Ygerne

Role: wife of Gorlois and Uther · First appears: The Coming of Arthur 2

Life events

• Uther compels Ygerne to marry him after besieging her in Tintagil.(The Coming of Arthur 2 · 📍 Tintagil)
  • With: Uther
  • “Enforced was she to wed him in her tears, And with a shameful swiftness:”
• Bellicent reveals that she is a daughter of Gorlois and Ygerne.(The Coming of Arthur 2 · 📍 Cameliard)
  • With: Bellicent Gorlois
  • “Daughter of Gorlois and Ygerne am I;”

The Coming of Arthur 2

• married with Gorlois “For ye know that in King Uther’s time The prince and warrior Gorlois, he that held Tintagil castle by the Cornish sea, Was wedded with a winsome wife, Ygerne:”
• child: Bellicent “And daughters had she borne him,—one whereof, Lot’s wife, the Queen of Orkney, Bellicent,”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of Idylls of the King. Made with Rho MD.