Le Morte d’Arthur · Character

King Lot of Lothian

A rebel king and father of Gawaine and Mordred.

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Also known as King Lot, King Lot of Orkney

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Marries Margawse, Gawaine's mother, at King Uther's request.

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How Uther Pendragon Made War on the Duke of Cornwall
Marries Margawse, Gawaine's mother, at King Uther's request.
How King Arthur held in Wales, at a Pentecost, a great feast, and what kings and lords came to his feast.
Attends the feast with five hundred knights, scorns Merlin's words, and is one of the kings opposing Arthur.
Of the first war that King Arthur had, and how he won the field
Leads the rebel kings, breaks out on the back side, and smites down King Arthur.
How Eleven Kings Gathered a Great Host Against King Arthur
King Lot, father of Sir Gawaine, swears to bring five thousand men of arms on horseback against Arthur.
XV
King Lot is wounded by Arthur, makes great dole, and devises a plan with the ten kings.
The Battle Against the Eleven Kings
Leads the eleven kings, advises them to abandon footmen and fight as cavalry, weeps at the slaughter caused by King Ban.
How all the children were sent for that were born on May-day, and how Mordred was saved
Mordred is sent by King Lot's wife, implying Lot's connection to the child.
The Battle Against Nero and King Lot
Fights against Arthur due to Arthur's affair with his wife; slain by King Pellinore after being unhorsed.
XIII
Referenced as the father of Sir Gawaine, whose death is to be avenged.

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