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In the Matter of Britain, Igraine (/ iːˈɡreɪn /) is the mother of King Arthur. Igraine is also known in Latin as Igerna, in Welsh as Eigr (Middle Welsh Eigyr), in French as Ygraine (Old French Ygerne or Igerne), in Le Morte d'Arthur as Ygrayne —often modernised as Igraine or Igreine —and in Parzival as Arnive.
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Queen Ygerna alias Igraine (Born c.AD 452) (Welsh: Eigr; Latin: Ygerna; English: Igraine) According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, Ygerna or Igraine (Eigr in Welsh) was the Duchess of Cornwall, ravishing wife of Gorlois and mother of King Arthur.
King Arthur was the son of Uther Pendragon and Igraine. Igraine was the wife to Duke Gorlois of Cornwall when she conceived Arthur. Through Merlin's magic, Uther was transformed to look exactly like her husband. Uther made love to Igraine. When Gorlois was killed, Uther immediately married Igraine.
Dutchess of Tintagil and later Queen of England. Arthur’s mother, she “was called a fair lady, and a passing wise”. She has her roots in the Welsh character Eigyr in Culhwch and Olwen, in which she is the daughter of Amlawdd Wledig, a prince. In Welsh texts, she has a son named Gormant.
In the Matter of Britain, Igraine is the mother of King Arthur. She becomes the wife of Uther Pendragon, after the death of her first husband, Gorlois. Legend. In Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, Igerna enters the story as the wife of Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall.
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In the Matter of Britain, Igraine (i:'ɡreɪn) is the mother of King Arthur. She is also known in Latin as Igerna, in Welsh as Eigr (Middle Welsh Eigyr), in French as Ygraine (Old French Ygerne or Igerne), in Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur as Ygrayne—often modernized as Igraine or Igreine—and in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival as Arnive.
