Joyous Gard Joyous Gard The castle of Joyous Gard is the home of the knight Lancelot as mentioned in Arthurian legend. It has been associated with Bamburgh Castle. In Arthurian legend, the Joyous Gard is the home of Sir Lancelot, who names it as such when he sets up his household at the castle. Late medieval British author Thomas Malory gives the following details. After Lancelot's adulterous and treasonous affair with Queen Guinevere, Lancelot rescues Guinevere, who is under sentence of death from King Arthur, and brings her to the Joyous Gard. According to the Stanzaic "Morte Arthur", Arthur then unsuccessfully besieges
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