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Lore

Two entries with the name Lore.


Lore


A lady from Carlisle or Branlant in the service of Guinevere.

In the First Continuation of Chrétien’s Perceval, she is the daughter of Brun of Branlant, but the Prose Lancelot makes her Arthur’s niece; the daughter of King Clarion of Northumberland and Arthur’s unnamed sister.

She served as Arthur’s wine steward and as Kay’s mistress.


Sources
Perceval, or Le Conte del Graal | Chrétien de Troyes, late 12th century
First Continuation of Chrétien’s Perceval | Attributed to Wauchier of Denain, c. 1200
Lancelot do Lac | 1215-1220


Lore


A woman in the ancestry of the Brown family. She was the daughter of Brun and Lye and the sister of Brun, Hector, Galehaut, and Ysille.


Source
Palamedes | c. 1240


See also
Lady Lore of Cardigan | The Legend of King Arthur
Lore of Cardigan | The Legend of King Arthur