Iseult of Ireland as portrayed Sophia Myles in Tristan & Isolde, 2006.

Iseult (alternatively Isolde, Yseult, Isode, Isoude, Isotta, etc.) is the name of several characters in the Arthurian story of Tristan and Iseult. The most prominent is Iseult of Ireland, wife of Mark of Cornwall and adulterous lover of Sir Tristan. Her mother, the Queen of Ireland, is also named Iseult. The third is Iseult of the White Hands, the daughter of Hoel of Brittany, sister of Sir Kahedin, and eventual wife of Tristan. Image File history File links Myles. ... Image File history File links Myles. ... Myles in Tristan and Isolde, 2006 Sophia Myles (IPA: ) (born March 18, 1980) is an English actress. ... Tristan & Isolde is a 2006 American film based on the medieval romantic legend of the same name: Tristan & Isolde. ... The Matter of Britain is a name given collectively to the legends that concern the Celtic and legendary history of the British Isles, centering around King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. ... The legend of Tristan and Iseult is an influential romance and tragedy, retold in numerous sources with as many variations. ... Mark of Cornwall (Latin Marcus Cunomorus, Cornish Margh, Welsh March or Cynfawr) was a king of Kernyw (Cornwall) in the early 6th century AD. He is most famous as the uncle of Tristan and husband of Iseult, who engage in a secret affair behind his back. ... Tristan and Iseult as depicted by Herbert Draper (1864 -1920). ... Hoel or Howel is a legendary king of Brittany and one of the oldest characters associated with Arthurian legend. ... Traditional coat of arms This article is about the historical kingdom, duchy and French province, as well as one of the Celtic Nations . ... Sir Kahedin (variantly spelled Kahadin, Kahedrin, Kehenis; possibly the Welsh character Kae Hir) is brother to Iseult of Brittany and the son of King Hoel of Brittany in Arthurian legend. ...

Iseult of Ireland

The Irish princess, Iseult of Ireland (also Iseult the Fair, La Bella Iseult), is the daughter of King Anguish of Ireland and Queen Iseult the Elder. She is a main character in the Tristan poetry of Béroul, Thomas of Britain, and Gottfried von Strassburg. Béroul is a juggler and storyteller of trade (trouvere) Norman of XIIe century. ... Thomas of Britain is an Anglo-Norman poet of the 12th century. ... Gottfried von Strassburg, was one of the chief German poets of the middle ages. ...

Iseult is first seen as a young princess who heals Tristan from wounds he received fighting her uncle, Morholt. When his identity is revealed, Tristan flees back to his own land. Later, Tristan returns to Ireland to win Iseult's hand in marriage for his uncle King Mark of Cornwall. She is supposed to marry an evil steward who claims that he has killed a dragon, but when Tristan proves that it was actually he who slew the beast, Iseult's parents agree to marry her to Mark. On the journey back to Cornwall, Iseult and Tristan accidentally drink a love potion prepared for her and Mark by Iseult the elder and guarded by Brangwane, Iseult's lady-in-waiting. The two fall hopelessly in love, and begin an affair that ends when Mark banishes Tristan from Cornwall. In Arthurian legend, Morholt (also called Marhalt, Morold, Marhaus and other variations) is an Irish warrior who demands tribute from King Mark of Cornwall until he is slain by Tristan, Marks nephew and defender. ... Lady in Waiting is an album by American southern rock band The Outlaws, released in 1976. ...

In the poetic material, the lovers do not meet again until Tristan is on his death bed (see below), but in the later Prose Tristan and works based upon it, Tristan returns from Brittany and they resume their affair. Mark is much less sympathetic in these versions, and the adulterers eventually flee from his wrath. Lancelot gives them refuge in his estate Joyous Garde, and they engage in many further adventures. Additional episodes are integrated into the earlier sections of the narrative as well, including several involving the great Saracen knight Palamedes' unrequited love for Iseult, and in some versions, the couple even have children. In the prose versions the lovers' end comes when Mark finds them as Tristan plays the harp for Iseult beneath a tree. The cruel king stabs his nephew in the back, and Tristan, at Iseult's request, fatally crushes his beloved in a tight embrace as his final act. The Prose Tristan is an adaptation of the Tristan and Iseult story into a long prose romance, and the first to tie the subject entirely into the arc of the Arthurian legend. ... In the Arthurian legend, Sir Lancelot (Lancelot du Lac, or Lancelot of the Lake; also Launcelot) is one of the Knights of the Round Table. ... The term Saracen comes from Greek sarakenoi, which is itself derived from the Arabic word شرقيين sharqiyyin (easterners). The word was used in the early centuries of the Roman Empire to describe a nomadic Arab tribe from the Sinai Desert. ... Palamedes, (also called Palamede, Palomides or some other variant) was a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend. ...

One of her rumored burial sites is Chapelizod in Dublin, Ireland. Chapelizod (Irish: Séipéal Iosóid) village in Dublin, Ireland. ... WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: 53. ...

Iseult of Brittany

After King Mark learns of the secret love affair between Tristan and Iseult, he banishes Tristan to Brittany, never to return to Cornwall. There, Tristan is placed in the care of Hoel of Brittany after receiving a wound. He meets and marries Hoel's daughter, Iseult, because she shares the name his former lover. They never consummate the marriage because of Tristan's love for Iseult of Ireland.

During one adventure in Brittany, Tristan suffers a poisoned wound that only Iseult of Ireland, the world's most skilled physician, can cure. He sends a ship for her, asking that its crew fly white sails on the return if Iseult is aboard, and black if she is not. Iseult agrees to go, and the ship races home, white sails high. However, Tristan is too weak to look out his window to see the signal, so he asks his wife to check for him. In a moment of jealousy, Iseult of the White Hands tells him the sails are black, and Tristan expires immediately of despair. When the Irish Iseult arrives to find her lover dead, grief overcomes her, and she passes away at his side.

This death sequence does not appear in the Prose Tristan. In fact, while Iseult of the White Hands figures into some of the new episodes, she is never mentioned again after Tristan returns to Cornwall, although her brother Kahedin remains a prominent character.

Modern portayals

Iseult of Ireland (as Isolde) was played by Sophia Myles in the 2006 film adaptation, Tristan & Isolde. Myles in Tristan and Isolde, 2006 Sophia Myles (IPA: ) (born March 18, 1980) is an English actress. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tristan & Isolde is a 2006 American film based on the medieval romantic legend of the same name: Tristan & Isolde. ...

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• List of Arthurian characters

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References

• Ronan Coghlan (editor) The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Arthurian Legends, New York, 1993.
• Norris J. Lacy (editor) The New Arthurian Encyclopedia, New York: Garland, 1996.