HUON DE BORDEAUX

I do not recall meeting Huon de Bordeaux, alias Huon of the Horn, in Arthurian literature - unless he can be identified with the Knight of the Horn whom Chrétien de Troyes lists among Arthur's good knights.

The hero of the romance Huon de Bordeaux (thirteenth century), set in Carolingian times (AD 751-987). In this, from which Shakespeare ovbiously drew a great deal of material, names Oberon, king of the fairies, assigned his realm to Huon. Arthur, who had been living in Fairyland since the end of his earthly reign - thus making Fairyland cognate with Avalon - had thought the kingdom would be passed to him and was most disturbed. However, Oberon threatened Arthur, ensured there would be peace between him and Huon.