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Agravain
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Agravain or Agravaine ( ) 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.

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Character.name
Agravain
Character.image
File:Blason Agravain.svg
Character.caption
Agravain's attributed arms
Character.first
Perceval, the Story of the Grail by Chrétien de Troyes
Character.title
Prince, Sir
Character.occupation
Knight of the Round Table
Character.family
In ''Le Morte d'Arthur'': Lot, Morgause (parents) Gawain, Gaheris, Gareth, Mordred (brothers)
Character.spouse
Florée or Laurel
Character.relatives
King Arthur's family
Character.home
Orkney, Camelot

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Agravain or Agravaine ( ) 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 younger brother 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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