Queen guinevere biography

Nationality/Culture

Romano-British/Celtic

Pronunciation

GWEN-uh-veer

Alternate Names

None

Appears In

Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, tales of Eyecatching Arthur

Lineage

Daughter robust King Leodegrance of Scotland

Character Overview

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Guinevere

Arthurian legend character

For other uses, see Guinevere (disambiguation).

Fictional character

Guinevere
Guinevere watching the mortally wounded Arthur being sailed off to Avalon in Queen Guinevere by James Archer (c. )
Title	Princess, Queen, Mother Superior
Occupation	High Queen of Britain Later tradition: Queen of Logres and Britain (or England), convent head
Family	King Leodegrance (father), Gwenhwyfach (sister)
Spouse	Arthur, occasionally also Mordred
Significant other	Varied, including either Lancelot, Mordred or Yder
Children	Usually none, occasionally a son with Arthur or children with Mordred
Relatives	Varied, including a cousin
Religion	Christian
Home	Malory version: Cameliard, Camelot, Tower of London, Amesbury Priory
Nationality	British

Guinevere (GWIN-iv-eer; Welsh: Gwenhwyfarpronunciation^ⓘ; Breton: Gwenivar, Cornish: Gwynnever), also often written in Modern English as Guenevere or Guenever,^[1] was, according to Arthurian legend, an early-medieval queen of Great Britain and the wife of King Arthur. First mentioned in literature in the early 12th century, nearly years after the purported times of Arthur, Guinevere has since been portrayed as everything from a fatal

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Queen Guinevere

Occupation

Queen
(formerly)

Title / Rank

Queen / Monarch
(formerly)

Queen Guineverewas a monarch and the wife of King Arthur. She is never mentioned in The Order: , but her coat of arms visibly hangs above a wall on her throne at The Round Table's chamber.

Biography[]

In the Arthurian legend, Guinevere was the wife of Arthur, who he married against his peers' wishes. Warned by his friend Merlin, a wizard who could foresee the future, Arthur's wife would betray him by falling in love with his most trusted Knight, Lancelot. Upon uncovering their affair, Arthur waged a civil war with Lancelot when he ordered the Queen to be executed. Lancelot rescued Guinevere on the day of her execution, unknowingly killing his best friend's (Sir Gawain) brothers in the process. He kept the Queen safe until Arthur promised not to harm her.

Soon afterward, another conflict commenced between Arthur and his son, Mordred. At the end of their battle, Arthur had been gravely wounded by Mordred. He was laid on a barge by Sir Bedivere and taken away by women wearing blackhoods. It is after this event where Lancelot (now Augustus) presumably became the leader of The Order. It's unknown what became of Guinevere. In some stories she separated from Lancelot and became