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Maiden of the Moors

Demoisele des Landes, Lady of the Lands

A cousin of King Anguish of Ireland.

The king threw a tournament at the Castle of the Moors, her stronghold, to find her a husband.

Palamedes and Tristan were the best knights in the tournament, but neither of them married the Maiden.


Sources
Prose Tristan | 1230-1240
Le Morte Darthur | Sir Thomas Malory, 1469-1470