The following is a list of characters are named Yvain (or a variation of Yvain), mentioned in

Arthurian legend The Matter of Britain is the body of medieval literature and legendary material associated with Great Britain and Brittany and the legendary kings and heroes associated with it, particularly King Arthur. It was one of the three great Wester ...

. The work(s)in which they appear are italicized.Brugger, Ernst. ''Yvain and His Lion''. Modern Philology. 1941 *Yvain li filz au roi Uriien;

Ywain Sir Ywain , also known as Yvain and Owain among other spellings (''Ewaine'', ''Ivain'', ''Ivan'', ''Iwain'', ''Iwein'', ''Uwain'', ''Uwaine'', etc.), is a Knight of the Round Table in Arthurian legend, wherein he is often the son of King Urie ...

Knight of the Round Table The Knights of the Round Table ( cy, Marchogion y Ford Gron, kw, Marghekyon an Moos Krenn, br, Marc'hegien an Daol Grenn) are the knights of the fellowship of King Arthur in the literary cycle of the Matter of Britain. First appearing in lit ...

(based on the character of

Owain mab Urien Owain mab Urien (Middle Welsh Owein) (died c. 595) was the son of Urien, king of Rheged c. 590, and fought with his father against the Angles of Bernicia. The historical figure of Owain became incorporated into the Arthurian cycle of legends wh ...

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Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey of Monmouth ( la, Galfridus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus, cy, Gruffudd ap Arthur, Sieffre o Fynwy; 1095 – 1155) was a British cleric from Monmouth, Wales and one of the major figures in the development of British historiography ...

's '' Historia Regum Britanniæ'', protagonist in Chrétien de Troyes' ''

Yvain, the Knight of the Lion , original_title_lang = fro , translator = , written = between 1178 and 1181 , country = , language = Old French , subject = Arthurian legend , genre = Chivalric romance , fo ...

'', prose '' Lancelot'', ''

Tristan Tristan (Latin/ Brythonic: ''Drustanus''; cy, Trystan), also known as Tristram or Tristain and similar names, is the hero of the legend of Tristan and Iseult. In the legend, he is tasked with escorting the Irish princess Iseult to we ...

'', and

Vulgate The Vulgate (; also called (Bible in common tongue), ) is a late-4th-century Latin translation of the Bible. The Vulgate is largely the work of Jerome who, in 382, had been commissioned by Pope Damasus I to revise the Gospels u ...

''Suite Merlin'' *Yvain le Avoutres,

Ywain the Bastard The Knights of the Round Table ( cy, Marchogion y Ford Gron, kw, Marghekyon an Moos Krenn, br, Marc'hegien an Daol Grenn) are the knights of the fellowship of King Arthur in the literary cycle of the Matter of Britain. First appearing in lit ...

, Knight of the Round Table;

Gawain Gawain (), also known in many other forms and spellings, is a character in Arthurian legend, in which he is King Arthur's nephew and a Knight of the Round Table. The prototype of Gawain is mentioned under the name Gwalchmei in the earliest ...

's cousin ''

Erec The Knights of the Round Table ( cy, Marchogion y Ford Gron, kw, Marghekyon an Moos Krenn, br, Marc'hegien an Daol Grenn) are the knights of the fellowship of King Arthur in the literary cycle of the Matter of Britain. First appearing in lit ...

'', ''

Perceval Percival (, also spelled Perceval, Parzival), alternatively called Peredur (), was one of King Arthur's legendary Knights of the Round Table. First mentioned by the French author Chrétien de Troyes in the tale ''Perceval, the Story of the Gra ...

'', ''Suite Merlin'', Lancelot, the Spanish ''Demanda'', ''Tristan'' *Yvain li filz al roi Herveu; may be the same knight as Hervis/Hernil de Rivel in Prose ''Lancelot'', Vulgate ''Suite Merlin'', ''Suite Merlin'' *Yvain as Blanches Mains; ''Suite Merlin'', ''Tristan'', ''Lancelot'', Malroy's ''Palamedes'', Wauchier's ''Perceval'', ''Demanda'' *Yvain li Esclains; ''Lancelot'', ''Suite Merlin'' *Yvain de Cinel; Prose ''Lancelot'', ''Suite Merlin'', Vulgate ''Suite Merlin'', ''Demanda'' *Yvain de Cavaliot; ''

'' *Yvain le rois de Lindezie; ''Le Biaus Desconëuz'' *Yvain li Biaus; ''Rigomer'' *Yvain li fiz a la Somiere; ''Rigomer'' *Yvain la Noirs; ''Tristan'', ''Palamedes'' *Di Blonde Ywein; ''Torec'' *Iwan Penelöi; ''Lanzelet'' *Ivam de Canelones d'Alamanha; the Portuguese ''Demanda'', *Yvan de Nesguses de Baybola; the Spanish ''Demanda'' *Ivains; the leader of the lepers in

Béroul Béroul was a Norman or Breton poet of the 12th century. He wrote ''Tristan'', a Norman language version of the legend of Tristan and Iseult of which a certain number of fragments (approximately 3000 verses) have been preserved; it is the earlies ...

's ''Tristan''

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