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PERSONS IN THE ARTHURIAN LEGENDS - V
Vachour
The name Malory once gives to the father of Tor. Tor’s father is usually called Ares.
Vadaans the Black
A large, bold, brutal knight, promoted to the Round Table to replace Hector, who defected to join Lancelot’s company.
Vadalon
Brother of the king of North Wales. [More]
Vagés
A lady who married Arbrun, a descendant of Brutus, and had two sons named Brun and Silhaut. Vagés' sons were ancestors of the famous “Brown” clan.
Vagon [Vagan]
Lord of a castle near Camelot. [More]
Vagor
King of the Strange Island. [More]
Valdoan [Vadoan, Valydone, Walydeyne]
The King of Valdoan was conquered by Lord Galehaut of Sorelois, and he participated in Galehaut’s wars against King Arthur. See also Avadoan.
Valence
One character and one location. [More]
- Valence - Knight of the Round Table.
- Valence - A city in France.
Valentyne
A giant from Lombardy. [More]
Valerin
King of the Tangled Wood and abductor of Guinevere. [More]
Valfort
The Duke of Valfort was vassal of the Lady of the Blonde Hair, Arthur's paramour.
Valiant [Valyant]
In the Alliterative Morte Arthure, the King of Wales who served Arthur. He was a relation of Lancelot.
Valingues
The Count of Valingues was the father of a lady championed by Gaheris against Guidan, in Vulgate Lancelot.
Vallet of the Circle of Gold [Vallet au Cercle d'Or, Youth of the Golden Circle]
An Arthurian knight. [More]
Valltari
A vassal of Kalegras, Tristan’s father. He brought Blenzibly, Kalegras’s wife, from England to the mortally wounded Kalegras’s bedside.
Valoune
The King of Valoune. [More]
Vals of Sorelois
A knight who participated in the Sorelois tournament. Rather than a proper name, this was probably originally a surname for another knight.
Valsin [Valfin]
The Count of Valsin was the father of Beauty Without Villany, a messenger to Arthur’s court.
Vamgainziers
A knight present att he tournament of Sorgarda, which Gawain won.
Vance, Lady de
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Vandalis
A Saxon warrior slain by Gawain in a skirmish at Roestoc.
Vandals
One of the barbarian Germanic tribes. [More]
Vanoc
A young knight. [More]
Vanora
A version of Guenevere.
Vargon
A heathen duke who, under King Oriel, fought Kings Urien and Angusel at the battle of Coranges.
Variens of Sasiaborg
One of Arthur’s kings in the Norse Erex Saga. He was present at the wedding of Erec and Enide.
Varlan [Brulan, Hurlaine]
A king of Gales. [More]
Varuch
A Syrian knight. [More]
Vaspariano
Son of Guiron the Courteous. [More]
Vaux [Vance]
Wife of the Duke of the Vaux. [More]
Vawse, Lady de
A lady who threw a tournament in the forest of Arroy. [More]
Vayns
A knight defeated by Sir Alexander the Orphan at the castle Fair Guard.
Vayshoure
Tor is called 'le Fise de Vayshoure'. [More]
Venelas
Gawain's lover. She failed a chastity test involving a magic mantle.
Veneti
A Gaulish tribe. [More]
Ventres
See Nentres.
Verandi
One of the three Fatal Sisters. [More]
Verangoz
A heathen king of Sorboreste. [More]
Verdoana
The lady of the castle Aspetta Ventura. [More]
Vergil
A famed Roman poet from the first century BC. [More]
Vergulaht [Fergulaht, Vergolaht]
King of Ascalun. [More]
Vermiglia
The wife of King Amoroldo of Ireland, a friend of Tristan. She died before her husband.
Vermillion Knight
A common translation of the Chevalier Vermeil, the Red Knight in Chrétien’s Perceval.
Verona
Daughter of the King of Narsinga. [More]
Veronica [Verrine]
A woman from Jerusalem. [More]
Verrine
Two characters. [More]
- Verrine - Or Saint Veronica.
- "Verrine" - A mute lady.
Versaria
Foster-mother of Elyabel, Tristan's mother. Her husband was named Ferragunze.
Vertiger
See Vortigern.
Vespasian [Vaspasien, Vaspasiens, Vaspasyanus, Vaspasyen, Vaspasyens]
Roman emperor AD 69-79. [More]
Veuve Dame de la Gaste Forest Soutaine
Mother of Agloval. [More]
Viamundus
Gawain’s foster-father. [More]
Viano
A counselor to Arthur. [More]
Viautre of Galerot
Arthur’s brother-in-law. [More]
Violet the Bold
One of many ladies at King Arthur’s court to fail a chastity test involving a magic goblet.
Virgin Knights
Three of Arthur’s warriors. [More]
Virgù of Logres
A knight-captain in Arthur’s service who led Arthur’s soldiers at the siege of Tintagel against King Mark of Cornwall.
Vivian, Viviane, or Vivien
A beautiful sorceress-maiden. [See Nimue and Merlin.]
Viviane
The proper name of the Lady of the Lake. [More]
Vivienne
Alternative name for Nimue in some stories.
Vlask [Blaske, Blasque]
The King of Vlask and Hungary. [More]
Vodinus
The bishop of London. [More]
Vortiger
A son of King Vortigern. [More]
Vortigern
Two characters and two locations. [More]
- Vortigern - A British king.
- Vortigern - A fortress.
- Vortigern's Prophet - A name given to Merlin.
- Vortigern's Tower - It kept falling down.
Vortimer
A son of King Vortigern. [More]
Vortipore [Vortiporous]
The third King of Britain after Arthur. [More]
Vridebrant
King of Scotland during Uther’s reign. [More]
Vulcan
According to the Vulgate Merlin, this Roman god of the forge fashioned Marmiadoise, a sword owned by Hercules, Rions, and Arthur.
Vulganus
A hideous half-man, half-horse sea demon. [More]
Vulteius Catellus [Catellus Vulteius, Catelos, Catenois, Wylters]
A Roman senator. [More]
Vyllyers the Valiant
A Knight of the Round Table related to Lancelot. [More]
Vyolette
A maiden rescued from two giants. [More]
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