Goodewin
Also known as: Sir Goodewin · Role: baron · First appears: Book XI, Chapter XI
Life events
- Goodewin orders Sir Aglovale’s servant slain in retaliation for Sir Aglovale killing his brother.(Book XI, Chapter XI)
- With: Sir Aglovale
- “And then that lord commanded his men to have him away and slay him; and so they did, and so pulled him out of the castle, and there they slew him without mercy.”
- Goodewin reveals that Sir Aglovale killed Sir Gawdelin, whom Aglovale declares a false knight.(Book XI, Chapter XI)
- With: Sir Aglovale Sir Gawdelin
- “I slew him, said Sir Goodewin, because of thee, for thou slewest my brother, Sir Gawdelin. As for thy brother, said Sir Aglovale, I avow it I slew him, for he was a false knight and a betrayer of ladies and of good knights”
- Sir Aglovale defeats Goodewin and beheads him to avenge his servant’s death.(Book XI, Chapter XI)
- With: Sir Aglovale
- “And within a while Sir Aglovale had Sir Goodewin at the earth, and there he unlaced his helm, and struck off his head.”
Book XI, Chapter XI
- enemies with Sir Aglovale “As for thy brother, said Sir Aglovale, I avow it I slew him, for he was a false knight and a betrayer of ladies and of good knights; and for the death of my squire thou shalt die. I defy thee, said Sir Goodewin. Then they lashed together as eagerly as it had been two lions”
- siblings with Sir Gawdelin “I slew him, said Sir Goodewin, because of thee, for thou slewest my brother, Sir Gawdelin.”
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Extracted from the original text of Le Morte d'Arthur. Made with Rho MD.