Uther Pendragon

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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.

Uther Pendragon Media

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  Uther Pendragon in a crude illustration from a 15th-century Welsh version of Historia Regum Britanniae

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  Uther, on horseback and disguised as Pelleas, watches Igraine picking flowers in Uther and Igraine by Warwick Deeping, illustrated by Wladyslaw T. Benda