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Encyclopedia > Black Knight (Arthurian legend)

The Black Knight is the name of a variety of characters, as comes with naming anyone a knight of a common color. First and foremost he is mentioned as a knight who tied his wife to a tree after hearing she had exchanged rings with Perceval. Perceval defeated the Black Knight and explained that it was an innocent exchange.


He is also the son of Tom a'Lincoln and Anglitora, grandson of King Arthur. He killed his mother after hearing from his father's ghost that she had killed him. He later joined the Faerie Knight, his half-brother, in adventures.


A Black Knight is also mentioned as being killed by Gareth when he was traveling to rescue Lyonesse.


The Black Knight was undoubtedly the source for the character of the same name in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.


See also: List of Arthurian Characters




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20000-NAMES.COM: Male Arthurian Legend Names, Page 1 of 2 (3419 words)
One fl knight tied his wife to a tree after hearing that she had exchanged rings with Perceval.
Knights from many lands attempt to heal the Fisher King, but none but Percival (and later Galahad and Bors) are able to accomplish the feat.
In Arthurian legend, he abducted the maiden Creiddylad after her elopement with Gwythr ap Greidawl, a long-time rival of Gwyn.
Lancelot du Lac (15035 words)
Seeing the knight in fl armour, she asked many of the ladies to request the Black Knight to fight the battle in their honour.
The fl knight agreed on the condition that Lancelot would give him the armour when the fl knight asked for it in the future.
Gawain was the first knight to visit Corbenic before Lancelot, but he failed to lift the maiden out of the tub, because Gawain was not the best knight in the world, who would be destined to save her (see Gawain at Corbenic).
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