Igraine or
Ygraine was the mother of
King Arthur. First mentioned by
Geoffrey of Monmouth in his book
Historia Regum Britanniae[?], he describes her as the daughter of
Amlawdd Wledig[?], a member of the Royal House of
Dumnonia[?] and wife first to
Gorlois[?], Duke of Cornwall then after his death to his onetime ally,
Uther Pendragon,
High-King[?] of Britain. She was the mother of five children from her two marriages and many of them important to the legends surrounding Arthur.
Her children by Gorlois were:
Her only son by Uther was:
She is also, perhaps mistakenly, mentioned as the mother of Cado[?], King of Dumnonia by her cousin Gereint, King of Dumnonia. Cado is considered usually a cousin and not a brother to Igraine's other children.
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