Galahad

Galahad
Matter of Britain character
Sir Galahad by George Frederic Watts
First appearance	Lancelot-Grail cycle
In-universe information
Title	Sir
Occupation	Knight of the Round Table
Weapon	Sword with the Red Hilt (Balin's sword; sword from the floating stone) Sword of the Strange Hangings (David's sword)
Family	Lancelot and Elaine of Corbenic (parents)
Religion	Christian
Origin	Corbenic
Nationality	British

Galahad (/ˈɡæləhæd/), sometimes referred to as Galeas (/ɡəˈliːəs/) or Galath (/ˈɡæləθ/), among other versions of his name, is a knight of King Arthur's Round Table and one of the three achievers of the Holy Grail in Arthurian legend. He is the illegitimate son of Sir Lancelot du Lac and Lady Elaine of Corbenic and is renowned for his gallantry and purity as the most perfect of all knights. Emerging quite late in the medieval Arthurian tradition, Sir Galahad first appears in the Lancelot–Grail cycle, and his story is taken up in later works, such as the Post-Vulgate Cycle, and Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. In Arthurian literature, he replaced Percival as the hero in the quest for the Holy Grail.