Who Is Morgause (Margawse)?
Arthur's sister and the mother of Mordred
Morgause is the wife of King Lot of Orkney and King Arthur's half-sister. She is the daughter of Igraine and the Duke of Tintagel, and the mother of Gawain, Gaheris, Agravain, and Gareth.
In Episode 2, she comes to court as her husband's messenger, but her real purpose is to spy on Arthur's court. Neither knowing that they are sister and brother, she spends a night with Arthur and conceives Mordred. Merlin learns of this and prophesies that the child will one day destroy Arthur and the knights of his realm.
In Malory's original text her name is spelled "Margawse," and she is often called simply "King Lot's wife." Her sons become Knights of the Round Table and play major roles in the later stories.
Episodes featuring this character2
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
NEWEpisode 7
She Mocked Him. He Kept Winning.Beaumains, the Kitchen Knight
Mocked as "Fair Hands" and worked to the bone in the castle kitchen for a whole year, a nameless youth called Beaumains finally gets his quest. With his guide Lynette insulting him every step of the way, he quietly defeats the Black, Green, Red and Indigo knights, then faces the deadliest foe of all: the Red Knight of the Red Launds, who grows as strong as seven men at noon.
19 pages