Prince Boudwin
Also known as: Boudwin / the good Prince Boudwin · Family: Cornwall · Role: prince · First appears: Book X, Chapter XXXII
In Book X, Chapter XXXII, Prince Boudwin of Cornwall destroyed the Saracen fleet and defeated its invading army: “those three ships set on fire all the ships, that none were saved.” He was the brother of King Mark, the husband of Anglides, and the father of Alisander. He loved Sir Tristram, and because he was better beloved throughout the country, King Mark turned against him.
King Mark treacherously killed Prince Boudwin with a dagger, striking him in the heart so that he never spoke again. Sir Tristram, Sir Dinas, Sir Fergus, and the other knights mourned him, for “that prince was passingly well beloved.” In the following chapter, Sir Sadok allowed Anglides to escape with Alisander after she promised that her son would avenge Prince Boudwin’s death.
Relationship record
Life events
- Prince Boudwin destroys the Saracen fleet and defeats its invading army.(Book X, Chapter XXXII · 📍 Cornwall)
- “those three ships set on fire all the ships, that none were saved. And at point of the day the good Prince Boudwin with all his fellowship set on the miscreants with shouts and cries, and slew to the number of forty thousand, and left none alive.”
- King Mark treacherously kills Prince Boudwin with a dagger.(Book X, Chapter XXXII)
- With: King Mark
- “And therewith he struck him to the heart with a dagger, that he never after spake word.”
- Sir Sadok allows Anglides to escape with Alisander after she promises revenge for Prince Boudwin’s death.(Book X, Chapter XXXIII)
Book X, Chapter XXXII
- siblings with King Mark “Now turn we to another matter that fell between King Mark and his brother, that was called the good Prince Boudwin”
- married with Anglides “So when he came with his wife Anglides, the king made them fair semblant till they had dined.”
- child: Alisander “hastily, as a man out of his wit, he sent for Prince Boudwin and Anglides his wife, and bade them bring their young son with them”
- friends with Sir Tristram “and that also Boudwin loved well Sir Tristram, therefore he thought to slay him.”
- with King Mark (King Mark killed Prince Boudwin by treachery.) “And therewith he struck him to the heart with a dagger, that he never after spake word.”
- enemies with King Mark “And because this prince was better beloved than he in all that country, and that also Boudwin loved well Sir Tristram, therefore he thought to slay him.”
- with Sir Tristram (Sir Tristram mourned Prince Boudwin's death.) “Then was there much sorrow and crying, and great dole made Sir Tristram, Sir Dinas, Sir Fergus, and so did all knights that were there; for that prince was passingly well beloved.”
- with Sir Dinas (Sir Dinas mourned Prince Boudwin's death.) “Then was there much sorrow and crying, and great dole made Sir Tristram, Sir Dinas, Sir Fergus, and so did all knights that were there; for that prince was passingly well beloved.”
- with Sir Fergus (Sir Fergus mourned Prince Boudwin's death.) “Then was there much sorrow and crying, and great dole made Sir Tristram, Sir Dinas, Sir Fergus, and so did all knights that were there; for that prince was passingly well beloved.”
Book X, Chapter XXXIII
- child: Alisander “would ye depart out of this country with your son, and keep him till he be of age, that he may revenge his father’s death, then would I suffer you to depart from me, so you promise me to revenge the death of Prince Boudwin.”
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