Igraine

[ih-greyn]

noun

1. Arthurian Legend.,  the mother of King Arthur.

Igraine

/ ɪˈɡreɪn /

noun

1. the mother of King Arthur

Example Sentences

In the legends, Arthur is generally understood to be the son of King Uther Pendragon and Igraine — a back story that differs from the character in “Cursed.”

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Sister Igraine is revealed to be Arthur’s sister, Morgana.

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Model Poppy Delevingne has pivoted toward acting, making her big-budget film debut as King Arthur’s mother Igraine in Guy Ritchie’s “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword” opposite Charlie Hunnam as well as Jude Law, Eric Bana and Djimon Hounsou.

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“Long time past, my heroes,” Gawaine was saying, “before ourselves were born or thought of, there was a beautiful grandmother at us, called Igraine.”

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Arthur’s mother was Igraine—that very Igraine who had been captured at Tintagil, the One that the Orkney children had been talking about in the Round Tower at the beginning of this book.

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