Agravayne

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Agravayne is a knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, often depicted as one of King Arthur’s nephews and noted for his treacherous and antagonistic role in the stories.

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Agravayne canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian character
fictional knight
alternativeName Agravain
Agravaine
linked to: Agravain
appearsIn French Vulgate prose cycles
Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur
linked to: Le Morte d'Arthur
associatedWith Orkney
linked to: Orkney Islands
associatedWithTheme betrayal
courtly intrigue
family conflict
causes downfall of the Round Table (indirectly)
characterIn Arthurian legend
Le Morte d’Arthur
linked to: Le Morte d'Arthur

Post-Vulgate Cycle
linked to: Vulgate Cycle

Vulgate Cycle
conspiresWith Mordred
createdInTradition medieval literature
diesIn ambush of Lancelot
family House of Orkney
fictionalUniverse Matter of Britain
gender male
killedBy Sir Lancelot
languageOfOrigin Old French tradition
loyalTo King Arthur
memberOf Knights of the Round Table
moralAlignment often portrayed as villainous
nationalityInLegend British
nephewOf King Arthur
notedFor antagonism toward Lancelot
hostility toward Guinevere
treachery
opposes Queen Guinevere
Sir Lancelot
portrayedAs cruel
jealous of Lancelot
spiteful
rank knight
relativeOf King Arthur
roleIn exposure of Lancelot and Guinevere’s affair
siblingOf Gaheris
Gareth
Gawain
Mordred
sonOf King Lot
linked to: King Lot of Orkney

Morgause

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Agravain hasVariantName Agravayne