Sir Arnold

Also known as: Arnold le Breuse / Sir Arnold le Breuse / Sir Arnold le Breusse · Family: castle · Role: knight · First appears: Book VII, Chapter XIV

In Book VII, Chapter XIV, Sir Arnold and Gherard le Breuse were described as brothers and “good knights, but they were murderers.” Beaumains slew both at a passage of water; Chapter XXIV records that Gherard le Breusse was drowned after a blow to the head, while Sir Arnold le Breusse was killed on the land. Sir Arnold was also counted among the brethren of Sir Persant and Black Knight.

By Chapter XXVI, Sir Arnold was named with Sir Gauter as “two brethren, good knights of Cornwall.” He accompanied Dame Lionesse and was associated with Sir Ironside among the castle’s party. In Chapter XXVIII, Sir Arnold and Sir Gauter encountered Sir Brandiles and Sir Kay, making them rivals in that meeting.

Relationship record

Life events

• Beaumains slays Gherard le Breuse and Sir Arnold le Breuse at a water passage.(Book VII, Chapter XIV)
  • With: Beaumains Gherard le Breuse
  • “First, he slew two brethren at a passage of a water. Ah! said she, they were good knights, but they were murderers, the one hight Gherard le Breuse, and the other knight hight Sir Arnold le Breuse.”
• Sir Beaumains killed Sir Arnold le Breusse on the land after defeating his brother.(Book VII, Chapter XXIV · 📍 the water of Mortaise)
  • With: Beaumains
  • “and after he slew the other brother upon the land, his name was Sir Arnold le Breusse.”
• Many knights arrive and join Dame Lionesse and the castle’s party against Arthur’s knights.(Book VII, Chapter XXVI · 📍 Castle Perilous)
  • With: Sir Epinogrus Sir Palamides Sir Safere Sir Segwarides Sir Malegrine Sir Brian de les Isles Sir Grummore Grummursum King Carados Sir Turquine Sir Gauter Sir Tristram Sir Dinas Sir Sadok Dame Lionesse Sir Ironside
  • “And so all these noble knights accompanied them with the lady of the castle, and with the Red Knight of the Red Launds”

Book VII, Chapter XIV

• siblings with Gherard le Breuse “Ah! said she, they were good knights, but they were murderers, the one hight Gherard le Breuse, and the other knight hight Sir Arnold le Breuse.”
• with Beaumains (Beaumains slew Sir Arnold le Breuse in battle.) “First, he slew two brethren at a passage of a water. Ah! said she, they were good knights, but they were murderers, the one hight Gherard le Breuse, and the other knight hight Sir Arnold le Breuse.”
• siblings with Sir Persant “How escaped he, said the lady, from the brethren of Persant?”

Book VII, Chapter XXIV

• siblings with Sir Gherard le Breusse “and there he slew the eldest brother in the water, and smote him upon the head such a buffet that he fell down in the water, and there he was drowned, and his name was Sir Gherard le Breusse; and after he slew the other brother upon the land, his name was Sir Arnold le Breusse.”
• siblings with Sir Persant (Sir Persant and Sir Arnold are among the four brethren.) “For these four brethren were full well known in the court of King Arthur for noble knights, for long time they had holden war against the knights of the Round Table.”
• siblings with Black Knight (The Black Knight and Sir Arnold are among the four brethren.) “For these four brethren were full well known in the court of King Arthur for noble knights, for long time they had holden war against the knights of the Round Table.”

Book VII, Chapter XXVI

• siblings with Sir Gauter “and Sir Carados of the dolorous tower, a noble knight, and Sir Turquine his brother, and Sir Arnold and Sir Gauter, two brethren, good knights of Cornwall.”
• patron: Dame Lionesse “And so all these noble knights accompanied them with the lady of the castle, and with the Red Knight of the Red Launds;”
• friends with Sir Ironside “And so all these noble knights accompanied them with the lady of the castle, and with the Red Knight of the Red Launds;”

Book VII, Chapter XXVIII

• rivals with Sir Brandiles “Sir Arnold and Sir Gauter, knights of the castle, encountered with Sir Brandiles and Sir Kay”
• rivals with Sir Kay “Sir Arnold and Sir Gauter, knights of the castle, encountered with Sir Brandiles and Sir Kay”
• friends with Sir Gauter “And Sir Arnold and Sir Gauter, knights of the castle, encountered with Sir Brandiles and Sir Kay”

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