Agravain

Agravain
Matter of Britain character
Agravain's attributed arms
First appearancePerceval, the Story of the Grail by Chrétien de Troyes
In-universe information
TitlePrince, Sir
OccupationKnight of the Round Table
FamilyIn Le Morte d'Arthur: Lot, Morgause (parents)
Gawain, Gaheris, Gareth, Mordred (brothers)
SpouseFlorée or Laurel
RelativesKing Arthur's family
HomeOrkney, Camelot

Agravain or Agravaine (/ˈæɡrəveɪn/ AG-rə-vain) is a Knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend, whose first known appearance is in the works of Chrétien de Troyes. He is the second eldest son of King Lot of Orkney with one of King Arthur's sisters known as Anna or Morgause, thus nephew of King Arthur, and brother to Gawain, Gaheris, and often Gareth, as well as half-brother to Mordred.

Agravain secretly makes attempts on the life of his hated brother Gaheris starting in the Vulgate Cycle, participates in the slayings of Lamorak and Palamedes in the Post-Vulgate Cycle, and murders Dinadan in the Prose Tristan. In the French prose cycle tradition included in Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur, together with Mordred, he then plays a leading role by exposing his aunt Guinevere's affair with Lancelot, which leads to his death at Lancelot's hand.


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