269:
240:. Several episodes display his virtuous character; in one, a lady approaches Bors vowing to commit suicide unless he sleeps with her. He refuses to break his vow of celibacy; the lady and her maidens threaten to throw themselves off the castle battlements. As the ladies jump off, they reveal themselves to be demons set on deceiving him by playing to his sense of compassion. In another, Bors faces a dilemma where he must choose between rescuing his brother Lionel, being whipped with thorns by villains in one direction, and saving a young girl who has been abducted by a rogue knight in the other. Bors chooses to help the maiden, but prays for his brother's safety. Lionel escapes his tormentors and tries to murder Bors, and Bors does not defend himself, refusing to raise a weapon against his kinsman. Fellow Knight of the Round Table
342:
212:
310:
place incognito. Along with the rest of their family, Bors later takes
Lancelot's side after Lancelot's affair with Guinevere is exposed and Arthur sentenced her to death. He helps to rescue the Queen from her execution at the stake and is one of Lancelot's kinsmen who then accompany him into exile from England. Together with his brother Lionel, Bors becomes one of Lancelot's most valorous and trusted aides in the ensuing war, during which he barely survives his horseback duel with Arthur's second-in-command
40:
1362:
1374:
1386:
190:
Sir Bors the
Younger is better known than King Bors throughout Arthurian studies . Sir Bors and Lionel live for several years at Claudas's court, but they eventually rebel against him and even slay his cruel son Dorin. Before Claudas can retaliate, the boys are rescued by a servant of the Lady of the
309:
after she is accused of poisoning a cousin of Sir Mador de la Porte. Refusing at first, as her usual champion
Lancelot had left Camelot earlier because of her, Bors relents after the desperate Guinevere kneels before him. He is about to joust with Mador for her sake when Lancelot arrives to take his
318:
betrays Arthur and takes the throne. Lancelot hears of this and goes to aid Arthur, but arrives too late. Lancelot searches for
Guinevere; after some time without news, Lionel goes looking for him and is killed. Sir Bors sends most of the army home, and goes to look for Lancelot with a few other of
446:
is believed to be an early identity of
Guenevere; the Vanora of the film is also some-time mistress to fellow Sarmatian soldier Lancelot, who is strongly hinted to be the father of Bors's youngest child, and possibly others (for example Gilly, the eldest), as they have dark hair whereas neither of
314:. On another occasion, Bors has an opportunity to kill the dehorsed Arthur himself, but is stopped by Lancelot. In return for his service, Lancelot crowns Lionel the King of France, while Sir Bors becomes the ruler of King Claudas' lands. While the factions are still fighting,
333:, Lancelot and his men return to Britain to fight Mordred's sons, who have taken over. In the battle, Mordred's elder son, Meleon or Melehan, mortally wounds Lionel. Bors kills Melehan with one blow, avenging his brother. Lancelot kills Mordred's second, unnamed son.
248:
try to intervene, but Lionel slays them both when they get in the way. Before he can kill his brother, however, God strikes him down with an immobilising column of fire. Bors, Galahad, and
Percival go on to achieve the Holy Grail and accompany it to
195:
to join King Arthur's retinue. Bors is recognisable by a distinctive scar on his forehead, and participates in most of the King's conflicts, including the eventual battle with
Claudas which liberates his father's lands. Bors fathers
178:, who has been threatening their lands back in the continent. Arthur is late on his promise, though, and Claudas succeeds in his invasion, resulting in both kings' deaths. Ban's son Lancelot is taken by the
268:
49:
1163:
534:
1283:
350:
211:
1416:
346:
1331:
341:
261:
is presented as a purported written record of Bors telling the full story of the quest back in
Camelot. At the end of the entire
856:
718:
399:
527:
371:
1411:
808:
773:
1278:
191:
Lake and are spirited off to be raised with their cousin
Lancelot. They all grow up to be excellent knights and go to
257:, where then Galahad and Percival pass away while there. Bors is the only one to return, and the text of the Vulgate
1326:
936:
673:
116:
520:
359:
390:
265:, Bors further emerges as the only surviving main character and a successor to Arthur after the King's death.
