Pelleas

Also known as Sir Pelleas, Pellias, Sir Pellias

Pelleas , or Pellias, is an Arthurian Knight of the Round Table whose story first appears in the Post-Vulgate Cycle. He becomes husband of Nimue the Lady of the Lake in ''Le Morte d'Arthur''.

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Character.series: Matter of Britain
Character.image: Arthur-Pyle Sir Pellias, The Gentle Knight.JPG
Character.caption: Sir Pellias, The Gentle Knight, by Howard Pyle from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903)
Character.title: Sir
Character.occupation: Knight of the Round Table
Character.spouse: Arcade or Nimue
Character.children: Guivret (with Arcade)

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Image: Arthur-Pyle Sir Pellias, The Gentle Knight.JPG

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Pelleas , or Pellias, is an Arthurian Knight of the Round Table whose story first appears in the Post-Vulgate Cycle. He becomes husband of Nimue the Lady of the Lake in ''Le Morte d'Arthur''.

== Origin == According to John Rhys, his character might have been connected to the figure of Pwyll, the fairy Rhiannon's human husband in Welsh mythology.