- Erec
Sir Erec, the son of
King Lac , is a Knight of theRound Table inArthurian legend . He features in numerous Arthurian tales (notably thePost-Vulgate Cycle), but he is most famous as the protagonist inChrétien de Troyes ' first romance, "Erec and Enide ". Because of "Erec and Enide"‘s relationship to the Welsh "Geraint and Enid ", Erec andGeraint are often conflated or confused.In Chrétien's story, Erec meets his future wife
Enide while on a mission to defeat a knight who had mistreated one ofGuinevere 's servants. The two fall in love and marry, but rumors spread that Erec no longer cares for knighthood or anything else besides his domestic life. Enide cries about these rumors, causing Erec to prove his abilities, both to himself and to his wife, by guising the adventure as a test of Enide's love for him. He has her go on a long, torturous trip with him where she is forbidden to speak to him. She breaks his conditions several times to warn him of danger, and after a number of adventures that prove both his love and his abilities, husband and wife are reconciled. When Erec's father Lac dies, Erec inherits his kingdom.ee also
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