Gorlois
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thumb|Igraine and Gorlois in [[Władysław T. Benda's illustration for Uther and Igraine by Warwick Deeping (1903). In much of modern Arthurian tradition (a prominent example is 1983's The Mists of Avalon), he is portrayed as a jealous and abusive husband]]
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- Part of
- Arthurian romance
- Gender
- male
- Spouse
- Igraine
- Child
- Morgause
- Noble title
- duke
- Image
- Igraine and Gorlois.jpg
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- Gorlois
- described by source
- The History of the Kings of Britain
- present in work
- Le Morte d'Arthur
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thumb|Igraine and Gorlois in [[Władysław T. Benda's illustration for Uther and Igraine by Warwick Deeping (1903). In much of modern Arthurian tradition (a prominent example is 1983's The Mists of Avalon), he is portrayed as a jealous and abusive husband]]
In Arthurian legend, Gorlois () of Tintagel was the Duke of Cornwall. He was the first husband of King Arthur's mother Igraine and the father of her daughters, Arthur's half-sisters. Her second husband was Uther Pendragon, the High King of Britain and Arthur's father, who marries her after killing him.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gorlois” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.