Isolt

Also known as: Isolt of Britain / Isolt the Queen / Queen Isolt · Family: Brittany · Role: queen and bride of Tristram · First appears: The Last Tournament 2

Life events

Mark snatched Isolt from the lodge while Tristram was absent.(The Last Tournament 3)
- With: Mark
- “Till Mark her lord had past, the Cornish King, With six or seven, when Tristram was away, And snatched her thence;”
Isolt became Mark's mate before Tristram's return to her.(The Last Tournament 3)
- With: Mark
- “For, ere I mated with my shambling king,”
Isolt of Britain and Tristram are brought to full accord.(The Last Tournament 4)
- With: Tristram
- “So then, when both were brought to full accord,”
Tristram gives Isolt of Britain a ruby carcanet as a love-offering and peace-offering.(The Last Tournament 4)
- With: Tristram
- “And hither brought by Tristram for his last Love-offering and peace-offering unto thee.”

The Last Tournament 3

courtship with Tristram “My God, the measure of my hate for Mark / Is as the measure of my love for thee.”
married with Mark “For, ere I mated with my shambling king”
enemies with Mark “My God, the measure of my hate for Mark / Is as the measure of my love for thee.”
rivals with Isolt of Brittany “He seemed to pace the strand of Brittany Between Isolt of Britain and his bride, And showed them both the ruby-chain, and both Began to struggle for it,”

The Last Tournament 4

courtship with Tristram “And therefore is my love so large for thee, Seeing it is not bounded save by love.”
married with Mark “O were I not my Mark’s, by whom all men Are noble, I should hate thee more than love.”

Guinevere 3

with Tristram (Adulterous love affair.) “Then came the sin of Tristram and Isolt;”
courtship with Tristram (Arthur identifies Tristram and Isolt as participants in an illicit love relationship.) “Then came the sin of Tristram and Isolt;”

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