Elaine le Blank
Also known as: the Fair Maiden of Astolat · Family: Astolat · Role: daughter of Sir Bernard · First appears: Book XVIII, Chapter IX
Life events
- Elaine le Blank gives Sir Launcelot a pearl-embroidered red sleeve to wear as a jousting token.(Book XVIII, Chapter IX · 📍 Astolat)
- With: Sir Launcelot
- “Sir, she said, it is a red sleeve of mine, of scarlet, well embroidered with great pearls: and so she brought it him.”
- Sir Launcelot accepts Elaine le Blank’s sleeve and agrees to wear it upon his helmet.(Book XVIII, Chapter IX · 📍 Astolat)
- With: Sir Launcelot
- “Fair maiden, I will grant you to wear a token of yours upon mine helmet”
- Sir Launcelot entrusts his shield to Elaine le Blank until his return.(Book XVIII, Chapter IX · 📍 Astolat)
- With: Sir Launcelot
- “And then Sir Launcelot betook the fair maiden his shield in keeping, and prayed her to keep that until that he came again”
- Sir Bernard and Sir Tirre lodged and welcomed Sir Launcelot, Sir Bors, and Elaine le Blank.(Book XVIII, Chapter XVIII · 📍 Astolat)
- With: Sir Launcelot Sir Bors Sir Bernard Sir Tirre
- “and when they came to Astolat there were they well lodged, and had great cheer of Sir Bernard, the old baron, and of Sir Tirre, his son.”
Book XVIII, Chapter IX
- parent: Sir Bernard “This old baron had a daughter that was called that time the Fair Maiden of Astolat.”
- admired: Sir Launcelot “And ever she beheld Sir Launcelot wonderfully; and as the book saith, she cast such a love unto Sir Launcelot that she could never withdraw her love, wherefore she died, and her name was Elaine le Blank.”
- with Sir Launcelot (Gives Sir Launcelot a sleeve as a token.) “Fair maiden, I will grant you to wear a token of yours upon mine helmet, and therefore what it is, shew it me. Sir, she said, it is a red sleeve of mine, of scarlet, well embroidered with great pearls: and so she brought it him.”
- with Sir Launcelot (Entrusts his shield to Elaine le Blank.) “And then Sir Launcelot betook the fair maiden his shield in keeping, and prayed her to keep that until that he came again;”
Book XVIII, Chapter XVIII
- patron: Sir Bernard “So then they made them ready to depart from the hermit. And so upon a morn they took their horses and Elaine le Blank with them; and when they came to Astolat there were they well lodged, and had great cheer of Sir Bernard, the old baron, and of Sir Tirre, his son.”
- patron: Sir Tirre “So then they made them ready to depart from the hermit. And so upon a morn they took their horses and Elaine le Blank with them; and when they came to Astolat there were they well lodged, and had great cheer of Sir Bernard, the old baron, and of Sir Tirre, his son.”
- parent: Sir Bernard “there were they well lodged, and had great cheer of Sir Bernard, the old baron, and of Sir Tirre, his son. And so upon the morn when Sir Launcelot should depart, fair Elaine brought her father with her”
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Extracted from the original text of Le Morte d'Arthur. Made with Rho MD.