In Arthurian legend, Sir Lucan the Butler is a servant of King Arthur and one of the Knights of the Round Table. The duties of a "butler" have changed over time; Lucan was supposed to have been in charge of the royal court, along with Bedivere the Marshal and Kay the Seneschal. 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. ... // For other uses see Butler (disambiguation) The butler is a senior servant in a large household. ... Jump to: navigation, search King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship in both war and peace. ... The Knights of the Round Table were those men awarded the highest Order of Chivalry at the Court of King Arthur in the literary cycle, the Matter of Britain. ... In the tales of King Arthur, Sir Bedivere (born c. ... Marshal (also spelled Marshall) is a word used in several official titles of various branches of society. ... Sir Kay, son of Sir Ector, was one of the Knights of the Round Table and King Arthurs foster brother. ... A seneschal was an officer in the houses of important nobles in the Middle Ages. ...

Lucan is the son of Duke Corneus, brother to Sir Bedivere and cousin to Sir Griflet. He and his relatives are among Arthur's earliest allies in the fight against the rebel kings such as Lot, Urien, and Caradoc, and remained one of Arthur's loyal companions throughout his life. In most accounts of Arthur's death, from the Lancelot-Grail Cycle to Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, Lucan is one of the last knights at the king's side at the Battle of Camlann. He is usually the last to die; he helps Arthur off the battlefield after he battles Mordred, but the stress is too much. He dies from his own wounds just before the king returns Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake and sails off for Avalon. Though the knight Arthur asks to cast the sword into the lake is usually Griflet (Lancelot-Grail) or Bedivere (Le Morte d'Arthur, the Alliterative Morte Arthure), one medieval tale ascribes this duty to Lucan. Urien, father of Owain mab Urien, was a historical king of Rheged in northern England and southern Scotland during the 6th century. ... Caradoc Vreichvras (Strong Arm) was king of Gwent and the Vannetais In Latin his name is rendered as Caratacus Caradoc Strong-Arm was an early ancestor of the Kings of Gwent and, as such, should be identified with Caradog ap Ynyr, mentioned in the Life of St. ... The Lancelot-Grail, also known as the prose Lancelot, the Vulgate Cycle, or the Pseudo-Map Cycle, is a major source of Arthurian legend. ... Sir Thomas Malory (c. ... Le Morte dArthur (The Death of Arthur)—the title is actually spelled as Le Morte Darthur in the first printing and also in some modern editions—is Sir Thomas Malorys compilation of some French and English Arthurian romances. ... The Battle of Camlann is best known as the final battle of King Arthur, where he either died in battle, or was fatally wounded. ... This entry is on the King Arthur character. ... Excalibur, as imagined in the poster art for the 1981 movie of the same name. ... In an Arthurian legend, the Lady of the Lake gave King Arthur the sword known as Excalibur. ... Avalon is a legendary island somewhere in the British Isles, famous for its beautiful apples. ...