Editing Red Knight (section)

==Legend==
===Tales of Perceval===
The Red Knight prominently appears in the tales of the hero [[Perceval]] as his early enemy. 

* In [[Chrétien de Troyes]]' ''[[Perceval, the Story of the Grail]]'', the '''Red Knight of the Forest of Quinqeroi''' steals a cup from [[King Arthur]]. He is killed by Perceval, who wears his armour and comes to be known as the Red Knight himself.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WKwKHEZ2o-UC&pg=PA27|title=Perceval, Or, The Story of the Grail|first=Chrétien de|last=Troyes|date=15 March 2011|publisher=University of Georgia Press|isbn=9780820340548|via=Google Books}}</ref> In the Third (Manessier's) Continuation, Perceval also kills the Lord of the Red Tower.<ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=of9ZDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA84</ref>
* In [[Wolfram von Eschenbach]]'s ''[[Parzival]]'', a retelling of Chrétien's story, the Red Knight is identified as '''Sir Ither, the Red Knight of Kukumerlant''', a cousin to both Arthur and Perceval. He too is killed by Perceval, who then puts on his armour.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xQUUDAAAQBAJ&pg=PT100|title=Parzival and Titurel|first=Wolfram von|last=Eschenbach|date=26 March 2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-953920-8|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* In ''[[Perlesvaus]]'', Gawain defeats '''Cahot the Red''' (''Cahot li Roux''), a brother of the '''Knight of the Red Shield''' killed by him years earlier, retaking his mother's stolen castle.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yc0tBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA213 | title=Medieval Arthurian Epic and Romance: Eight New Translations | isbn=978-0-7864-4779-4 | last1=Kibler | first1=William W. | last2=Barton Palmer | first2=R. | date=14 August 2014 | publisher=McFarland }}</ref>
* In ''[[Sir Perceval of Galles]]'', Perceval kills the Red Knight, thus avenging his own father, and takes his armour. Wearing the armour, Perceval later finds the Red Knight's witch mother, deceives her into believing him to be her son, and burns her.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4WP8PoYI8p8C&pg=PA237|title=A Companion to Arthurian Literature|first=Helen|last=Fulton|date=23 November 2011|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118234303|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>https://books.google.com/books?id=UXoqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1729</ref>

===Vulgate Cycle===
* [[Lancelot]] is briefly called by this name (along that of the [[Black Knight (Arthurian legend)|Black Knight]]) in the Vulgate ''Lancelot'' during his battles against [[Galehaut]]'s forces.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eI5_Bxx8dg8C&pg=PR10 | title=Lancelot of the Lake | date=22 January 2024 | publisher=Oxford University Press | isbn=978-0-19-283793-6 }}</ref>
* In the Vulgate ''Suite de Merlin'', two enemies of Arthur's are the lords of the castle Estremores, '''Roalais''' and '''Sir Belias of Estremores''', who both called the '''Red Knights of Estremores'''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4f2AAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA174|title=The Arthurian Name Dictionary|last=Bruce|first=Christopher W.|date=21 August 2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781136755378|language=en}}</ref>
* In the ''Livre d'Artus'', the Red Knight is a heathen prince named '''Oriols''' (Oriolz), son of Saxon king Aminaduc (a nephew of [[Hengist]]) and the unnamed Queen of Denmark (Danemarche). He dwells with his mother and others (including a trio of cannibal giants) in the cursed castle (later known as the [[Castle of Maidens]]) where they work to conquer [[Logres]], until they are overthrown by [[Gawain]] and [[Sagramore]] and flee. He also appears in the Vulgate ''Merlin'' (and in its English adaptation ''[[Of Arthour and of Merlin]]'') under variants of this name (Oriel, Oriens, Oriol, Oriolt, etc.), but not as the Red Knight. It is possible that he is related to the legend of [[Ogier the Dane]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yaERAQAAMAAJ|title = The King Arthur Companion: The Legendary World of Camelot and the Round Table as Revealed by the Tales Themselves|isbn = 9780835936989|last1 = Karr|first1 = Phyllis Ann|year = 1983| publisher=Reston [Publishing Company] }}</ref>

===''Le Morte d'Arthur''===
Two different Red Knights appear in the tale of [[Gareth]] in [[Thomas Malory]]'s ''[[Le Morte d'Arthur]]''. 

* The first of them is named '''Sir Perimones''' and is also known as "The [[Puce]] Knight", who, like his three brothers the Black Knight, Sir Partolope the "Green Knight" (distinct from the character in ''[[Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]]''), and Sir Persant of Inde "The Blue Knight", is bested by the young Gareth.
* After these initial trials, Gareth must face the '''Red Knight of the Red Launds''', whose real identity is '''Sir Ironside'''. Ironside has the strength of seven men and has trapped the princess of [[Lyonesse]] in a tower from which Gareth must save her. Though he had demonstrated a cruel and sadistic nature, Ironside is brought to Arthur's court and even made a Knight of the [[Round Table]].

===Other red knights===
* In Chrétien's story ''[[Yvain, the Knight of the Lion]]'', '''Esclados the Red''' ([[Old French]]: ''li Ros'') is the guardian of an [[Celtic Otherworld|otherworldly]] fountain in the enchanted forest of [[Brocéliande]]. He appears as spouse of the lady [[Laudine]] (usually known as "the Lady of the Fountain") prior to Sir [[Ywain|Yvain]]. He was slain by Yvain for attacking the latter's cousin, Sir [[Calogrenant]], in defence of the magic fountain (or well, or spring).
* '''[[Gawain]]''' is known as the Red Knight for a brief time in ''[[Perlesvaus]]''. In the same story, Percival also kills a pet lion of the '''Red Knight of the Deep Forest'''. 
* In the Irish folklore tale'' Eachtra an Amadán Mor'', the Red Knight is one of the knights defeated by Arthur's nephew known as the Great Fool.