Variously portrayed in literature, she is called
the daughter of King Leodegrance of Cameliard by Malory, the daughter of
King Ogrfan Gawr of Castell y Cnwclas by Welsh Tradition, the daughter of
King Garlin
Queen Guinevere of Galore by Germanic tradition,
the daughter of a Roman noble by Geoffrey of Monmouth and wife of King
Arthur by everyone.
In all cases, she is surpassingly beautiful and
desirable, if morally lax from the time of the Vulgate Cycle (13th century)
onward. She is either forced into or conceives and engineers an
extra-marital relationship with Lancelot and is either condemned, according
to law, or forgiven outright for her sins.
