Iseult of the White Hands

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Iseult of the White Hands is a character from Arthurian legend known as the later wife of Sir Tristan, distinct from his true love Iseult of Ireland.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arthurian character
fictional character
alsoKnownAs Iseut aux Blanches Mains
Isolde of the White Hands
appearsIn Gottfried von Strassburg’s Tristan
linked to: Béroul’s Tristan

Prose Tristan
Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte d’Arthur
linked to: Le Morte d'Arthur

Thomas of Britain’s Tristan
linked to: Sir Tristan

Tristan and Iseult legend
associatedWith Brittany
Cornwall
King Arthur
Round Table cycle
basedOn Arthurian legend
causeOfTragedy deception about sail colors in Tristan’s death story
countryOfOrigin Brittany
culture Breton
French
differentFrom Iseult of Ireland
linked to: Isolde
family Hoel of Brittany
father Hoel of Brittany
gender female
genre medieval romance
hairColor fair
influencedWork later Tristan and Isolde adaptations
knownFor tragic love triangle
white hands
languageOfOrigin Old French literature
literaryTradition Matter of Britain
medium medieval poetry
prose romance
narrativeRole rival to Iseult of Ireland
wife of the hero’s second marriage
notableFor jealousy of Iseult of Ireland
marriage to Tristan
partOf Tristan legend cycle
relative Tristan
sibling Kahedin
spouse Tristan
theme jealousy
marital conflict
unrequited love
timePeriod medieval literature

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Referenced by (5)

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

Sir Tristan spouse Iseult of the White Hands
Tristan containsCharacter Isolde of the White Hands
linked to: Iseult of the White Hands
Sir Tristram spouse Iseult of the White Hands
Iseult of the White Hands alsoKnownAs Isolde of the White Hands
linked to: Iseult of the White Hands
Séipéal Iosóid hasNameComponentMeaning Iosóid corresponds to Isolde/Iseult
linked to: Iseult of the White Hands