Queen of Orkney
Role: queen and mother · First appears: Book VII, Chapter XXV
Life events
- Queen of Orkney arrives and Sir Gawaine, Sir Agravaine, and Gaheris ask her blessing.(Book VII, Chapter XXV)
- With: Sir Gawaine Sir Agravaine Sir Gaheris
- “And then Sir Gawaine, Sir Agravaine, and Gaheris arose, and went to her and saluted her upon their knees, and asked her blessing”
- Queen of Orkney reveals that Sir Gareth is her son and condemns his mistreatment at court.(Book VII, Chapter XXV)
- With: Sir Gareth King Arthur
- “Where have ye done my young son Sir Gareth? He was here amongst you a twelvemonth, and ye made a kitchen knave of him”
- Sir Gaheris beheaded Queen of Orkney, his mother, in her bed.(Book X, Chapter XXIV)
- With: Sir Gaheris
- “he came to their bedside all armed, with his sword naked, and suddenly gat his mother by the hair and struck off her head.”
Book VII, Chapter XXV
- siblings with King Arthur “Ah, brother, said the Queen unto King Arthur”
- child: Sir Gawaine “Then Sir Gawaine, Sir Agravaine, and Gaheris arose, and went to her and saluted her upon their knees, and asked her blessing”
- child: Sir Agravaine “Then Sir Gawaine, Sir Agravaine, and Gaheris arose, and went to her and saluted her upon their knees, and asked her blessing”
- child: Sir Gaheris “Then Sir Gawaine, Sir Agravaine, and Gaheris arose, and went to her and saluted her upon their knees, and asked her blessing”
- child: Sir Gareth “Where have ye done my young son Sir Gareth?”
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