Nentres
Nentres is a king in the Arthurian tradition, attested through four citations in Le Morte d'Arthur.
Nentres is a king in the Arthurian tradition, attested through four citations in Le Morte d'Arthur. He is consistently identified as king of Garlot, arriving at Arthur's Pentecost feast "with seven hundred knights with him" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book I, Chapter VIII). He later swears "to bring five thousand men of arms on horseback" when eleven kings gather a great host against King Arthur (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book I, Chapter XII).
Malory's four attestations of Nentres position him as one of the rebel kings who initially oppose Arthur but later serve the realm. At Arthur's great feast in Wales, Nentres arrives with a substantial retinue, establishing his status as a significant power (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book I, Chapter VIII). In the military alliance against Arthur, he pledges five thousand mounted men, placing his commitment alongside the King of the Hundred Knights and King Carados and King Uriens, who all agree on their battle strategy: "It is well said, quoth King Nentres; so said the King of the Hundred Knights" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book I, Chapter XVI). Yet by Chapter XVIII, Nentres is entrusted with defending the strategic city of Windesan "with four thousand knights to watch both on water and on land" (Le Morte d'Arthur, Book I, Chapter XVIII), now serving the interests of Arthur, Ban, and Bors as they rescue King Leodegrance.
Appears in: Beings, Entities in Le Morte d'Arthur, British Tradition