Queen


    1. Queen of Cyprys

      An unnamed sister of Arthur, perhaps Morgan Le Fay. She sent Arthur an enchanted horn that was drunk from to test the fidelity of the drinker's wife. If the wife had been unfaithful, the contents would be spilled.

      See also
      Chastity Test | The Legend of King Arthur
      Cyprus | The Legend of King Arthur


    2. Queen of England

      Daughter of Emperor Donísus of Saxony. She married Kalegras and became Queen of England. [More]


    3. Queen of Eastland

      According to Sir Thomas Malory, one of the four enchantresses, associates of Morgan Le Fay, who captured Lancelot. Her accomplices where the Queen of Northgalis, the Queen of Sorestan and the Queen of the Out Isles.

      See also
      Eastland | The Legend of King Arthur


    4. Queen of Great Sorrows

      The alias used by Elaine, Lancelot’s mother, when she retired to a nunnery after Claudas’s invasion of her land, her husband’s death, and her son’s abduction by the Lady of the Lake.


    5. Queen of Nantes

      Erec's wife, Enide, was crowned the Queen of Nantes. She was the daughter of Licorant (Liconal).


    6. Queen of Norgales
      Northgalis

      An enchantress and an associate of Morgan Le Fay. She was one of the four sorceresses who imprisoned Lancelot until he chose which he loved. Her accomplices where the Queen of Eastland, the Queen of Sorestan and the Queen of the Out Isles.

      See also
      Northgalis | The Legend of King Arthur


    7. Queen of North Wales

      The lady Sarrasinte, the daughter of Label of Persia, married Celidoine, and became the queen of North Wales.


    8. Queen of Orkney

      The sister of Adalon and the lord of the Narrow Borderland.


    9. Queen of Scotland

      In the French Palamedes, Meliadus, father of Tristan (Tristram), abducts the beautiful Queen of Scotland. They have a son named Meliadus the Younger.


    10. Queen of Sorestan

      A sorceress who fell in love with Lancelot. She, and three other enchantresses, imprisoned Lancelot in her castle, the Château de La Charette, until he chose which one of them he loved. Her accomplices were the Queen of Eastland, the Queen of Northgalis and the Queen of the Out Isles.

      See also
      Eastland | The Legend of King Arthur


    11. Queen of the Black Thorn
      Reine de la Noire Espine

      The mother of Urbain, a knight defeated in combat by Perceval.


    12. Queen of the Maidens

      A character in the Czech Arthurian romance Tandarias a Floribella. Although this romance is based on an original by Der Pleier, the relief of this queen from pagan oppressors is peculiar to the Czech version.


    13. Queen of the Maidens

      In Perlesvaus, the lady of the Castle of the Galleys. Her castle was besieged by the King of the Castle Mortal, but was saved by Perceval. She fell in love with her champion, but Perceval never returned to her.


    14. Queen of the Out Isles

      According to Sir Thomas Malory, one of the four enchantresses, associates of Morgan Le Fay, who captured Lancelot. Her accomplices where the Queen of Eastland, the Queen of Northgalis and the Queen of Sorestan. The Out Isles are thought to be identifiable as the Hebrides.


    15. Queen of the Pavilions
      Roine des Tentes

      Sister-in-law of Cahot the Red, who was killed by Perceval. She fancied Perceval despite this act, and she unsuccessfully tried to persuade her nephew, Clamadoz of the Shadows, to abandon his quarrel with Perceval.


    16. Queen of the Waste Lands

      One of the queens aboard the barge that carried the dying Arthur to Avalon following the battle of Camlann. She is named as the enchantress who told Perceval of his mother's death. [More]


    17. Queen's Ford
      Gue de la Roine, Guez le Roine

      A ford on the Humber River named for Queen Guenevere, who was the first to discover it. This was during Arthur’s battle at the Humber against five kings or the Saxons.

      Later, Albyon (Alibon), the son of the vavasour of Queen’s Ford, took it upon himself to guard it, and fought at one point with Lancelot.


    18. Queen's Knights
      le Compaignons de la Roine, li Chevaliers de la Roine

      A body of knights lesser in status than the Knights of the Round Table (though arguably, at their inception, greater in skill).

      The Queen’s Knights were, for the most part, skilled but unseasoned warriors who had only recently been knighted and wished to win honor. They had an unfriendly rivalry with the Round Table. Queen’s Knights carried only plain white shields to signify their position. When a vacancy opened on the Round Table, it was customary to look first to the Queen’s Knights to fill it.

      Lancelot, Gawaine, and many other knights served first as Queen’s Knights before they were promoted to the Round Table.