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
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
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
Lynette and Lyonesse
…Lyonesse (also Linesse, Lioness, Lionesse, Lionors, Lyones, Lyonorr, Lyonors), whose lands are besieged by the Red Knight. The young knight candidate Gareth picks up the quest, eventually marrying Lyonesse upon its completion, while Lynette becomes the lady of his brother Gaheris. The two are sisters of…
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)