Sir Galahad is a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table. In his origin story, King Pelles, the Grail King, knows that his daughter, Elaine of Corbenic, is destined to give birth to the greatest knight in all of history. The King gains a magical ring from Dame Brusen that will cause his daughter to take on the appearance of Queen Guinevere, who is loved by Sir Lancelot, the greatest knight of the time. Elaine and Lancelot conceive a son, though Lancelot is angry when he discovers the deception. Abandoned by his father, Galahad is raised by a great aunt in a nunnery. Later, he is reunited with Lancelot, who knights him and brings him to Camelot. Offered a place at the round table, Galahad chooses to tempt fate by sitting at the Siege Perilous, a seat which will kill anyone unworthy of obtaining the Holy Grail. Galahad’s purity and righteousness allow him to survive, and he does, in fact, become one of the few to obtain the Sangreal. He has many adventures on Earth before he is escorted to heaven by Joseph of Arimathea and the angels. Gallahad was, according to the tales, the greatest knight of his time, a magnificent swordsman, equestrian, and fighter. He carries the standard weapons of a knight, and usually quested alone. He was also extremely gallant, pious, and morally upright. He is sometimes portrayed as entirely sinless.
Appearance List Annales Cambriae (10th century); Historia Regum Britanniae (1136); Merlin by Robert de Boron (late 12th–early 13th c.); The Vulgate Lancelot (13th c.); Le Morte d’Arthur (1485) by Thomas Malory; Ballads of Bravery (1877); The Boy’s King Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory’s History of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Sidney Lanier (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1880); The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903) by Howard Pyle [Internet Archive]; The Story of the Champions of the Round Table (1905, 1911) by Howard Pyle [Internet Archive]; The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions (1907) by Howard Pyle [Internet Archive]; The Story of the Grail and the Passing of King Arthur (1910) by Howard Pyle [Internet Archive]; Tales of the Round Table (1908) by Andrew Lang [Internet Archive]; Myths and Legends of the Celtic Race (1910) by T. W. Rolleston [Internet Archive]; The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights (1912) [Internet Archive]; Idylls of the King (1859) by Alfred Lord Tennyson – 1913 illustrated edition: [Internet Archive]; Legends and Romances of Brittany (1917) by Lewis Spence. Film: Knights of the Round Table (1926) by Rex Ingram (silent, partially lost); Knights of the Round Table (1953) by Richard Thorpe; Lancelot and Guinevere (1963) by Cornel Wilde; The Sword in the Stone (1963) by Walt Disney Productions; Camelot (1967) by Joshua Logan; Excalibur (1981).
Description Sir Galahad is a knight of King Arthur’s Round Table. In his origin story, King Pelles, the Grail King, knows that his daughter, Elaine of Corbenic, is destined to give birth to the greatest knight in all of history. The King gains a magical ring from Dame Brusen that will cause his daughter to take on the appearance of Queen Guinevere, who is loved by Sir Lancelot, the greatest knight of the time. Elaine and Lancelot conceive a son, though Lancelot is angry when he discovers the deception. Abandoned by his father, Galahad is raised by a great aunt in a nunnery. Later, he is reunited with Lancelot, who knights him and brings him to Camelot. Offered a place at the round table, Galahad chooses to tempt fate by sitting at the Siege Perilous, a seat which will kill anyone unworthy of obtaining the Holy Grail. Galahad’s purity and righteousness allow him to survive, and he does, in fact, become one of the few to obtain the Sangreal. He has many adventures on Earth before he is escorted to heaven by Joseph of Arimathea and the angels. Gallahad was, according to the tales, the greatest knight of his time, a magnificent swordsman, equestrian, and fighter. He carries the standard weapons of a knight, and usually quested alone. He was also extremely gallant, pious, and morally upright. He is sometimes portrayed as entirely sinless.
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