Meliagaunce

Meliagaunce is identified as the son of King Bagdemagus and as a knight whose attachment to Queen Guenever leads first to fighting for her and later to accusing her of treason. The book’s closing index also records that Sir Launcelot strikes him. These brief notices place Meliagaunce inside the crisis surrounding the queen, but leave much of his individual story unstated.

Identity and Place in the Narrative

The index names Meliagaunce as King Bagdemagus’s son, connecting him to an established royal family, and records earlier appearances in the book. It later lists his love for Queen Guenever, his fighting on her behalf, and his accusation against her. The evidence supports these facts, but does not explain the nature or history of his attachment, or establish the precise circumstances of his earlier appearances.

Love and Allegiance

Meliagaunce’s recorded love for Queen Guenever is paired with action: he fights for her. The terse sequence associates personal attachment with public defense, placing him among the figures whose conduct becomes bound up with the queen’s standing. The index does not specify what danger he confronts, whom he fights, or how his intervention affects the situation.

Accusation and Conflict

The account then records a sharp reversal: Meliagaunce accuses Guenever of treason. The index does not state the basis for the charge or describe the proceedings that follow, so it cannot establish his motive or the accusation’s outcome. What it does preserve is the movement from service to confrontation: the same knight noted as fighting for the queen is later named as her accuser.

Encounter with Sir Launcelot

The index states that Sir Launcelot strikes Meliagaunce. This is the last specific action attributed to him in the supplied evidence. No further details establish the circumstances of the encounter or Meliagaunce’s fate, and the brief notice should not be expanded into an unrecorded account of the conflict.

Narrative Significance and Limits

Meliagaunce’s indexed role is defined by a sequence of relationships and reversals: he is King Bagdemagus’s son, loves Guenever, fights for her, accuses her of treason, and is struck by Sir Launcelot. The sequence links allegiance to accusation and brings him into conflict with the queen’s champion. Because the surviving evidence is an index rather than a continuous scene, it provides this outline without enough detail to determine why Meliagaunce changes position, what judgment is made, or how his story ends.