Gareth
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Gareth of Orkney is a Knight of the Round Table in the Le Morte d'Arthur version of the Arthurian legend and many modern works based on it. He is depicted as the youngest son of King Lot and the Queen
Arthur Rackham, "How Beaumains defeated the Red Knight, and always the damosel spake many foul words unto him." From The Romance of King Arthur (1917), abridged from Malory's Morte d'Arthur by Alfred W. Pollard
!["The lady Lyoness [...] had his [Gareth's] dwarf in examination." N. C. Wyeth's illustration of her and Melot in The Boy's King Arthur (1922)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Boys_King_Arthur_-_N._C._Wyeth_-_p102.jpg/500px-Boys_King_Arthur_-_N._C._Wyeth_-_p102.jpg)
"The lady Lyoness [...] had his [Gareth's] dwarf in examination." N. C. Wyeth's illustration of her and Melot in The Boy's King Arthur (1922)
Gareth and Lynette, a photo by Julia Margaret Cameron (1874)
Lynette and Lyonesse
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In Thomas Malory's original story included in his medieval Arthurian compilation Le Morte d'Arthur, Lynette is a haughty noble lady who travels to King Arthur's court seeking help for her beautiful si
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…to a young Gareth, where he is also known by his nickname Beaumains. The story tells, Fair Unknown-style, of his quest on the behalf of the sisters Lynette and Lyonesse, ending in his marriage with the latter and earning his knighthood through both his martial prowess and humility. At the end of Le Morte, Gareth is…
Arthur Rackham, "How Dame Lionesse came forth arrayed like a princess." From The Romance of King Arthur (1917), abridged from Morte d'Arthur by Alfred W. Pollard