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Meaning & History
Son of Nestor, brother of Sir Bleoberis de Ganis, cousin of Lancelot, and a Knight of the Round Table.Of the two brothers, Blamore was accounted the better man of arms. Blamore and Bleoberis once arraigned King Anguish of Ireland for the death of a cousin of theirs. Blamore was the one who fought the actual trial by combat against Anguish’s champion, Sir Tristram. Defeated, Blamore tried to insist on death rather than surrender. Bleoberis seconded his brother’s request, but Tristram and the judges refused to allow it.
Later, when Lancelot and Guenevere were accused of treason, Blamore joined other knights in pledging his support to Lancelot and followed him into exile. Lancelot made him Duke of Limousin in Guienne.After Arthur’s death he became a hermit at Glastonbury and assisted in Lancelot’s burial. Once he had stabilized his own lands, he joined Bleoberis, Ector, and Bors on a crusade to Jerusalem, where they died fighting the Turks on Good Friday.
Later, when Lancelot and Guenevere were accused of treason, Blamore joined other knights in pledging his support to Lancelot and followed him into exile. Lancelot made him Duke of Limousin in Guienne.After Arthur’s death he became a hermit at Glastonbury and assisted in Lancelot’s burial. Once he had stabilized his own lands, he joined Bleoberis, Ector, and Bors on a crusade to Jerusalem, where they died fighting the Turks on Good Friday.