Knights of the Round Table in numerous Arthurian tales (notably the Post-Vulgate Cycle), but he is most famous as the protagonist in Chrétien de Troyes' first romance, "Erec and Enide". Because of "Erec and Enide"‘s relationship to the Welsh "Geraint and Enid", Erec and Geraint are often conflated or confused. In Chrétien's story, Erec meets his future wife Enide while on a quest to defeat a knight who had mistreated one of Guinevere's servants. The two fall in love and marry, but rumors spread that Erec no longer cares for knighthood or anything else besides his domestic life. Enide cries about these rumors, causing Erec
Lancelot and the Lord of the Distant Isles, or the "Book of Galehaut" Retold emotional excesses which make Lancelot almost a figure of fun in Chrétien’s tale. Queen Guenevere — the wife of King Arthur and lover of Lancelot in the Arthurian legend. It was said of Queen Guenevere that everyone who came into her presence was ennobled. King Arthur — If Arthur did, in fact, exist, he was probably the leader of the native people of Britain, at a time when their lands were being invaded and settled by Saxons and other Germanic groups. In this retelling, two motifs are emphasized: magic and a new understanding of love. The first is embodied in