King of Britain

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King of Britain is the legendary monarch of the Britons most famously associated with King Arthur and the mythic realm of Camelot.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
King of Britain canonical 2
kings of Britain 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legendary monarch
mythological character
title
appearsIn Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae
Post-Vulgate Cycle
linked to: Vulgate Cycle

Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur
linked to: Le Morte d'Arthur

Vulgate Cycle
Welsh Arthurian tradition
associatedWith Avalon
Camelot
linked to: King Arthur's court

Camelot court
linked to: King Arthur's court

Excalibur
Guinevere
linked to: Queen Guinevere

Holy Grail
King Arthur
Knights of the Round Table
linked to: King Arthur's court

Merlin
Round Table
linked to: King Arthur's court
country Britain
linked to: Great Britain
culture British mythology
Celtic mythology
genre folklore
legend
myth
hasTheme heroic kingship
quest for the Holy Grail
rise and fall of a kingdom
influenced British national mythology
modern Arthurian adaptations
languageOfSources Latin
Middle English
Old French
literaryTradition Arthurian legend
chivalric literature
medieval romance
medium literature
oral tradition
narrativeRole central hero figure
ideal Christian king
protector of Britain
sovereign of the Britons
notableBearer King Arthur
realm Britain
linked to: Great Britain

Camelot
linked to: King Arthur's court
symbolizes chivalry
just kingship
national unity of the Britons
timePeriod mythic past
post-Roman Britain (legendary setting)

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Arthur title King of Britain
Anglo-Norman Brut narrativeFocus kings of Britain
linked to: King of Britain
Uther Pendragon title King of Britain