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Also known as Morgawse, Anna

Morgause ( ) is a popular name of a legendary queen and member of King Arthur's family in the Matter of Britain literature, where she is always a queen and usually Arthur's sibling. However, her name varies between texts and traditions, including Anna, Gwyar, or simply as the Queen of Orkney, as does the issue of her children, other than commonly Gawain. In most cases, she is the wife or widow of Lot, ruling over a northern realm such as Orkney, Lothian, Scotland, or Norway. She often has sisters, notably Morgan, with whom she is being sometimes conflated into a single character by modern auth

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Character.series
Le Morte d'Arthur
Character.creator
Thomas Malory (based on anonymous French prose cycles)
Character.image
Gareth and Queen Bellicent.jpg
Character.caption
Young Gareth appealing to his mother Queen Bellicent (i.e. Morgause) to let him go serve King Arthur in Tales from Tennyson, 1902 (adapted from Malory)
Character.based_on
Anna, Gwyar, and other precedent characters from earlier versions of the Arthurian legend
Character.title
Queen of Orkney
Character.occupation
Princess, queen
Character.family
Igraine and Gorlois (parents), Arthur, Morgan le Fay, Elaine (siblings)
Character.spouse
Lot
Character.significant_other
Arthur, Lamorak
Character.children
Gawain, Agravain, Gaheris, Gareth, Mordred
Character.relatives
King Arthur's family
Character.origin
Tintagel Castle

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Morgause
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  • Earlier characters
  • Chronicles
  • Welsh accounts
  • Early chivalric romances
  • ''Merlin''-inspired tradition
  • ''Le Morte d'Arthur''
  • Modern culture
  • Literature
  • Other media
  • See also
  • Notes
  • Further reading
  • References
  • Bibliography
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Morgause ( ) is a popular name of a legendary queen and member of King Arthur's family in the Matter of Britain literature, where she is always a queen and usually Arthur's sibling. However, her name varies between texts and traditions, including Anna, Gwyar, or simply as the Queen of Orkney, as does the issue of her children, other than commonly Gawain. In most cases, she is the wife or widow of Lot, ruling over a northern realm such as Orkney, Lothian, Scotland, or Norway. She often has sisters, notably Morgan, with whom she is being sometimes conflated into a single character by modern authors.

In medieval chronicles and Arthurian romances based on or inspired by Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, as well as in the Welsh tradition, she is typically depicted as the daughter of Igraine, either the daughter or step-daughter of Uther Pendragon, and the full sister or half-sister of Arthur. Occasionally, she may be Uther's sister and Arthur's aunt. Her other children often, but not always, include Mordred.

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