Sir Lucan

Also known as: Lucan the butler · Family: Round Table · Role: knight · First appears: Book IX, Chapter XXXVI

Life events

• Sir Lucan defeats Sir Daname in a joust, knocking him from his horse.(Book IX, Chapter XXXVI)
  • With: Sir Daname
  • “Sir Lucan smote down Sir Daname over his horse’s croup”
• Sir Lucan wounds Sir Dinadan through the thigh during their joust.(Book IX, Chapter XXXVI)
  • With: Sir Dinadan
  • “there Sir Lucan smote Dinadan through the thick of the thigh”
• Sir Tristram overtakes Sir Lucan, wounds him severely, and throws him down.(Book IX, Chapter XXXVI)
  • With: Sir Tristram
  • “Sir Tristram hurt Sir Lucan passing sore and gave him a fall”
• Sir Lucan dies from the injuries suffered while carrying King Arthur.(Book XXI, Chapter V)
  • With: King Arthur
  • “Sir Lucan fell in a swoon with the lift, that the part of his guts fell out of his body, and therewith the noble knight’s heart brast.”

Book IX, Chapter XXXVI

• rivals with Sir Daname “So Sir Daname came forth on horseback, and there they met together with spears, and Sir Lucan smote down Sir Daname over his horse’s croup, and then he fled into that place, and Sir Lucan rode after him, and asked after him many times.”
• rivals with Sir Dinadan “And in the meanwhile Sir Dinadan was on horseback, and he jousted with Lucan the butler, and there Sir Lucan smote Dinadan through the thick of the thigh, and so he rode his way;”
• rivals with Sir Tristram “and within a while he overtook Sir Lucan, and bade him turn; and so they met together so that Sir Tristram hurt Sir Lucan passing sore and gave him a fall.”
• with Sir Uwaine (Sir Uwaine arranged transport and escorted the wounded Sir Lucan.) “Then Sir Uwaine let ordain an horse litter, and brought Sir Lucan to the abbey of Ganis, and the castle thereby hight the Castle of Ganis, of the which Sir Bleoberis was lord.”

Book XXI, Chapter V

• siblings with Sir Bedivere “Then Sir Bedivere wept for the death of his brother.”
• with King Arthur (Sir Lucan dies while helping King Arthur.) “Alas, said the king, this is to me a full heavy sight, to see this noble duke so die for my sake, for he would have holpen me, that had more need of help than I.”

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