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Lamorak was the son of King Pellinore and in some legends the brother
of Percivale. He was one of the strongest Knights of the Round Table.
Lamorak was the
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fighting off thirty knights single handed. |
lover of Morgause, whose husband King Lot of
Orkney had been killed by Lamorak's father, Pellinore.
Lamorak was one of three knights most noted for their deeds of prowess.
At an early age he received a degree for jousting, at which he excelled.
There were several different occasions in which Lamorak fought over
thirty knights by himself.
Some sources say Lamorak was killed by Mordred who crept in behind
him and stabbed him in the back, but most stories refer to Lamorak
as being killed by Gawaine in retaliation for Lamorak's relationship
to Morgause, Gawaine's mother.
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