Loholt

1. Loholt
   Hoot, Loez, Loholz, Lohoot, Lohot, Lohoth, Lohoz, Lohut, Loüt

   King Arthur's son and a very meritorious youth, according to Chrétien de Troyes, who puts him among Arthur's knights in the list beginning in line 1691 of Erec and Enide. The Vulgate Cycle tells us that his mother was the lady Lisanor, which seems to mark her as identical with Lyzianor, whom Malory calls the mother of Arthur's son Borre, opening the possibility that Loholt and Borre are the same man, despite the dissimilarity of their names. In Ulrich’s Lanzelet and in Perlesvaus, he is the proper son of Guinevere. He is probably derived from the Welsh Llacheu.

   Ulrich tells us that he was handsome, noble, skilled and a great asset to his father. He helped Arthur and his knights rescue Guinevere from her abductor, Valerin. In Perlesvaus, he kills a giant named Logrin in the Perilous Forest, and then goes to sleep on top of the giant’s body, as is his custom. Kay found him in this state and murdered him, claiming the credit for the giant’s death himself. The murder was later exposed, and Guinevere died from sorrow.

   The prose Lancelot tales tell us that he died from a disease he contracted in the Dolorous Prison, and Ulrich contends that he accompanied Arthur to an otherworld location (Avalon, in other texts) from which they both will return.

   Loholt is probably identical to Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Ilinot.

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   See also
   Amr | The Legend of King Arthur
   Guenevere - Abduction Stories | The Legend of King Arthur
   
   
   

2. Loholt
   Glohouz, Glohoz, Glooz, Lohous, Lohout, Lohoz

   The lord of Sorelois. He fortified his land by ensuring that it could only be entered by two well-guarded causeways: the Irish Bridge and the North Wales Bridge. He left Sorelois to his son Gloier, from whom it was conquered by Galehaut.