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Elyas Anaïs


The proper name of the Hermit King, though that title was also applied to King Pelles of Corbenic.

He was either a maternal or paternal uncle of Perceval, though the sources cannot agree on the actual lineage.


Source
Fourth Continuation of Chrétien’s Perceval | Gerbert de Montreuil, c. 1230