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BELLENGERUS LE BEUSE
Bellangere le Beuse, Bellang(e)re the Bewse, Bellangere of Magouns, Bellangerus
Son of Alexander the Orphan and Alice the Fair Pilgrim. Bellangere avenged the death of his father and his grandfather, Prince Bodwyne, by killing King Mark of Cornwall.
Bellengerus became a knight of the Round Table, being listed in Malory XIX, 11. When Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere were accused of treason, Sir Bellangere pledged his support to Lancelot and helped him rescue Guinevere from the stake. He fought alongside Lancelot when Arthur laid siege to Joyous Guard and, later, Benoic. In return for his support, Lancelot made him the Earl of the Laundes.
Very likely he was named for Sir Belangere, the constable of Magouns Castle, who had taken in Bellengerus' grandmother, Anglides, when she fled from King Mark.
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