Could this Hungarian king be Sir Lancelot?

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The heroic knight, Sir Lancelot, is perhaps the best-known character in the medieval legends surrounding King Arthur. However, not many know about the origins of Sir Lancelot. According to a recent discovery, the Hungarian King László has fought alongside King Arthur and is in fact, Sir Lancelot. 

Where does the character of Sir Lancelot come from?

Sir Lancelot is probably the most famous character from the Arthurian saga. According to kingarthursknights.com, Lancelot was the first knight of the Round Table, and he never failed in gentleness, courtesy, or courage. He was not only extremely brave, but also he was also consistently serving others. However, researchers could not find where the world-famous literary figure came from. According to mult-kor.hu, the character first appears in the works of the 12th-century French novelist Chrétien de Troyes. Prior to that, no kind of prototype of Lancelot’s figure could be identified either in the earlier texts of Arthurian literature or in Celtic folklore.

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