Joyous Gard Joyous Gard. The castle then reverts to its former name, Dolorous Gard. Later, Guinevere is restored to Arthur at Lancelot's intervention and Lancelot abandons his castle to live in France before becoming a hermit at Glastonbury, where he spends the rest of his days. On Lancelot's death, his body his taken to the Joyous Gard for burial. Malory identified the Joyous Gard with Bamburgh Castle, the northern coastal castle known to the Anglo-Saxons as "Bebbanburgh". Previously it had been the location of a fort of the Celtic Britons known as "Din Guarie". Joyous Gard The castle of Joyous Gard is
Joyous Entry of 1356 yield. This Joyous Entry charter was declared null and void when the Revolutionary French forces took possession of the Austrian Netherlands in 1794. Nevertheless, it became one of the elements that formed the Belgian Constitution of 1831. Joyous Entry of 1356 The Joyous Entry of 1356 (Dutch: "Blijde Intrede", "Blijde Inkomst", or "Blijde Intocht", French: "Joyeuse Entrée") is the charter of liberties granted to the burghers of the Duchy of Brabant by the newly-ascended Duchess Joanna and her husband Duke Wenceslaus. The document is dated 3 January 1356, (NS) and it is seen as the equivalent of the Magna Carta