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Bleoberis de Ganis

Bleoberis de Ganis is a knight of the Round Table in Le Morte d'Arthur, identified by his full patronymic.

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Bleoberis de Ganis is a knight of the Round Table in Le Morte d'Arthur, identified by his full patronymic. He names himself directly: "My name is Sir Bleoberis de Ganis" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book X, Chapter LIII), and elsewhere establishes his lineage: "Wit ye well that my name is Sir Bleoberis de Ganis, and my brother hight Sir Blamore de Ganis, that is called a good knight, and we be sister's children unto my lord Sir Launcelot du Lake" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book VIII, Chapter XVII).

In tournament, he appears alongside Sir Gaheris: "Then came in Sir Bleoberis de Ganis and Sir Gaheris with them of Northgalis, and then was Sir Persides smitten down and almost slain, for more than forty horse men went over him" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book IX, Chapter XXIX). He also encounters Sir Ector de Maris on the field (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book X, Chapter XLV) and on one occasion refuses to fight on foot: "Not so, said Sir Bleoberis de Ganis, as at this time I will not fight upon foot" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book IX, Chapter III).

In a moment of courtesy before combat, "Sir Bleoberis de Ganis stert aback, and said thus: Now, gentle good knight, a while hold your hands, and let us speak together" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book VIII, Chapter XVII).

  • Le Morte d'Arthur -- Book VIII, Chapter XVII; Book IX, Chapters III, XXIX; Book X, Chapters XLV, LIII (6 citations)