feminine Igerne

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Origin:
celtic
Name Root:
Eigyr > Igraine
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In Arthurian legends, Igraine is the mother of King Arthur. She is also known by the Latin name Igerna, Welsh Eigyr, ancient French Ygerne, or Igerne and modern French Ygraine. In Thomas Malory's The Death of Arthur, she appears as Ygrayne and in Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival as Arnive. She was the wife of Uther Pendragon, from whom she had Arthur, while her first husband, Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall, had three daughters: Elaine, Morgause, and Morgana.

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