*Ø* Blogmanac May 30, 542 | King Arthur's death

542 CE According to tradition, King Arthur of England died.

Mort d'Arthur

According to legend, Arthur was the son of King Uther Pendragon and Igerna, wife of Corlois, Duke of Cornwall who Uther had cuckolded. They later married when Corlois died in battle. It is unlikely Arthur really existed, and he is not found in chronicles before Norman times, five centuries after his supposed death ...

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