Elaine of astolat biography of barack

Demoiselle d’Escalot, Fair Maid of Astolat, Lady of Shalott
Elaine le Blank, Elaine the White, Elayne

Often identified simply as the Demoiselle d’Escalot (e.g., in the Vulgate Mort Artu) or the Fair Maid of Astolat in Malory and the ‘Lily Maid’ in Tennyson.

She appears nameless in the Vulgate Mort Artu and the Stanzaic Le Morte Arthure.

The daughter of Sir Bernard of Escalot (Astolat) and sister of Sir Tirre and Sir Lavaine, she was considered one of the most beautiful maidens in England.

Lancelot, traveling secretly to the tournament at Winchester, lodged with Sir Bernard and borrowed the shield of the recently wounded Sir Tirre, leaving his sword and shield with Elaine for safekeeping. He also did for her what he had never done for any other woman, including Guenevere: with a view to heightening his incognito, he accepted Elaine’s token to wear in the lists.

Elaine fell desperately in love wi