Mordred

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Mordred is a treacherous knight of Arthurian legend, best known for betraying King Arthur and fatally wounding him at the Battle of Camlann.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Mordred canonical 20
Sir Mordred 3
Mordredus 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian character
fictional knight
legendary figure
mythological character
alignment traitor
appearsInMedium film
literature
television
theatre
appearsInTradition Arthurian legend
appearsInWork Alliterative Morte Arthure
Historia Regum Britanniae
surface form: Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae

Le Morte d'Arthur
surface form: Le Morte d’Arthur

Vulgate Cycle
surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle

Stanzaic Morte Arthur
Vulgate Cycle
associatedWithEvent Battle of Camlann
associatedWithLocation King Arthur's court
surface form: Camelot
associatedWithTheme betrayal
civil war
downfall of Camelot
attempts to seize the throne of Camelot
culturalOrigin British legend
deathPlace Battle of Camlann
surface form: Camlann
enemyOf King Arthur
genre medieval romance character
influenced later depictions of traitor knights in literature
killedBy King Arthur
kills King Arthur
languageOfOrigin Middle Welsh tradition
memberOf King Arthur's court
surface form: Knights of the Round Table
motherInManyVersions Morgause
motherInSomeVersions Morgan le Fay
nameVariant Medraut
Modred
Mordred self-linksurface differs
surface form: Mordredus
notableFor betraying King Arthur
fatally wounding King Arthur
fighting King Arthur at the Battle of Camlann
portrayedAs illegitimate son of King Arthur in later romances
nephew of King Arthur in earlier traditions
usurper of Arthur’s throne
relativeOf King Arthur
role treacherous knight
siblingOf Agravain
Gaheris
Sir Gareth
surface form: Gareth

Gawain
spouseInSomeVersions Queen Guinevere
surface form: Guinevere
symbolizes the destruction of Arthur’s kingdom
weaponUsed spear
sword

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Arthur child Mordred
King Arthur enemy Mordred
King Arthur's court hasMember Mordred
this entity surface form: Sir Mordred
Gawain brotherOf Mordred
Mordred nameVariant Mordred self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Mordredus
Sir Gareth halfSibling Mordred
this entity surface form: Sir Mordred
Agravain relative Mordred
Agravain siblingOf Mordred
Gaheris siblingOf Mordred
Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem "Guinevere" featuresCharacter Mordred
subject surface form: Guinevere (poem)
this entity surface form: Sir Modred
Morgause motherOf Mordred
The Ill-Made Knight character Mordred
this entity surface form: Sir Mordred