{{dagger}}
| The Red Rose Knight
|''Tom a Lincoln'' part 1, 1599; possibly mentioned in Robert Greene's ''Farewell to Folly'', 1591
|
| Illegitimate son of King Arthur through Angelica
|-
|[[Tom Thumb]]
|
|''[[Discovery of Witchcraft]]''
|''The History of Tom Thumb'', ''[[Tom Thumb (play)|Tom Thumb]],'' ''[[The Tragedy of Tragedies]]''
|A tiny creation of Merlin, later becomes Arthur's court dwarf and an honorary knight
|-
| [[Sir Tor|Tor]]{{dagger}}
|
|
|''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''
|Son of King Ars, adopted by Pellinore
|-
| [[Tristan]]{{dagger}}
| (Latin/Brythonic: {{lang|la|Drustanus}}), (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Drystan}}), (Portuguese: {{lang|pt|Tristão}}), (Spanish: {{lang|es|Tristán}}), Tristran, Tristram
|''Roman de Tristan''
|"Roman de Tristan", the two "Folies Tristans", "Chevrefeuil", [[Prose Tristan|Prose ''Tristan'']], [[Post-Vulgate Cycle]], ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''
|Son of Blancheflor and Rivalen (or Meliodas), Iseult's lover
|-
| [[Urien]]{{dagger}}
|Uriens
| Historical figure
|[[Welsh Triads]]
|Father of [[Ywain]] ([[Owain mab Urien]]), husband of [[Morgan le Fay]]
|-
| [[Uther Pendragon]]
| (French: {{lang|fr|Uter Pendragon}}), (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Wthyr Bendragon}}, {{lang|cy|Uthr Bendragon}}, {{lang|cy|Uthyr Pendraeg}})
| ''Pa Gur yv y Porthaur?'', {{circa}} 10th century
|''[[Historia Regum Britanniae]]'', {{circa}} 1136; [[Welsh Triads]]; ''[[The Once and Future King]]''
|Arthur's father
|-
| [[Vortigern]]
| ([[Latin]]: {{lang|la|Urtigernus}}), Guorthigirn, Vortiger, Vortigen, Gwrtheyrn
| Probably a historical figure, ''[[The Ecclesiastical History of the English People]]'', 721
|
| King of Britain whose decisions assisted the Anglo-Saxon invasion of Britain
|-
| [[Vortimer]]
|
|''[[Historia Brittonum]]'', c. 820
|
|Son of Vortigern
|-
| [[Ysbaddaden]]
|
|''[[Culhwch and Olwen]]'', {{circa}} 11th century
|
|A giant and antagonist
|-
| [[Ywain]]{{dagger}}
| (Welsh: {{lang|cy|Owain}}), Yvain, Ewain, 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]]{{dagger}}
|Ywain the Adventurous
|
|
|Urien's illegitimate son through a [[seneschal]], accidentally killed by [[Gawain]]
|}
:<small>'''{{dagger}}''' Indicates a Knight of the Round Table.</small>

==See also==
* [[List of characters named Ywain in Arthurian legend]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Arthurian Legend}}

[[Category:Arthurian characters| ]]
[[Category:Lists of literary characters|Arthurian|Arthurian characters]]