158:
Ban and Bors become King Arthur's early allies in his fight against eleven rebel kings in
Britain, including
555:
426:
438:
soldiers, and is brash, bold and violent in a departure from the saintly earlier figure. He is brother to
1288:
33:
200:
when the beautiful daughter of King Brandegoris, Claire, tricks him into sleeping with her by way of a
394:, Bors is described as a "misogynist" and an "almost-virgin", and generally something of a curmudgeon.
1041:
1026:
1001:
951:
826:
648:
573:
408:
297:
221:
478:
1346:
1341:
941:
901:
831:
327:
276:
228:
Sir Bors is always portrayed as one of the Round Table's finest, but his real glory comes on the
1311:
956:
891:
547:
364:
301:, based on the French prose romance tradition, Sir Bors reluctantly agrees to fight as Queen
1225:
1031:
1011:
966:
216:
179:
88:
63:
1316:
1306:
1260:
1235:
1215:
1193:
1181:
991:
896:
653:
588:
306:
197:
148:
136:
512:
1390:
1378:
1188:
1153:
1107:
323:
262:
92:
1405:
1066:
851:
638:
412:
404:
375:
292:
1366:
1321:
1112:
931:
861:
431:
319:
their kinsmen. They eventually find him living as a priest and decide to join him.
232:, where he proves himself worthy enough to witness the Grail's mysteries alongside
215:"How a devil in woman's likeness would have tempted Sir Bors to have lain by her."
506:
1230:
1148:
976:
946:
916:
543:
385:
367:
280:
241:
229:
205:
100:
44:
39:
1133:
1102:
1046:
763:
683:
435:
201:
152:
120:
108:
1336:
1128:
1097:
1071:
1006:
981:
871:
841:
793:
783:
618:
613:
583:
302:
254:
703:
1255:
1245:
1220:
1210:
1200:
1061:
1016:
986:
911:
881:
846:
821:
788:
753:
733:
688:
643:
563:
417:
378:
237:
159:
140:
132:
104:
99:
is the King of Gaunnes (Gannes/Gaunes/Ganis) during the early period of
17:
1205:
1171:
1143:
1138:
971:
926:
886:
836:
816:
798:
778:
768:
748:
743:
738:
728:
723:
713:
708:
633:
628:
623:
598:
578:
439:
315:
233:
192:
175:
167:
442:; has a native lover Vanora, and more than ten illegitimate children.
434:
plays a different interpretation of Bors. He is one of Arthur's Roman-
182:, but Bors's children are raised in captivity by Claudas's retainers.
1250:
1240:
1176:
1092:
1056:
1051:
1021:
996:
961:
876:
758:
698:
608:
603:
443:
311:
250:
245:
171:
144:
91:, an elder and a younger. The two first appear in the 13th-century
1076:
1036:
921:
906:
663:
658:
568:
340:
267:
210:
163:
38:
593:
516:
464:
Lacy, Norris J. "The Sense of an Ending: La Mort Le Roi Artu."
72:
407:) is the first Knight of the Round Table to succumb to the
345:
Sir Galahad and Sir Bors in a stained glass window in
75:
69:
1299:
1271:
1162:
1121:
1085:
807:
672:
554:
170:, Arthur vows in return to help them against their
66:
107:of Benoic and the father of Bors the Younger and
528:
50:The Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions
8:
119:and participates in the achievement of the
535:
521:
513:
151:. He has two sons: Bors the Younger and
466:A Companion to the Lancelot-Grail Cycle
457:
204:; he later introduces his son into the
351:Sir Archibald Lucas-Tooth, 2nd Baronet
219:'s illustration for a 1893 edition of
7:
25:
415:adaptation of the film, entitled
370:from 1949, Sir Bors is played by
131:Bors the Elder is the brother of
1384:
1372:
1360:
347:St Cuthbert's Church, Holme Lacy
103:'s reign, and is the brother of
87:) is the name of two knights in
62:
400:Monty Python and the Holy Grail
1332:King Arthur's messianic return
115:later becomes one of the best
1:
483:www.lancelot-project.pitt.edu
409:Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
253:, a mystical island in the
147:, the sister of Ban's wife
1433:
1417:Knights of the Round Table
1327:Historicity of King Arthur
117:Knights of the Round Table
31:
27:Legendary Arthurian knight
1355:
479:"Highlights in the Story"
360:Adventures of Sir Galahad
391:The Once and Future King
285:Tales of the Round Table
273:Gvenevere & Sir Bors
967:Lady/Ladies of the Lake
1236:Land/Castle of Maidens
509:at The Camelot Project
411:. Bors appears in the
403:, Sir Bors (played by
353:
288:
225:
84:
54:
344:
271:
214:
95:romance prose cycle.
