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Pyle Uther Pendragon
Pyle Uther Pendragon

Uther Pendragon is the father of King Arthur in the Arthurian legend. His name, Pendragon, means the "Chief-Dragon", which means he is the "foremost leader" or "chief of warriors". He is mentioned briefly in Old Welsh poems, but his biography was first written down by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings of Britain). Geoffrey's description of him has been used in most later stories.

According to the stories, Arthur is the son of Uther Prendragon and the Lady Igraine.

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  • History of the Kings (f.72) Uthr Bendragon

    Uthr Bendragon. A crude illustration from a 15th-century Welsh language version of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Regum Britanniae

  • Arthur-Pyle Uther-Pendragon

    Uther Pendragon, by Howard Pyle from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights. (1903)


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