Lamorak

Lamorak (or Lamorake, Lamorac[k], Lamerak, Lamero[c]ke, [L]Amaratto, Amorotto, and other spellings) de Galis (of Wales) is a Knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend. Originally known as Lamorat le Gallois (Lamourat) in French, he was introduced in the Prose Tristan as a son of King Pellinore. Another Lamorat (de Listenois) appears in only one romance as his father's brother.

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Character.name: Lamorak
Character.series: Matter of Britain
Character.image: Sir Lamorack of Gales.png
Character.caption: Sir Lamorack of Gales, Howard Pyle's illustration for The Story of the Champions of the Round Table
Character.first: Prose Tristan
Character.occupation: Knight of the Round Table
Character.title: Prince, Sir
Character.family: Pellinore (father) Aglovale, Drian, Perceval, Tor, Dindrane (siblings)
Character.nationality: Welsh
Character.significant_other: Morgause

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In his English compilation ''Le Morte d'Arthur'', Thomas Malory refers to him as King Arthur's third best knight, only inferior to Lancelot and Tristan, while the Prose Tristan names him as one of the top five. Nevertheless, Lamorak was not exceptionally popular in the chivalric romance tradition, confined to the cyclical material and subordinate to more prominent characters. Today, he is best known for his tragic love affair with Arthur's sister, the Queen of Orkney (named Morgause in Malory), resulting in their deaths.