43:Sir Bors de Ganis in
42:
34:Bors (disambiguation)
1412:Arthurian characters
1002:Lynette and Lyonesse
827:Angharad Golden-Hand
649:Ambrosius Aurelianus
279:'s illustration for
186:Sir Bors the Younger
47:'s illustration for
32:For other uses, see
127:King Bors the Elder
1391:History portal
1379:England portal
1347:Tristan and Iseult
1342:Knight of the Swan
942:Guiron le Courtois
902:Elaine of Corbenic
832:Anguish of Ireland
354:
289:
277:Henry Justice Ford
226:
55:
1399:
1398:
1312:Battle of Camlann
1086:Animal characters
1042:Percival's sister
892:Elaine of Astolat
548:Matter of Britain
447:their parents do.
365:Columbia Pictures
337:Modern portrayals
305:'s champion in a
298:Le Morte d'Arthur
222:Le Morte d'Arthur
135:and the uncle of
16:(Redirected from
1424:
1389:
1388:
1387:
1377:
1376:
1375:
1367:Wales portal
1365:
1364:
1363:
1226:Esplumoir Merlin
1032:Nine sorceresses
1012:Mark of Cornwall
897:Elaine of Benoic
809:Other characters
694:Bors the Younger
589:Elaine of Garlot
537:
530:
523:
514:
494:
493:
491:
489:
475:
469:
462:
430:, British actor
217:Aubrey Beardsley
180:Lady of the Lake
113:Bors the Younger
89:Arthurian legend
82:
81:
78:
77:
74:
71:
68:
21:
1432:
1431:
1427:
1426:
1425:
1423:
1422:
1421:
1402:
1401:
1400:
1395:
1385:
1383:
1373:
1371:
1361:
1359:
1351:
1317:Dolorous Stroke
1307:Battle of Badon
1295:
1267:
1261:Tintagel Castle
1216:Chapel perilous
1194:Val sans retour
1182:Glastonbury Tor
1158:
1117:
1081:
932:Green Knight(s)
857:Black Knight(s)
842:Balin and Balan
803:
675:
668:
654:Uther Pendragon
550:
541:
503:
498:
497:
487:
485:
477:
476:
472:
463:
459:
454:
349:, in memory of
339:
307:trial by combat
198:Elyan the White
188:
137:Hector de Maris
129:
65:
61:
37:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1430:
1428:
1420:
1419:
1414:
1404:
1403:
1397:
1396:
1394:
1393:
1381:
1369:
1356:
1353:
1352:
1350:
1349:
1344:
1339:
1334:
1329:
1324:
1319:
1314:
1309:
1303:
1301:
1297:
1296:
1294:
1293:
1292:
1291:
1281:
1275:
1273:
1269:
1268:
1266:
1265:
1264:
1263:
1253:
1248:
1243:
1238:
1233:
1228:
1223:
1218:
1213:
1208:
1203:
1198:
1197:
1196:
1186:
1185:
1184:
1174:
1168:
1166:
1160:
1159:
1157:
1156:
1154:Siege Perilous
1151:
1146:
1141:
1136:
1131:
1125:
1123:
1119:
1118:
1116:
1115:
1110:
1108:Questing Beast
1105:
1100:
1095:
1089:
1087:
1083:
1082:
1080:
1079:
1074:
1069:
1064:
1059:
1054:
1049:
1044:
1039:
1034:
1029:
1024:
1019:
1014:
1009:
1004:
999:
994:
989:
984:
979:
974:
969:
964:
959:
954:
949:
944:
939:
934:
929:
924:
919:
917:Fisher King(s)
914:
909:
904:
899:
894:
889:
884:
879:
874:
869:
867:Bors the Elder
864:
859:
854:
