Sir Percard

Also known as: the Black Knight · Role: knight · First appears: Book VII, Chapter XII

Life events

• Sir Beaumains killed the Black Knight, whose name was Sir Percard, in a spear encounter.(Book VII, Chapter XXIV)
  • With: Beaumains
  • “Sir Beaumains slew him in a recounter with his spear, his name was Sir Percard.”

Book VII, Chapter XII

• siblings with Sir Persant “For certainly now I wot well it was ye that slew my brother the Black Knight at the black thorn; he was a full noble knight, his name was Sir Percard.”
• with Beaumains (Beaumains slew Sir Percard in combat.) “For certainly now I wot well it was ye that slew my brother the Black Knight at the black thorn; he was a full noble knight, his name was Sir Percard.”
• rivals with Beaumains “For certainly now I wot well it was ye that slew my brother the Black Knight at the black thorn; he was a full noble knight, his name was Sir Percard.”

Book VII, Chapter XXIV

• siblings with Sir Persant “And as to thee, Sir Persant of Inde, thou hast been ever called a full noble knight, and so have ever been thy three brethren called. But I marvel, said the king, that I hear not of the Black Knight your brother, he was a full noble knight. Sir, said Pertolepe, the Green Knight, Sir Beaumains slew him in a recounter with his spear, his name was Sir Percard. That was great pity, said the king, and so said many knights. For these four brethren were full well known in the court of King Arthur for noble knights, for long time they had holden war against the knights of the Round Table.”
• siblings with Pertolepe “Sir, said Pertolepe, the Green Knight, Sir Beaumains slew him in a recounter with his spear, his name was Sir Percard. That was great pity, said the king, and so said many knights. For these four brethren were full well known in the court of King Arthur for noble knights, for long time they had holden war against the knights of the Round Table.”
• siblings with Black Knight “But I marvel, said the king, that I hear not of the Black Knight your brother, he was a full noble knight. Sir, said Pertolepe, the Green Knight, Sir Beaumains slew him in a recounter with his spear, his name was Sir Percard. That was great pity, said the king, and so said many knights. For these four brethren were full well known in the court of King Arthur for noble knights, for long time they had holden war against the knights of the Round Table.”
• with Beaumains (Sir Beaumains killed Sir Percard in a combat encounter.) “Sir, said Pertolepe, the Green Knight, Sir Beaumains slew him in a recounter with his spear, his name was Sir Percard.”

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Extracted from the original text of Le Morte d'Arthur. Made with Rho MD.