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Guinevere In Arthurian legend, King Arthur's queen who was loved by Lancelot of the Lake. In Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur she betrayed the king, and was sentenced to die. She was rescued by Lancelot and later restored to Arthur.

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Guinevere, Guenevere, Guinièvere. Wife of King Arthur in the Arthurian legends whose illicit and ongoing relationship to Lancelot helps to bring about the downfall of Arthur's court. Her Welsh counterpart or antecedent is Gwenhwyfar.

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Guinevere in Arthurian legend, the wife of King Arthur and lover of Lancelot. In the Arthurian cycle she is seen through her love for Lancelot as one of the key figures in the ultimate destruction of Arthur's kingdom, by providing an opening which can be exploited by the traitor Mordred. Guinevere, who survives her husband's death, traditionally repented her sins and became a nun.

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