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===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>
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