Bellicent
Also known as: Queen / Queen Bellicent / Queen of Orkney · Family: Orkney · Role: queen · First appears: The Coming of Arthur 2
At Cameliard, Bellicent revealed that she was the daughter of Gorlois and Ygerne: “Daughter of Gorlois and Ygerne am I;” She was the wife of Lot, Queen of Orkney, the sister of Arthur, and the mother of Gawain, Modred, and Gareth.
In Gareth and Lynette, she granted Gareth permission to seek knighthood only after he proved his obedience and love to her. At Arthur’s hall, Gareth agreed to serve disguised in the kitchens for a year without revealing his identity; later, he declared himself the son of Lot and Bellicent and a knight of Arthur.
Relationship record
Life events
- Bellicent reveals that she is a daughter of Gorlois and Ygerne.(The Coming of Arthur 2 · 📍 Cameliard)
- Bellicent granted Gareth permission to go, requiring proof of obedience before seeking knighthood.(Gareth and Lynette 1)
- With: Gareth
- “Ay, go then, an ye must: only one proof, Before thou ask the King to make thee knight, Of thine obedience and thy love to me, Thy mother,—I demand.”
- Gareth agreed to serve disguised in Arthur’s kitchens for a year and conceal his identity.(Gareth and Lynette 1 · 📍 Arthur’s hall)
- With: Gareth
- “I therefore yield me freely to thy will; For hence will I, disguised, and hire myself To serve with scullions and with kitchen-knaves; Nor tell my name to any—no, not the King.”
- Gareth reveals that he is Lot and Bellicent’s son and Arthur’s knight.(Gareth and Lynette 7)
The Coming of Arthur 2
- parent: Ygerne “And daughters had she borne him,—one whereof, Lot’s wife, the Queen of Orkney, Bellicent,”
- parent: Gorlois “And daughters had she borne him,—one whereof, Lot’s wife, the Queen of Orkney, Bellicent,”
- married with Lot “Lot’s wife, the Queen of Orkney, Bellicent,”
- siblings with Arthur “Being his own dear sister;”
- child: Gawain “With Gawain and young Modred, her two sons,”
- child: Modred “With Gawain and young Modred, her two sons,”
- with Leodogran (Leodogran hosts Bellicent at Cameliard while she tells him of Arthur.) “Whom as he could, not as he would, the King Made feast for”
Gareth and Lynette 1
- child: Gareth “The last tall son of Lot and Bellicent,”
- with Arthur (interaction) “Albeit in mine own heart I knew him King, When I was frequent with him in my youth, And heard him Kingly speak, and doubted him No more than he, himself; but felt him mine, Of closest kin to me: yet—wilt thou leave”
Gareth and Lynette 7
- child: Gareth “Nay, noble damsel, but that I, the son Of old King Lot and good Queen Bellicent,”
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Extracted from the original text of Idylls of the King. Made with Rho MD.