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Gender Masculine
Usage Arthurian Cycle, Literature
Meaning & History
A Knight of the Round Table from Gannes, first mentioned by Chrétien de Troyes. His name may derive from a twelfth-century storyteller named Bleheris mentioned in several texts.Son of Nestor, godson of King Bors, brother to Sir Blamore de Ganis, and cousin to Lancelot. He is father of Nestor of the Fountain, and Lord of the Castle of Gannes. He’s sometimes called “Bleoberis of the Wilderness”.