Sir Brian de les Isles
Also known as: Brian de les Isles · Family: castle · Role: knight · First appears: Book VII, Chapter XXVI
Life events
- 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 Grummore Grummursum King Carados Sir Turquine Sir Arnold 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”
- Sir Launcelot defeats six knights attacking him and enters Castle of Pendragon.(Book IX, Chapter VI · 📍 Castle of Pendragon)
- With: Sir Launcelot
- “there came six knights, and all made them ready to set upon Sir Launcelot at once; then Sir Launcelot feutred his spear, and smote the foremost that he brake his back in-sunder, and three of them hit and three failed. And then Sir Launcelot passed through them, and lightly he turned in again, and smote another knight through the breast and throughout the back more than an ell, and therewithal his spear brake. So then all the remnant of the four knights drew their swords and lashed at Sir Launcelot. And at every stroke Sir Launcelot bestowed so his strokes that at four strokes sundry they avoided their saddles, passing sore wounded; and forthwithal he rode hurling into that castle.”
- Sir Brian de les Isles yields to Sir Launcelot after their duel.(Book IX, Chapter VI · 📍 Castle of Pendragon)
- With: Sir Launcelot
- “At the last Sir Launcelot gave to Sir Brian such a buffet that he kneeled upon his knees, and then Sir Launcelot rashed upon him, and with great force he pulled off his helm; and when Sir Brian saw that he should be slain he yielded him, and put him in his mercy and in his grace.”
- Sir Brian de les Isles releases all his prisoners at Sir Launcelot’s command.(Book IX, Chapter VI · 📍 Castle of Pendragon)
- With: Sir Launcelot
- “Then Sir Launcelot made him to deliver all his prisoners that he had within his castle, and therein Sir Launcelot found of Arthur’s knights thirty, and forty ladies, and so he delivered them”
- Sir Launcelot dispossessed Sir Brian de les Isles for refusing allegiance to King Arthur.(Book IX, Chapter IX · 📍 Castle of Pendragon)
- With: Sir Launcelot
- “there he put Sir Brian de les Isles from his lands, for cause he would never be withhold with King Arthur”
Book VII, Chapter XXVI
- 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 Aglovale “Then Sir Brian de les Isles and Grummore Grummursum, knights of the castle, encountered with Sir Aglovale”
- friends with Grummore Grummursum “Then Sir Brian de les Isles and Grummore Grummursum, knights of the castle, encountered with Sir Aglovale”
Book IX, Chapter VI
- enemies with King Arthur “Sir Brian de les Isles, the which was a noble man and a great enemy unto King Arthur”
- rivals with Sir Launcelot “And then they feutred their spears and hurled together so strongly that both their horses rashed to the earth. And then they avoided their saddles, and dressed their shields, and drew their swords, and flang together as wood men”
- with La Cote Male Taile (Sir Brian held La Cote Male Taile prisoner.) “Then Sir Launcelot made him to deliver all his prisoners that he had within his castle, and therein Sir Launcelot found of Arthur’s knights thirty, and forty ladies, and so he delivered them; and then he rode his way. And anon as La Cote Male Taile was delivered”
Book IX, Chapter IX
- with Sir Launcelot (Launcelot dispossessed Brian de les Isles of his lands.) “And as Sir Launcelot came by the Castle of Pendragon there he put Sir Brian de les Isles from his lands, for cause he would never be withhold with King Arthur;”
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