849:
844:
839:
834:
829:
824:
819:
813:
811:
805:
804:
802:
801:
796:
791:
786:
781:
776:
771:
766:
761:
756:
751:
746:
741:
736:
731:
726:
721:
716:
711:
706:
701:
696:
691:
686:
680:
678:
674:Knights of the
670:
669:
667:
666:
661:
656:
651:
646:
641:
636:
631:
626:
621:
616:
611:
606:
601:
596:
591:
586:
581:
576:
571:
566:
560:
558:
552:
551:
542:
540:
539:
532:
525:
517:
511:
510:
502:
501:External links
499:
496:
495:
470:
456:
455:
453:
450:
449:
448:
422:
395:
388:'s 1958 novel
382:
338:
335:
326: and the
324:Lancelot-Grail
187:
184:
128:
125:
97:Bors the Elder
93:Lancelot-Grail
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1429:
1418:
1415:
1413:
1410:
1409:
1407:
1392:
1382:
1380:
1370:
1368:
1358:
1357:
1354:
1348:
1345:
1343:
1340:
1338:
1335:
1333:
1330:
1328:
1325:
1323:
1320:
1318:
1315:
1313:
1310:
1308:
1305:
1304:
1302:
1298:
1290:
1287:
1286:
1285:
1284:List of works
1282:
1280:
1277:
1276:
1274:
1270:
1262:
1259:
1258:
1257:
1254:
1252:
1249:
1247:
1244:
1242:
1239:
1237:
1234:
1232:
1229:
1227:
1224:
1222:
1219:
1217:
1214:
1212:
1209:
1207:
1204:
1202:
1199:
1195:
1192:
1191:
1190:
1187:
1183:
1180:
1179:
1178:
1175:
1173:
1170:
1169:
1167:
1165:
1161:
1155:
1152:
1150:
1147:
1145:
1142:
1140:
1137:
1135:
1132:
1130:
1127:
1126:
1124:
1120:
1114:
1111:
1109:
1106:
1104:
1101:
1099:
1096:
1094:
1091:
1090:
1088:
1084:
1078:
1075:
1073:
1070:
1068:
1067:Tegau Eurfron
1065:
1063:
1060:
1058:
1055:
1053:
1050:
1048:
1047:Red Knight(s)
1045:
1043:
1040:
1038:
1035:
1033:
1030:
1028:
1025:
1023:
1020:
1018:
1015:
1013:
1010:
1008:
1005:
1003:
1000:
998:
995:
993:
990:
988:
985:
983:
980:
978:
975:
973:
970:
968:
965:
963:
960:
958:
955:
953:
950:
948:
945:
943:
940:
938:
935:
933:
930:
928:
925:
923:
920:
918:
915:
913:
910:
908:
905:
903:
900:
898:
895:
893:
890:
888:
885:
883:
880:
878:
875:
873:
870:
868:
865:
863:
860:
858:
855:
853:
852:Lady Bertilak
850:
848:
845:
843:
840:
838:
835:
833:
830:
828:
825:
823:
820:
818:
815:
814:
812:
810:
806:
800:
797:
795:
792:
790:
787:
785:
782:
780:
777:
775:
772:
770:
767:
765:
762:
760:
757:
755:
752:
750:
747:
745:
742:
740:
737:
735:
732:
730:
727:
725:
722:
720:
717:
715:
712:
710:
707:
705:
702:
700:
697:
695:
692:
690:
687:
685:
682:
681:
679:
677:
671:
665:
662:
660:
657:
655:
652:
650:
647:
645:
642:
640:
639:Morgan le Fay
637:
635:
632:
630:
627:
625:
622:
620:
617:
615:
612:
610:
607:
605:
602:
600:
597:
595:
592:
590:
587:
585:
582:
580:
577:
575:
572:
570:
567:
565:
562:
561:
559:
557:
553:
549:
545:
538:
533:
531:
526:
524:
519:
518:
515:
508:
505:
504:
500:
484:
480:
474:
471:
468:, p. 115–124.
