Bors

For other uses, see Bors (disambiguation).

Bors (/ˈbɔːrz/; French: Bohort) refers to two knights in the Arthurian legend, a father and a son. They are both introduced in the 13th-century Lancelot-Grail romance prose cycle.

King Bors (Bohors, Boho[o/u]rt, Bo[o]rt, Bordo, Borz) is the ruler of Ganis (Gannes, Ganys, Gaun[n]es, Gaynes, Gaynys) during the early period of King Arthur's reign. His brother, King Ban of Benoic, is the father of Lancelot. Bors' two sons, one also named Bors and the other named Lionel, later both join Arthur's Round Table as prominent members.

The younger Bors, known as Sir Bors (Bohors, Bohort li Escillies, Bohortes, Bo[o]rdo, Boors, Bo[o]rt, Borz, Bours, Bwrt) and by his epithet de Ganis (and other spellings), becomes one of the best Knights of the Round Table and participates in the achievement of the Holy Grail. His own son is Elyan the White, also a member of the Round Table.

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