ID: 901000771 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000771	Record Type: Character/Person

	Lancelot, Sir (character, Arthurian legend)

Note: In Arthurian legends, among the greatest knights of the round table; he was the lover of Arthur’s queen, Guinevere, and was the father of the pure knight Sir Galahad. Lancelot’s name first appeared as one of Arthur’s knights in Chrétien de Troyes’s 12th-century romance of Erec.

Names:

	Lancelot, Sir (character, Arthurian legend) (preferred,English-P,D,N)
	Sir Lancelot (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
	Lancelot (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
	Lancelot du Lac, Sir (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
	Lancelot, of the Lake (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
	Launcelot (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
	Lanzarote, del Lago (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
	Lanceloto (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
	Ланселот (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
	Λάνσελοτ (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
	Lanselot (character, Arthurian legend) (English,N)
	Lanselod (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
	Lawnslot (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
	לנסלוט, דו לאק (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
	ランスロット (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
	Ransurotto (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
	Lannzilet (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)
	Lançarote (character, Arthurian legend) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:

		Literature and Performing Arts (P)
		....<Literary characters> (P)
		........Arthurian legend characters (literary characters) (I)
		............Lancelot, Sir (character, Arthurian legend) (I)

Related Iconography:

	is actor for .... Arthurian legend
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Literary themes and narratives, Arthurian legend (British legends, by 12th century)) [901001139]

	lover of .... Guinevere
	..........(Literature and Performing Arts, Literary characters, Arthurian legend characters (literary characters), Guinevere (queen, Arthurian legend)) [901000770]

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... literary characters
	.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	role/characteristic is .... knights (landholders)
	.....(landholders, people by state or condition, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	culture/religion is .... Ancient British
	.....(Ancient European, European, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Lancelot, Sir (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Archibald and Putter, Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend (2009)
	................Lupack, Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature (2005)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Sir Lancelot (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Lancelot (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) no2014131876
	................Iconclass Illustrated Edition (2022-) 82A(Lancelot)
	Lancelot du Lac, Sir (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Lancelot, of the Lake (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Launcelot (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Lanzarote, del Lago (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Lanceloto (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Ланселот (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Λάνσελοτ (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Lanselot (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Lanselod (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Lawnslot (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	לנסלוט, דו לאק (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	ランスロット (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Ransurotto (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Lannzilet (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)
	Lançarote (character, Arthurian legend)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Lupack, Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature (2005)
	................ Archibald and Putter, Cambridge Companion to the Arthurian Legend (2009)
	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 29 December 2015