467:
461:
458:
451:
445:
441:
437:
433:
429:
428:
423:
420:
419:
414:
413:stage musical
410:
406:
405:Terry Gilliam
402:
401:
396:
393:
392:
387:
383:
380:
377:
376:comedy relief
373:
369:
366:
362:
361:
356:
355:
352:
348:
343:
336:
334:
332:
331:
328:Post-Vulgate
325:
320:
317:
313:
308:
304:
300:
299:
294:
293:Thomas Malory
286:
282:
278:
274:
270:
266:
264:
263:Vulgate Cycle
260:
256:
252:
247:
243:
239:
235:
231:
224:
223:
218:
213:
209:
207:
203:
199:
194:
185:
183:
181:
177:
173:
169:
165:
161:
156:
154:
150:
146:
143:. He marries
142:
138:
134:
126:
124:
122:
118:
114:
110:
106:
102:
98:
94:
90:
86:
80:
59:
52:
51:
46:
41:
35:
30:
19:
1322:Loathly lady
1279:Bibliography
1113:Twrch Trwyth
866:
862:Blanchefleur
693:
486:. Retrieved
482:
473:
465:
460:
432:Ray Winstone
425:
416:
398:
389:
381:for Galahad.
372:Charles King
358:
329:
321:
296:
290:
284:
272:
258:
227:
220:
189:
174:enemy, King
157:
130:
112:
96:
57:
56:
48:
29:
1231:Joyous Gard
1189:Brocéliande
1149:Round Table
977:Leodegrance
947:Gwenhwyfach
676:Round Table
574:Constantine
544:King Arthur
427:King Arthur
386:T. H. White
330:Mort d'Artu
281:Andrew Lang
242:Calogrenant
230:Grail Quest
206:Round Table
101:King Arthur
45:Howard Pyle
1406:Categories
1134:Holy Grail
1103:Petitcrieu
684:Bagdemagus
452:References
424:In 2004's
397:In 1975's
202:magic ring
121:Holy Grail
111:. His son
83:; French:
1337:Pendragon
1129:Excalibur
1098:Gringolet
1072:Vortigern
1007:Maleagant
982:Lohengrin
877:Brunor(s)
872:Brangaine
794:Sagramore
784:Pellinore
774:Palamedes
619:Guinevere
614:Gingalain
436:Sarmatian
303:Guinevere
255:Holy Land
1272:In media
1256:Tintagel
1246:Lyonesse
1221:Corbenic
1211:Celliwig
1201:Caerleon
1062:Taliesin
1017:Meliodas
952:Hellawes
912:Feirefiz
882:Catigern
822:Agrestes
789:Percival
754:Lancelot
734:Galehaut
689:Bedivere
644:Morgause
564:Agravain
546:and the
418:Spamalot
379:sidekick
238:Percival
172:Frankish
141:Lancelot
133:King Ban
105:King Ban
18:Sir Bors
1206:Camelot
1172:Astolat
1144:Prydwen
1139:Pridwen
1122:Objects
1027:Nentres
972:Laudine
957:Hengist
937:Guiomar
927:Gorlois
887:Claudas
837:Annowre
817:Accolon
799:Tristan
779:Pelleas
769:Moriaen
749:Lamorak
744:Griflet
739:Geraint
729:Galahad
724:Dinadan
714:Dagonet
709:Caradoc
634:Mordred
624:Igraine
599:Gaheris
579:Culhwch
440:Dagonet
322:In the
316:Mordred
234:Galahad
193:Camelot
176:Claudas
168:Caradoc
1300:Topics
1289:comics
1251:Sarras
1241:Logres
1177:Avalon
1164:Places
1093:Cavall
1057:Sebile
1052:Rience
1022:Merlin
997:Lunete
992:Lucius
962:Iseult
764:Lionel
759:Lanval
719:Daniel
704:Cligès
699:Brunor
609:Gawain
604:Gareth
556:Family
488:9 June
444:Vanora
368:serial
312:Gawain
287:(1908)
259:Queste
251:Sarras
246:hermit
244:and a
166:, and
153:Lionel
149:Elaine
145:Evaine
109:Lionel
85:Bohort
53:(1907)
1077:Yniol
1037:Olwen
922:Garel
907:Enide
664:Yvain
659:Urien
584:Ector
569:Cador
374:as a
164:Urien
594:Hoel
507:Bors
490:2019
363:, a
236:and
139:and
58:Bors
987:Lot
847:Ban
629:Kay
384:In
357:In
295:'s
291:In
283:'s
160:Lot
73:ɔːr
1408::
481:.
275:,
208:.
162:,
155:.
123:.
536:e
529:t
522:v
492:.
421:.
79:/
76:z
70:b
67:ˈ
64:/
60:(
36:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
