John became aware in July that Arthur's forces were threatening his mother, Eleanor, at Mirebeau Castle.

( As his mother destroyed all the letters he wrote her, Arthur's side of the story is unknown ).

The news of Arthur's death caused Henry VII to break down in grief ; Elizabeth comforted him, telling him that he was the only child of his mother ( to whom she refers as My Lady ), that God had left him with a son and two daughters and that they were both young enough to have more children.

John further claims King Arthur was descended from Joseph, listing the following imaginative pedigree through King Arthur's mother:

In attendance are Sibyl Birling, Arthur's wife and Sheila and Eric's mother, and Eric Birling, Sheila's younger brother, who has a drinking problem that is discreetly ignored.

The English contingent arrives ; Eleanor trades insults with Constance, Arthur's mother.

Arthur's mother, Mrs Clennam, although paralysed and a wheelchair user, still runs the family business with the help of her servant Jeremiah Flintwinch and his downtrodden wife Affery.

Arthur's biological mother was a beautiful young singer with whom his father had gone through a ceremony of sorts before being pressured by his wealthy uncle to marry the present Mrs Clenham.

Arthur's real mother died of grief at being separated from Arthur and Mr Clenham, but the wealthy uncle, stung by remorse, had left a bequest to Arthur's biological mother and to " the youngest daughter of her patron ", a kindly musician who had taught and befriended her — and who happened to be Amy Dorrit's paternal uncle, Frederick.

After Hoel's death Ygraine marries the Duke of Tintagel and by him becomes mother of three more daughters: a third daughter who marries a King Briadas and becomes mother of King Angusel of Scotland ( in no other extant text made Arthur's nephew ), a fourth daughter named Hermesent who marries King Urien and becomes mother of Ywain the Great, and a fifth daughter who is Morgan le Fay.

Arthur's mother, Elizabeth of York did not attend the funeral either, and as was the custom, Catherine of Aragon also remained at home as she was still extremely ill with the same disease that had killed Arthur.

Maggie's and Arthur's relationship was presented with a fascinating complexity-Maggie's cruel attacks on and emotional manipulation of Arthur disguised her deep dependence on and need of him, and Arthur's dutiful love of Maggie was constantly in conflict with his guilty frustration at the huge limitations for his own life which looking after his mother entailed.

According to the tale told by Geoffrey, his father, King Uther Pendragon, was disguised by Merlin's sorcery to look like Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall the husband of Ygerna, Arthur's mother.

Arthur's mother, Elaine, died in childbirth and Dr. Curry was forced to use a mutagenic serum on his son when he was born three months premature.

Almost all versions of the Arthurian story have Owain as Urien's son and Arthur's nephew, and the later accounts assume his mother is Morgan le Fay, if not one of the King's other half sisters.

She is said to be the daughter of Arthur's mother, the Lady Igraine, and her first husband, Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall, so that Arthur ( son of Igraine and Uther Pendragon ) is her half-brother.

Many years later, when Max is in middle school, he finds out that Freak and his mother, Gwen ( referred to as " The Fair Gwen ", " The Fair Guinevere " or " The Fair Gwen Of Air " after King Arthur's wife ) are moving into the house next door.

It is revealed in flashback that Arthur's mother had died in a Woad attack when he was a boy.

When Henry VII died, Arthur's younger brother, Henry, became king as King Henry VIII.

Arthur's health declined, and he died in 1953 from peritonitis.

She assumed the role because Arthur's wife, Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur, had died only a year and a half earlier.

In Geoffrey's version, after Arthur and Mordred had died at the Battle of Camlann, Constantine III is appointed Arthur's successor.

After finding a house, Arthur's wife died and his home burnt down, and he was forced to move in with them.

He died in 1870 when Arthur was under two, leaving Arthur's mother as mother or stepmother to seven children.

Arthur's father Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany, would have been next in line but had died in 1186.

Stanley Arthur's 1936 report differed ; he stated that on March 26, 1804, Don Ramon was recalled to the court of Spain " to take his place at court as befitting his new position ", but that Ramon never arrived in Spain because he died in Havana en route to Madrid.

In addition, when Excalibur was first drawn, in the first battle testing Arthur's sovereignty, its blade blinded his enemies.

Gaul is still held by the Roman Empire when it is conquered, and Arthur's victory naturally leads to a further confrontation between his empire and Rome's.

As Taylor and Brewer have noted, this return to the medieval " chronicle tradition "' of Geoffrey of Monmouth and the Historia Brittonum is a recent trend which became dominant in Arthurian literature in the years following the outbreak of the Second World War, when Arthur's legendary resistance to Germanic invaders struck a chord in Britain.

Layamon added to the story when he adapted Wace's work into the Middle English Brut in the early 13th century, saying that the quarrel between Arthur's vassals led to violence at a Yuletide feast.

Here the Irish heroes form one group out of a long list of King Arthur's warriors whose names Culhwch invokes as his sureties when he demands entry to King Arthur's court.

But when Lancelot returns to rescue Guinevere, a battle between Lancelot's and Arthur's knights ensues and Gawain's brothers, except for Mordred, are killed.

She follows him when he wanders out of Arthur's court, troubled by visions of impending doom.

His valet, Hobson ( John Gielgud ), who has been more like a father to him than Arthur's real father, realizes that Arthur is beginning to grow up and secretly encourages Linda to attend Arthur's engagement party, telling Linda he recognizes when a young man is in love.

Sir Lancelot and Elaine sleep together, but on discovering the deception, Lancelot at first tries to kill Elaine for her complicity, but when he finds out that they have conceived a son together, he is immediately forgiving ; however he does not marry Elaine or even wish to be with her anymore and returns to King Arthur's court.

The turning point in Arthur's career came when she was chosen by director Frank Capra to star in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.

The premise is that Arthur's youth, not dealt with in Malory, was a time when he was tutored by Merlyn to prepare him for the use of power and royal life.

" Overall, however, Holly is a gentle soul, especially when she puts up with Arthur's antics.

Not incidentally, the castle has a long association with the Arthurian legends, going back to the 12th century when Geoffrey of Monmouth in his mythical account of British history, the Historia Regum Britanniae described Tintagel as the place of Arthur's conception.

Apart from a very brief moment during the first radio series, when the main characters were transported outside the galactic plane into a battle with Haggunenons, and a moment when one of Arthur's careless remarks is sent inadvertently though a wormhole into " a distant galaxy ", the Galaxy provides the setting for the entire series.

However when he heard of his brother Arthur's death at the Wairau Affray, he immediately quit Canada and never returned.

She is later mentioned in the same poem when Arthur provides a wounded Erec with a healing balm made by his sister Morgan ; this episode both affirms her early role as a healer and provides the first mention of Morgan as Arthur's sister.

Through magic and mortal means, she tries to arrange Arthur's downfall, most famously when she arranges for her lover Accolon to obtain the sword Excalibur and use it against Arthur in single combat.

Ector raises him and Kay as brothers, but Arthur's parentage is revealed when he draws the Sword in the Stone at a tournament in London.

In the Carl Sagan novel, Contact, the protagonist, Eleanor Arroway, is reading the A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, specifically the scene where Hank first approaches Camelot, when she finds out about her father's death.

But when his wife Gwenhwyfar fails to produce a child, she is convinced that it is a punishment of God: firstly for the presence of pagan elements ( a stance which Morgaine deeply resents ), and secondly, for her forbidden love for Arthur's finest knight Lancelet.