# Sir Accolon of Gaul — Le Morte d’Arthur character guide

> Sir Accolon of Gaul in Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Accolon, Sir Accolon

**First appearance:** 0004-i

## Who they are

A knight who wields Excalibur against Arthur through Morgan's sorcery.

## In the story

### [Of the interment of twelve kings, and of the prophecy of Merlin, and how Balin should give the dolorous stroke](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xi)

Morgan le Fay's lover who receives the scabbard of Excalibur and nearly slays King Arthur.

### [How King Arthur, King Uriens, and Sir Accolon of Gaul, chased an hart, and of their marvellous adventures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/vi)

Joins the hunt and is led to a separate chamber on the ship.

### [How Accolon found himself by a well, and he took upon him to do battle against Arthur](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/viii)

Awakens near a well, receives Excalibur from Morgan le Fay's dwarf, and agrees to fight for Sir Ontzlake.

### [Of the battle between King Arthur and Accolon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/ix)

Wields Excalibur against Arthur, believing he will slay him as part of Morgan le Fay's plot.

### [How King Arthur recovered Excalibur and overcame Sir Accolon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/x)

Fights against Arthur using Excalibur; is defeated and reveals his identity as a knight of Arthur's court.

### [How Accolon Confessed the Treason of Morgan le Fay](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xi)

Confesses his treason and the plot by Morgan le Fay to kill King Arthur.

### [How Arthur accorded the two brethren, and delivered the twenty knights, and how Sir Accolon died](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xii)

Accolon dies from his wounds after the battle with Arthur.

### [How Queen Morgan le Fay made great sorrow for the death of Accolon, and how she stole away the scabbard from Arthur](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xiv)

Mentioned as dead; his body brought to the church, causing Morgan's sorrow.

### [How Morgan le Fay saved a knight that should have been drowned, and how King Arthur returned home again.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xv)

Mentioned as the cousin of Manassen, for whose love Morgan rescues the knight.

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