Sir Tristram

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Sir Tristram is a legendary knight of the Round Table in Arthurian romance, renowned for his prowess in battle and his tragic love affair with Iseult.

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Sir Tristram canonical 1
Tristran 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian character
Knight of the Round Table
fictional character
legendary knight
appearsIn Sir Tristan
surface form: Gottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan

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

Vulgate Cycle
surface form: Post-Vulgate Cycle

Prose Tristan
Sir Tristan
surface form: Thomas of Britain’s Tristan

Tristan and Iseult legend
associatedWith Isolde
surface form: Iseult

King Arthur
King Marke
surface form: King Mark of Cornwall
authorAssociated Chrétien de Troyes
surface form: Chrétien de Troyes (traditionally related cycle)

Gottfried von Strassburg
Thomas Malory
surface form: Sir Thomas Malory

Thomas of Britain
culture Arthurian legend
death dies from wounds after being separated from Iseult (in many versions)
familyRelation nephew of King Mark of Cornwall
fictionalStatus mythical hero
genre Arthurian romance
literaryTradition medieval romance
memberOf Knights of the Round Table
nameVariant Drystan
Tristan
Tristram
Sir Tristram self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tristran
notableEvent drinks love potion with Iseult
joins King Arthur’s court
serves King Mark of Cornwall
slays the Irish champion Morholt
travels to Ireland to be healed
notableFor prowess in battle
tragic love affair with Iseult
origin Cornwall
rank knight
romanticPartner Isolde
surface form: Iseult
skill accomplished harpist
great warrior
skilled hunter
spouse Iseult of the White Hands
theme adultery
courtly love
loyalty and betrayal
tragic love
timePeriod medieval literature
weapon sword

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Le Morte d'Arthur mainCharacter Sir Tristram
Sir Tristram nameVariant Sir Tristram self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tristran