# Sir Lionel — Le Morte d’Arthur character guide > Sir Lionel in Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory. **Role:** minor **Also known as:** Lionel, Sir Galihud Lionel **First appearance:** 0004-i ## Who they are A knight of the Round Table, brother to Sir Bors. ## In the story ### [How King Arthur sent Sir Gawaine and other to Lucius, and how they were assailed and escaped with worship](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/vi) Part of the ambush party (bushment) that attacks the Romans. ### [How Sir Launcelot and Sir Lionel Departed from the Court](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/i) Launcelot's nephew who stays awake while Launcelot sleeps, then attempts to challenge a strong knight but is defeated and captured. ### [How Sir Ector followed for to seek Sir Launcelot, and how he was taken by Sir Turquine.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/ii) Found in the dungeon by Sir Ector; his shield was seen hanging on the tree. ### [How Sir Turquine was slain, and how Sir Launcelot bade Sir Gaheris deliver all the prisoners](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/ix) Launcelot's brother, freed from prison, rides to find Launcelot ### [The Quest for Sir Launcelot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/x) Accompanies Sir Bors and Sir Ector in the search for Launcelot. ### [How Sir Bors and Sir Lionel came to King Brandegore, and how Sir Bors took his son Helin le Blank, and of Sir Launcelot.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/ix) Accompanies Sir Bors in the search for Sir Launcelot and travels to Camelot. ### [How at the Vigil of Pentecost a Damosel Came for Sir Launcelot to Dub a Knight](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/i) Present with Sir Bors at the abbey, wakes to greet Launcelot. ### [The Siege Perilous and the Sword in the Stone](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/ii) Returns to Camelot with Launcelot and Bors, welcomed by the court. ### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/ix) Seen naked, bound, and brutally beaten with thorns by two knights, yet endures silently. ### [How Sir Bors Left to Rescue His Brother, and Rescued the Damosel; and How It Was Told Him That Lionel Was Dead](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/x) Believed dead after being beaten by two knights; a slain body is shown to Bors. ### [How Sir Bors told his dream to a priest, which he had dreamed, and of the counsel that the priest gave to him.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xi) Mentioned as Bors's brother whose death is also at stake. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xiii) Referred to as the dry tree, a murderer contrary to knighthood, but still alive. ### [How Sir Bors met with his brother Sir Lionel, and how Sir Lionel would have slain Sir Bors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xiv) Furious with Bors for abandoning him; vows to kill his brother and attacks him despite Bors's submission. ### [How Sir Colgrevance fought against Sir Lionel for to save Sir Bors, and how the hermit was slain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xv) In a murderous rage against his brother Bors, slays the hermit and fights Colgrevance. ### [How Sir Lionel slew Sir Colgrevance, and how after he would have slain Sir Bors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xvi) Sir Lionel slays Sir Colgrevance and then attacks his own brother Sir Bors with fiendish fury, refusing mercy and driven by wrath. ### [How a Voice Charged Sir Bors to Touch Him Not, and of a Cloud That Came Between Them](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xvii) Brother of Sir Bors; was spared by Bors due to a divine intervention and forgave him. ### [How the Queen Commanded Sir Launcelot to Avoid the Court](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/ii) Present when Launcelot announces his banishment and seeks counsel. ### [How Sir Launcelot and Sir Lavaine entered in the field against them of King Arthur’s court, and how Launcelot was hurt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xi) Part of the three kinsmen who attack Launcelot; is pulled down and spared. ### [How the cousins and kinsmen of Sir Launcelot excited him to go out to battle, and how they made them ready.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xii) Among those who urge Launcelot to battle; comes in the foremost battle. ### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xiii) Wounded by Sir Gawaine in a joust, dashed to earth as if dead. ### [How Sir Launcelot Passed Over the Sea](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xviii) Crowned King of France by Launcelot. ### [How King Arthur and Sir Gawaine made a great host ready to go over sea to make war on Sir Launcelot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xix) Advises Launcelot to keep to strong towns and wait for the enemy to weaken before attacking. ### [The Siege of Benwick: Sir Gawaine's Challenge](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xx) Attempts to revenge his brother Sir Bors but is smitten down and wounded sore by Sir Gawaine. ### [How Sir Launcelot came to the hermitage where the Archbishop of Canterbury was, and how he took the habit on him](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/x) Takes fifteen lords to London to seek Launcelot, but is slain there. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/characters/sir_lionel - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/characters