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Galehaut of the Distant Isles
| Character | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Galehaut |
| Occupation: | King of the Distant Isles; knight |
| Relationships: | Married to the Lady of Malehaut, son of Brunor of Castle Pluere and a giantess, friends with and buried with Lancelot du Lac |
| Fandom: | Arthuriana, Arthurian Legend |
| Other: | |
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Galehaut is a character in Arthurian Legend who is often regarded as a queer icon by the Arthuriana fandom. He is best remembered for his relationship with Lancelot du Lac in the Vulgate cycle, which is frequently interpreted as homoerotic, though he appears in other texts, including Le Morte D'Arthur and The Old Knight. Though sometimes referred to as Galahad in Malory, he should not be confused with Sir Galahad the Grail knight, who is Lancelot's son. [1]
In Literature
In Fandom
Fans of Galehaut generally ship him with Lancelot, to the point that nearly all Galehaut-related content also involves Lancelot. As of October 10th, 2024, out of 56 works tagged for Galehaut on Ao3, 46 were also tagged for Lancelot and 42 were tagged for Lancelot/Galehaut, and no other ship including him had more than one fic--with the exception of Galehaut/Gawain, which technically had two fics, one of which consisted of smut scenes which had been removed from the other.
Example Fanworks
Writing
- Galehaut and Gawain Move to the Suburbs by evynyx_pdf, Gauvain
Art
- Galehaut the famous, the lord of the Titans by @tillman
- Lord Galehaut by @valodia
- Galehaut gave up a shot at world domination for one (1) French trainwreck of a man by @knightsofsomethingorother
- swans for the king's feast by pyjamac
- Aallon Alla by @kulttuurinkurittama
- Galehaut is very...intense by @oneshoulderangel
- I got a pyrography tool by @shootingst4press
- Lancelot and Galehaut for "classics... but make it gay II" zine by @weirdundead
- Pyle's style is so fun actually by @sanddef
- >w< by @tillman
- Sir Galehaut by @oneshoulderangel
Archives and Links
- Galehaut (Arthurian) tag on Ao3
- #galehaut on Tumblr