# Sir Uwaine — Le Morte d’Arthur character guide > Sir Uwaine in Le Morte d’Arthur by Thomas Malory. **Role:** minor **Also known as:** Uwaine, Sir Uwaine les Avoutres **First appearance:** 0004-i ## Who they are A knight of the Round Table, son of King Uriens. ## In the story ### [How Eleven Kings Gathered a Great Host Against King Arthur](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xii) Mentioned as the son of King Urience, who is among the eleven kings opposing Arthur. ### [How Morgan would have slain Sir Uriens her husband, and how Sir Uwaine her son saved him](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xiii) Awakened by a maiden, he stops his mother Morgan from slaying his father Uriens. ### [How the Damosel of the Lake saved King Arthur from mantle that should have burnt him](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xvi) Banished by Arthur on suspicion of conspiracy with Morgan le Fay. ### [How Sir Gawaine and Sir Uwaine met with twelve fair damosels, and how they complained on Sir Marhaus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xvii) Accompanies Gawaine and recognizes Sir Marhaus as a proven knight from a past joust. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xviii) Jousts with Sir Marhaus and is overthrown, hurt on the left side. ### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xix) As the youngest and weakest, chooses the eldest damosel and takes the westward path. ### [How Sir Marhaus fought with the duke and his four sons and made them to yield them](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xxv) Met by Sir Marhaus while riding with Sir Gawaine. ### [How Sir Uwaine rode with the damosel of sixty year of age, and how he gat the prize at tourneying.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xxvi) Rides with an old damosel, wins a tournament, and defends the Lady of the Rock against two extortionist knights. ### [How Sir Uwaine fought with two knights and overcame them](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xxvii) Fights and defeats Sir Edward and Sir Hue, receives the surrender of Sir Hue, and stays with the Lady of the Rock to recover from grievous wounds. ### [The Return to Court and the Rise of New Knights](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xxviii) Returns with Sir Gawaine and Sir Marhaus to King Arthur's court. ### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/ii) Promises to bring thirty thousand men along with Sir Ider and their cousins. ### [How Sir Launcelot jousted against four knights of the Round Table and overthrew them](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xiii) Third to challenge Launcelot, receives a stunning blow and is left bewildered. ### [How Sir Tristram, Sir Palomides, and Sir Dinadan were taken and put in prison](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xxxvii) Jousts with Tristram and is overthrown and hurt in the side. ### [How King Mark was sorry for the good renown of Sir Tristram](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xxxviii) Sir Uwaine challenges the knights of Cornwall, defeats Sir Andred and Sir Dinas, and is later treacherously wounded by King Mark. ### [How Sir Tristram at a tournament bare the shield that Morgan le Fay delivered to him](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xliv) Accompanies King Arthur to confront Sir Tristram about the shield. ### [How Sir Tristram Jousted and Smote Down King Arthur](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/i) Jousts with Tristram after Arthur is wounded and is thrown from his saddle. ### [How King Mark mocked Sir Dinadan, and how they met with six knights of the Round Table](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xi) One of the six knights of the Round Table encountered; recognizes and welcomes Sir Dinadan. ### [How the six knights sent Sir Dagonet to joust with King Mark, and how King Mark refused him](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xii) One of the knights who laughs at King Mark's chase and rides after to see Sir Dagonet's success. ### [How Sir Palomides by adventure met King Mark flying, and how he overthrew Dagonet and other knights](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xiii) Overthrown by Sir Palomides. ### [How Galahad Gat Him a Shield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/ix) Present at the White Abbey with Bagdemagus when Galahad arrives. ### [How Galahad Departed with the Shield](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/x) Offers to accompany Galahad but is refused. ### [How Sir Galahad Fought with the Knights of the Castle, and Destroyed the Wicked Custom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xv) Mentioned as one of the three knights who killed the seven brethren after Galahad's departure. ### [How Sir Gawaine came to the abbey for to follow Galahad, and how he was shriven to a hermit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/xvi) Meets Gawaine and Gareth on the road; joins them in slaying the seven brethren. ### [Of the advision of Sir Ector, and how he jousted with Sir Uwaine les Avoutres, his sworn brother](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/ii) Uwaine les Avoutres, son of King Uriens and a fellow Round Table knight, is mortally wounded by Gawaine and forgives him before dying. ### [How Sir Gawaine and Sir Ector came to an hermitage to be confessed, and how they told to the hermit their advisions.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/chapters/iii) Slain by a spear wound; his dying words commend him to King Arthur and the court. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/characters/sir_uwaine - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/le_morte_d_arthur_se/characters