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Guinevere
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Guinevere (gwĭn`əvĭr', gwĕn`–), in Arthurian legend Arthurian legend, the mass of legend, popular in medieval lore, concerning King Arthur of Britain and his knights. Medieval Sources


The battle of Mt. Badon—in which, according to the Annales Cambriae (c.
..... Click the link for more information. , wife of King Arthur. Her illicit and tragic love for Sir Launcelot Launcelot, Sir , in Arthurian legend, bravest and most celebrated knight at the court of King Arthur. He was kidnapped as an infant by the mysterious Lady of the Lake, from whom he received his education and took his title, Launcelot of the Lake.
..... Click the link for more information. , which foreshadowed the downfall of Arthur's kingdom, ends with her retirement to a convent. She also figures in several early romances and Celtic legends, her name appearing in various forms (e.g., Guanhamara, Gvenour, and Gwenhwyfars). In different versions of the Arthurian story her name appears as Guenevere and Guinever.
Guinevere
King Arthur’s unfaithful wife. [Br. Lit.: Le Morte d’Arthur]
See : Adultery
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He was a member of the famous Grant Whisky family as was his cousin Bob Boothby and also Lady Guinevere Tilney, the wife of Sir John Tilney who was MP for Wavertree and one of our local stock brokers.
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He comes to Camelot not for glory or knighthood, but for the love of the one woman he cannot have, the beautiful and honourable Lady Guinevere of Leonesse.
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com Popular works of literature and Hollywood films have made the legend of King Arthur, Camelot, the Round Table, and the tragedy of Sir Lancelot and the Lady Guinevere well known and a part of the common folklore of the western world.
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