Lamorak
| Lamorak | |
|---|---|
| Matter of Britain character | |
Sir Lamorack of Gales, Howard Pyle's illustration for The Story of the Champions of the Round Table | |
| First appearance | Prose Tristan |
| In-universe information | |
| Title | Prince, Sir |
| Occupation | Knight of the Round Table |
| Family | Pellinore (father) Aglovale, Drian, Percival, Tor, Dindrane (siblings) |
| Significant other | Morgause |
| Nationality | Welsh |
Lamorak /ˈlæmərək/ (or Lamorake, Lamorac[k], Lamerak, Lamero[c]ke, [L]Amaratto, Amorotto, and other spellings) de Galis (of Wales) is a Knight of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend. Originally known as Lamorat le Gallois (Lamourat) in French, he was introduced in the Prose Tristan as a son of King Pellinore. Another Lamorat (de Listenois) appears in only one romance as his father's brother.
In his English compilation Le Morte d'Arthur, Thomas Malory refers to him as King Arthur's third best knight, only inferior to Lancelot and Tristan, while the Prose Tristan names his as one of the top five. Nevertheless, Lamorak was not exceptionally popular in the chivalric romance tradition, confined to the cyclical material and subordinate to more prominent characters. Today, he is best known for his tragic love affair with Arthur's sister, the Queen of Orkney (Morgause in Malory), resulting in their deaths.