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Summary
Meaning
an uncertain person, nephew of King Arthur
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Meaning
From
Welsh Medraut, possibly from Latin moderatus meaning "controlled, moderated".
In Arthurian legend
Mordred was the illegitimate son (
In some versions nephew) of
King Arthur.
Mordred first appears briefly (as
Medraut)
In the 10th-century Annales Cambriae [1], but he was not portrayed as a traitor until the chronicles of the 12th-century
Geoffrey of Monmouth. While
Arthur is away he seduces his wife
Guinevere and declares himself
King. This prompts the battle of Camlann, which leads to the deaths of both
Mordred and
Arthur.
Origin
Welsh Mythology, Arthurian Cycle