For Lot Kapuaiwa, the 5th monarch of Hawaii, see Kamehameha V. For a patriarch in the biblical Book of Genesis, see Lot (biblical person).
Fictional character
Lot (Loth)
Matter of Britain character
Attributed arms of King Loth of Orkney (Le Roy Loth d'Orchanie) according to romance heraldry
First appearance
Historia Regum Britanniae by Geoffrey of Monmouth
Based on
Leudonus
In-universe information
Occupation
King
Spouse
Arthur's sister
Children
Gawain and Mordred, various others (Agravain, Gaheris, and Gareth in the prose cycle tradition)
Relatives
King Arthur's family, various others
Home
Lothian and either Norway or Orkney
King Lot/ˈlɒt/, also spelled Loth or Lott (Lleu or Llew in Welsh), is a British monarch in Arthurian legend. He was introduced in Geoffrey of Monmouth's pseudohistorical Historia Regum Britanniae as King Arthur's brother-in-law, who serves as regent of Britain between the reigns of Uther Pendragon and Arthur. He has appeared regularly in works of chivalric romance, alternating between the roles of Arthur's enemy and ally, and is often depicted as the ruler of Lothian and either Norway or Orkney. His literary character is probably derived from hagiographical material concerning Saint Kentigern, which features Leudonus as king of Leudonia (the Latin name for Lothian) and father of Saint Teneu.
Lot is generally portrayed as the husband of Arthur's sister or half-sister known by many names but most often as Anna, Gwyar, or variants of Morgause. The number and names of their children vary depending on the source, but usually they prominently include Gawain as well as other sons and sometimes daughters. Geoffrey suggests Lot as also the biological father of Mordred, and the much later prose romances identify him as the father of Gawain's younger brothers Agravain, Gaheris and Gareth while turning Mordred into an incestuous son of Arthur.
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French prose, he is associated with the Questing Beast and is the slayer of KingLot. His many children include the sons Aglovale, Lamorak, and Percival, and...
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usually Igerna's daughter by her previous marriage). Morgause later marries KingLot and becomes the mother of Gawain and Mordred. Uther later falls ill and...
Mordred was depicted as Arthur's traitorous nephew and a legitimate son of KingLot in Geoffrey of Monmouth's pseudo-historical work Historia Regum Britanniae...
full or half sister to Arthur. In most cases, she is wife or widow of KingLot, the ruler of either Orkney or Lothian. However, her name varies widely...
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versions of the legend, he is the son of Arthur's sister Morgause and KingLot of Orkney and Lothian. Here, his younger brothers (or half-brothers) are...
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Once and Future King. It continues the story of the newly crowned King Arthur, his tutelage by the wise Merlyn, his war against KingLot, and also introduces...
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from Britain to continental Europe. In the legend of King Arthur, Urien is brother of KingKingLot of Lothian. In Arthurian chivalric romances, the location...
the second eldest son of KingLot of Orkney with one of King Arthur's sisters known as Anna or Morgause, thus nephew of King Arthur, and brother to Sir...
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