Battle of Camlann

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The Battle of Camlann is the legendary final conflict in Arthurian tradition in which King Arthur is mortally wounded, often depicted as his last stand against Mordred and the end of his reign.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian legend event ⓘ
legendary battle ⓘ
associatedWith Avalon ⓘ
Excalibur ⓘ
associatedWithCharacter Guinevere ⓘ
linked to: Queen Guinevere

Sir Bedivere ⓘ
Sir Lucan the Butler ⓘ
linked to: Lucan the Butler
describedIn Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae ⓘ
Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur ⓘ
linked to: Le Morte d'Arthur

Welsh Triads ⓘ
various medieval romances ⓘ
featuresConflictBetween King Arthur and Mordred ⓘ
hasAlternativeName Camblan ⓘ
Camlan ⓘ
Camlann (Welsh: Camlan) ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificance archetypal last battle in British legend ⓘ
symbol of the collapse of ideal kingship ⓘ
hasGenre medieval romance tradition ⓘ
mythic-heroic narrative ⓘ
hasLocation Britain (legendary) ⓘ
hasMotiveForConflict Mordred's usurpation of Arthur's throne ⓘ
succession dispute between Arthur and Mordred ⓘ
hasOutcome death of Mordred ⓘ
mortal wounding of King Arthur ⓘ
hasParticipant King Arthur ⓘ
Mordred ⓘ
hasSourceLanguage Welsh tradition ⓘ
hasTheme betrayal ⓘ
end of a golden age ⓘ
tragic heroism ⓘ
influenced film adaptations of Arthurian legend ⓘ
modern Arthurian literature ⓘ
modern fantasy depictions of last stands ⓘ
narrativeRole climactic event in Arthur's life ⓘ
turning point between mythic past and later history in legend ⓘ
partOf Arthurian legend ⓘ
precedes departure of Arthur to Avalon ⓘ
return of Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake ⓘ
relatedWork Alliterative Morte Arthure ⓘ
Post-Vulgate Cycle ⓘ
linked to: Vulgate Cycle

Stanzaic Morte Arthur ⓘ
signifies end of King Arthur's reign ⓘ
end of the Knights of the Round Table ⓘ
fall of Camelot ⓘ
timePeriod sub-Roman Britain (legendary setting) ⓘ
linked to: sub-Roman Britain
uncertainHistoricLocation Camlann candidates in Cornwall ⓘ
Camlann candidates in Cumbria ⓘ
Camlann candidates in Wales ⓘ

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King Arthur → finalBattle → Battle of Camlann ⓘ
King Arthur → deathPlace → Camlann ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Camlann
Arthurian legend → includesEpisode → the Battle of Camlann ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Camlann
Le Morte d'Arthur → notableEpisode → Battle of Camlann ⓘ
Bedivere → presentAt → Battle of Camlann ⓘ
Mordred → associatedWithEvent → Battle of Camlann ⓘ
Mordred → deathPlace → Camlann ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Camlann
Sir Bedivere → battle → Battle of Camlann ⓘ
Annales Cambriae → containsReferenceTo → Battle of Camlann ⓘ
Lucan the Butler → presentAtEvent → Battle of Camlann ⓘ
Lucan the Butler → survivedEvent → Battle of Camlann (initially) ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Camlann
Lucan the Butler → diesAfter → Battle of Camlann ⓘ
Bedevere → presentAt → Battle of Camlann ⓘ
Modred → conflict → Battle of Camlann ⓘ
Medraut → fightsIn → BattleOfCamlann ⓘ
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Medraut → notableEvent → FinalConfrontationWithArthurAtCamlann ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Camlann
Medraut → deathPlace → Camlann ⓘ
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Stanzaic Morte Arthur → featuresEvent → final battle at Salisbury Plain ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Camlann
treachery of Mordred → leadsTo → Battle of Camlann ⓘ
Camlan → hasNameVariant → Battle of Camlann ⓘ
Camlann → associatedWithConflict → Arthur–Mordred conflict ⓘ
subject linked to: Camlann (Welsh: Camlan)
linked to: Battle of Camlann
Camblan → alternativeNameOf → Battle of Camlann ⓘ
Camblan → languageVariantOf → Camlann ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Camlann
King Arthur and Mordred → centralEvent → final battle at Camlann ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Camlann
King Arthur and Mordred → associatedPlace → Camlann ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Camlann
The Passing of Arthur → setting → Battle of Camlan ⓘ
linked to: Battle of Camlann