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Fictional character
King Uther
Matter of Britain character
Uther Pendragon, by Howard Pyle from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (1903)
In-universe information
Title
Pendragon
Occupation
King of sub-Roman Britain
Family
Constantine III (father) Aurelius Ambrosius (older brother) Constans II (older brother) Moigne (brother)
Spouse
Igraine
Children
Madoc ap Uthyr, Arthur, Anna, Morgan le Fay (stepdaughter)
Uther Pendragon (Brittonic) (/ˈjuːθərpɛnˈdræɡən,ˈuːθər/;[1] Welsh: Ythyr Ben Dragwn, Uthyr Pendragon, Uthyr Bendragon), also known as King Uther, was a legendary King of the Britons and father of King Arthur.[2]: 253
A few minor references to Uther appear in Old Welsh poems, but his biography was first written down in the 12th century by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain), and Geoffrey's account of the character was used in most later versions. He is a fairly ambiguous individual throughout the literature, but is described as a strong king and a defender of his people.
According to Arthurian legend, Merlin magically disguises Uther to look like his enemy Gorlois, enabling Uther to sleep with Gorlois' wife Lady Igraine. Thus Arthur, "the once and future king", is an illegitimate child (though later legend, as found in Malory, emphasises that the conception occurred after Gorlois's death and that he was legitimated by Uther's subsequent marriage to Igraine[3]). This act of conception occurs the very night that Uther's troops dispatch Gorlois. The theme of illegitimate conception is repeated in Arthur's siring of Mordred by his own half-sister Morgause in the 13th century French prose cycles, which was invented by them; it is Mordred who mortally wounds King Arthur in the Battle of Camlann.
UtherPendragon (Brittonic) (/ˈjuːθər pɛnˈdræɡən, ˈuːθər/; Welsh: Ythyr Ben Dragwn, Uthyr Pendragon, Uthyr Bendragon), also known as King Uther, was a...
Arthur UtherPendragon (born John Timothy Rothwell, 5 April 1954) is a British eco-campaigner, Neo-Druid leader, media personality, and self-declared...
necklace on Uther to make Merlin's magic harmful. Uther dies, making Arthur the king. Uther returns in the episode, "The Death-Song of UtherPendragon" – a downcast...
Robert de Boron's Merlin, the name of Uther's elder brother Ambrosius Aurelianus is given as Pendragon, while Uter (Uther) changes his name after his brother's...
Igraine or Igreine—and in Parzival as Arnive. She becomes the wife of UtherPendragon, after the death of her first husband, Gorlois. In Geoffrey of Monmouth's...
Arthurian story appear in Geoffrey's Historia, including Arthur's father UtherPendragon, the magician Merlin, Arthur's wife Guinevere, the sword Excalibur...
the story of the Knights of the Old Table, led by Arthur's father, UtherPendragon, whilst other tales focus on the members of the 'Grail Table'; these...
recalled in a well-known local couplet: Let UtherPendragon do what he can, Eden will run where Eden ran. Uther (if he was indeed a real person) was possibly...
Gwen Bradley James as Arthur Katie McGrath as Morgana Anthony Head as UtherPendragon Richard Wilson as Gaius John Hurt as the Great Dragon (voice) Emilia...
Igraine and her first husband Gorlois. Arthur, son of Igraine and UtherPendragon, is thus Morgan's half-brother, and her full sisters include Mordred's...
Ireland. In the second, Merlin's magic enables the new British king UtherPendragon to enter into Tintagel Castle in disguise and to father his son Arthur...
Monmouth into the uncle of King Arthur, the brother of Arthur's father UtherPendragon, as a ruler who precedes and predeceases them both. He also appears...
"the true king", meaning the divinely appointed king or true heir of UtherPendragon. (As Thomas Malory related in his English-language Arthurian compilation...
Regum Britanniae is named Anna who is depicted as the sole daughter of UtherPendragon and his wife Igraine, thus making her Arthur's full (younger) sister...
Slayer (1997–2003), the Prime Minister in Little Britain (2003–2006), UtherPendragon in Merlin (2008–2012), and Rupert Mannion in Ted Lasso (2020–2023)...
Gwen Bradley James as Arthur Katie McGrath as Morgana Anthony Head as UtherPendragon Richard Wilson as Gaius John Hurt as the Great Dragon (voice) Michelle...
character showed "quiet intensity". In 2017, Bana took the role of UtherPendragon, king of Britain and father of future King Arthur, in Guy Ritchie's...
brother-in-law, who serves as regent of Britain between the reigns of UtherPendragon and Arthur. He has appeared regularly in works of chivalric romance...
Callan's Love Is ... (RTÉ). He made his film debut in 1981, as King UtherPendragon in John Boorman's King Arthur epic, Excalibur. In 1983, he appeared...
Morgaine witnesses UtherPendragon's accession to the throne of Caerleon after his predecessor, Ambrosius, dies of old age. Uther becomes her step-father...
Leodegrance, who had served Arthur's father UtherPendragon and was entrusted with the Round Table after Uther's death. In these stories, Leodegrance's kingdom...
father of her daughters, Arthur's half-sisters. Her second husband was UtherPendragon, the High King of Britain and Arthur's father, who marries her after...
Geoffrey names Constans the older brother of Aurelius Ambrosius and UtherPendragon. After the death of their father, Constantinus III, Vortigern persuades...
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