Lancelot

  =Lancelot =


  Info About Sir Lancelot
 * He is the son of the King of Benoic
 * He is regarded as the first and greatest of King Arthur's legendary knights
 * He was raised by Vivian, The Lady of the Lake
 * She fostered and raised him and in time he became one of history's greatest knights
 * He is called Lancelot of the Lake because of Vivian's name
 * He is one of the Knights of the Round Table
 * He is characterized as one of the greatest and most trusted of Arthur's knights
 * He plays a part of many of Arthur's victory's- but Arthur's eventual downfall is also brought on by Lancelot who's affair with Arthur's wife, Guinevere, destroys the unity of Arthur's court

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 The Scandal of Lancelot and Guinevere


 * Sir Lancelot met Queen Guinevere after he became a part of King Arthur's round table
 * Sir Lancelot fell in love with Queen Guinevere and at first she wanted nothing to do with him
 * However she ended up not being able to resist him so they tried to keep their love a secret
 * The first person to become suspicious of their relationship was Sir Meliagaunt
 * Sir Meliangaunt confronted Sir Lancelot about their relationship and Sir Lancelot took this as an insult therefore they started fighting
 * Sir Lancelot ended up killing Sir Meliagaunt and Sir Lancelot and Guinevere's love continued
 * However a few weeks later two of King Arthur's knights became suspicious of the two and they let a band of twelve knights to Guinevere's castle, where they caught Sir Lancelot and her together
 * Sir Lancelot escaped the knights but Guinevere did not and she was sentenced to a burning at the stake
 * Many days later when she was about to be burned Sir Lancelot came and rescued her
 * They love together did not last and Sir Lancelot ended up taking Guinevere to a nunnery at Amersbury in order to protect her from King Arthur
 * She ended up dying there and he died alone

A Poem of Lancelot's and Guinevere's Love For Each Other

//And Lancelot ever promised, but remain'd, And still they met and met. Again she said, "O Lancelot, if thou love me get thee hence," And then they were agreed upon a night (When the good King should not be there) to meet And part forever, Passion-pale they met And greeted; hands in hands, and eye to eye, Low on the border of her couch they sat Stammering and staring; it was their last hour, A madness of farewells.//

 Fair Well Poems of Lancelot and Guinevere

My Lady Dear **

My Lady Guinevere, my love thou art Thy love, in darkest night, a beacon bright Thou sets my soul afire, all notion parts Thy glance beyond ethereal delight Thy touch alights my darkest gloomy night Alike to Dragon's breath my passions burn No quest, no grail can keep away thy Knight For thee, my Love, from Death I shall return My solemn vow for now and evermore My heart, my soul, my life belongs to thee Beyond the end of time and Heaven's door My love thou art for all eternity I yearn to drink thy cup of Love divine And pray the day to come thou claims what's thine

~ Lancelot 

**My Love, Lancelot **

My Knight thou art my love, my life, my sin Thy love's a guiding light, the brightest star Ethereal thy touch, like Angel's wing Thy fiery glance, embracement from afar This heart is thine forever and a day Thou holds upon thy hand my fragile soul My being trembles with delight each day For thee, my kindred spirit, passion sole Oh Lancelot, thou sets my heart afire But what, I ask, mine heart bereft of thee ? A cold and lonely dungeon; chained my fire ! As Neptune who cannot return to sea I yearn to drink thy cup of Love divine And pray the day to come thou steals what's thine

~ Guinevere

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