GALES

1. Gales
   Gale, Galet, Galez, Galoes, Galys, Glois
   
   A kingdom which is usually identified with Wales, used by many writers, some of whom were confused into making it a kingdom separate from Wales. Gottfried von Strassburg, for instance, erroneously believed that it was populated by Saxons, and that the name of England (Engeland) was derived from it. The Vulgate romances purport that the name came from its first king, Galahad—prior to this, it was called Hoselice.
   
   
   
2. Gales the Bald
   Gales Lithauz, Gales li Caus, Wales li Caus
   
   An Arthurian knight first mentioned in Chrétien’s Erec. He has little significance until the Fourth Continuation of Chrétien’s Perceval, in which the author names him as the father of Perceval by the lady Philosofine (Philosophine), replacing Alain from Robert de Boron’s cycle and Pellinore from the Vulgate Cycle. According to the Vulgate Merlin, he fought in Arthur’s battles against King Rions and the Saxons. In Heinrich von dem Türlin’s Diu Crône, his beloved, Filleduch, fails a chastity test. In Claris et Laris, Gales avenges a knight’s murder by slaying his killer.
   
   The Everyman's edition of 1987 definitely gives his name as "the Bald" which certainly means "Bold".
   
   
   
3. Gales the Gay
   
   A good and handsome knight of Arthur's court who fought for Arthur in a war against the King with a Hundred Knights and the King from Over the Borders of Galone. His brother was Arthur's knight Helis the Blond.