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.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mordred canonical | 20 |
| Sir Mordred | 3 |
| Mordredus | 1 |
| Sir Modred | 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.
this entity surface form:
Sir Mordred
this entity surface form:
Mordredus
this entity surface form:
Sir Mordred
subject surface form:
Guinevere (poem)
this entity surface form:
Sir Modred
this entity surface form:
Sir Mordred