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Guinevere (/ ˈ ɡ w ɪ n ɪ v ɪər / ⓘ GWIN-iv-eer; Welsh: Gwenhwyfar pronunciation ⓘ; Breton: Gwenivar, Cornish: Gwynnever), also often written in Modern English as Guenevere or Guenever, was, according to Arthurian legend, an early-medieval queen of Great Britain and the wife of King Arthur.
Guinevere, wife of Arthur, legendary king of Britain, best known in Arthurian romance through the love that his knight Sir Lancelot bore for her. In early Welsh literature, one Gwenhwyvar was “the first lady of this island”; in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s inventive Historia regum Britanniae (early 12th.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 23, 2018 · Guinevere was the wife of King Arthur and the lover of Lancelot, who caused the fall of Camelot. Learn about her life, role, and legacy in the Arthurian legends and myths.
Apr 10, 2019 · In Marie's story, Guinevere does not love her husband and is bored, so she has affairs with Arthur's knights. In Chretien's tale, Guinevere does seem to care for Arthur but, as with the Tristan and Isolde paradigm, her true love is Arthur's best friend and greatest knight, Lancelot.
- Joshua J. Mark
Guinevere was the wife of King Arthur, the legendary hero of the Knights of the Round Table. Learn about her possible origins, role, and fate in the Dark Ages Britain, and how she became a symbol of romance and tragedy in the Arthurian legends.
In Arthurian romance, Guinevere is the beautiful but unfaithful queen of Arthur, the legendary king of Britain. She is known especially for her adulterous affair with Arthur’s knight Sir Lancelot. Guinevere appeared in early Welsh literature as Gwenhwyvar, “the first lady of this island.”
Queen Guinevere, King Arthur (her husband), and Sir Lancelot (her lover), form the most celebrated love-triangle in European literature. From her origins – probably Welsh – Guinevere’s presence (and non-presence by abduction) runs strong throughout mainstream Arthurian legend: in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Brittaniae, in the ...
