Le Morte d’Arthur · Character

Sir Ironside

The Red Knight of the Red Launds, defeated by Gareth.

minor

Also known as Ironside

First appearance: How Queen Guenever rode a-Maying with certain knights of the Round Table and clad all in green

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The Green Knight, brother of the Black Knight Sir Perard; yields to Beaumains and becomes his man.

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Escalation
Breaking point
Aftermath
Closing

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How the brother of the knight that was slain met with Beaumains, and fought with Beaumains till he was yielden
The Green Knight, brother of the Black Knight Sir Perard; yields to Beaumains and becomes his man.
IX
The Green Knight who defends Beaumains, offers him the service of thirty knights, and acknowledges Beaumains as a better knight than himself.
XXIII
The Red Knight of the Red Launds, yields to King Arthur and seeks forgiveness from Launcelot and Gawaine.
How King Arthur pardoned them, and demanded of them where Sir Gareth was
Explains that young knights like Beaumains are hard to find as they are always on adventures.
XXIX
Fights strongly against Sir Lamorak and later identifies Sir Gareth.
How Queen Guenever rode a-Maying with certain knights of the Round Table and clad all in green
One of the ten knights accompanying the queen on the Maying ride, called the Knight of the Red Launds.
How Sir Meliagrance Took the Queen and Her Knights
One of the knights who fought long and was sore wounded.
How Sir Launcelot Had Word How the Queen Was Taken
One of the knights who fought in the battle against Meliagrance.

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