NORHOLT

1. Norholt
   Norhout, Norot
   
   In the Prose Tristan, a city in Cornwall. Norholt later became one of King Mark’s courts. In La Tavola Ritonda, the city is called Brioda. In Palamedes, Meliadus is slain by vassals of Morholt, of which “Norholt” may simply be a variation. It may also be related to the city of Nohaut.
   
   
   
2. Norholt, Count of
   
   The Count of Norholt ordered the death of Meliadus (Meliodas), Tristan’s father, because a seer had told him that Meliadus’s lineage would destroy the house of Norholt. The prophecy was fulfilled when Tristan, in revenge for his father’s death, killed the Count and his family.