Who Is Igraine (Igrayne)?
Mother of Arthur and of Morgan and her sisters
Igraine is King Arthur's mother. She was first the wife of the Duke of Tintagel in Cornwall, and she is also the mother of three daughters: Morgause, Elaine, and Morgan le Fay.
In the flashback, King Uther falls in love with her, and on the very night her husband the Duke dies in battle, she welcomes into the castle Uther disguised as her husband. She later becomes Uther's queen, but gives her newborn son to Merlin. In Episode 2, when Morgause comes to court and is revealed to be Igraine's daughter, and therefore Arthur's sister, the weight of Merlin's prophecy becomes clear.
In Malory's original text, Arthur's birth is later made known, and there is also a scene in which Igraine and her son Arthur are reunited.
Episodes featuring this character2
NEWEpisode 1
The Errand Boy Who Pulled the SwordThe Sword in the Stone
Episode 1 of the series. Young Arthur only wanted a spare sword for his brother, Sir Kay. So he pulls one from a stone in a churchyard, a sword that every lord in the land had failed to budge. When his foster father, Sir Ector, kneels before him, Arthur learns the truth about his family and must decide for himself whether to step toward the crown.
19 pages
NEWEpisode 2
The Day the Boy King's Sword BrokeExcalibur and the Lady of the Lake
Fresh from victory over the rebel kings, the boy king Arthur is riding high, until he learns of a terrible sin he committed without knowing it. Then, in a duel with the knight of the spring, King Pellinore, the sword from the stone shatters. The Lady of the Lake grants Arthur a new blade, Excalibur, and Merlin asks him one question: which matters more, the sword or the scabbard?
19 pages