Sir Galleron

Also known as: Galleron / Sir Galleron of Galway · Family: Arthur's party · Role: knight of the Table Round · First appears: Book XII, Chapter XIII

In Book XII, Chapter XIII, Galleron was a large, experienced knight whom Sir Palomides had hurt and smitten down. Though bruised in the back with a spear, he lent Sir Tristram his entire armor and armed him as best he could, warning, “Sir, said the hurt knight, ye shall have it with a good will; but ye must beware, for I warn you that knight is wight.” Soon after, Galleron and Sir Tristram stood as Sir Palomides’s godfathers at his confession and baptism, then rode with him toward King Arthur and Queen Guenever at Camelot.

By Book XVIII, Chapter X, Galleron of Galway was among the knights of the Table Round who came together with Sir Brandiles, Sir Sagramore, Sir Dodinas, Sir Kay, Sir Griflet, Sir Mordred, Sir Meliot de Logris, Sir Ozanna le Cure Hardy, Sir Safere, and Sir Epinogris to beat back the forces of the King of Northumberland and the King of Northgalis. In the following chapter, he became an opponent of Sir Launcelot, who, with Sir Lavaine, routed knights of King Arthur’s court and “by great force he unhorsed Sir Safere, Sir Epinogris, and Sir Galleron.”

In Book XX, Chapter II, Galleron’s recorded connections were with Sir Agravaine and Sir Mordred, who gathered twelve knights and concealed them in a chamber at the Castle of Carlisle to ambush Sir Launcelot.