Thrilling love triangle behind the image of clover J in the deck of cards

Accordingly, the character appearing on the J card of the Western deck (52 cards) is Lancelot - one of the best knights of King Arthur in the legend. Lancelot was also the king's closest confidant. In addition to the glorious feats, this knight is most mentioned in history by his love affair with Queen Guinevere - the wife of King Arthur.

Wrong person at the right time

According to recorded legends, Queen Guinevere not only possesses stunning beauty but is also famous for her virtuous talent and is loved by many people. She was the daughter of King Leodegrance of Cameliard. In many literary works, Guinevere is described as a girl of salty beauty with long golden blonde hair and captivating blue eyes.

She became the wife of King Arthur in the "wrong person at the right time" situation. The story goes that the kingdom of Guinevere is a small place, always being invaded by outside enemies. In the meantime, King Arthur of the neighboring Kingdom of Camelot came to the rescue to help Guinevere's country escape the situation of "thousands of pounds hanging by a hair". After that, King Arthur met Guinevere and quickly fell in love with her beauty.

Queen Guinevere is a beautiful person

Despite the warnings of a famous magician that Guinevere would not be able to fulfill his duties as a wife, King Arthur quickly proposed to the beauty and promised to continue to help his kingdom. her. Although he did not fall in love with the king, in order to repay the person who saved his kingdom, Guinevere accepted and quickly became Queen.

Perhaps they would have lived happily together if it weren't for the appearance of Lancelot - a homeless boy who lived wandering by sword-dancing. Their love story corresponds to the phrase "right person at wrong time", the couple loves each other intensely but their relationship is extremely wrong.

Wrong love

Lancelot first met Guinevere by chance when he was wandering through a forest when he encountered a group of people passing by. It was Guinevere's group on their way to King Arthur's capital. Immediately, the young man was attracted to the beauty of Guinevere.

Suddenly the group is attacked by strangers and Lancelot plays the hero who rushes in to free Guinevere from danger. Lancelot did not know that the person of his dream was the future fiancée of King Arthur. Later, Lancelot also learned the truth, but he refused to give up the opportunity to approach the beautiful Queen. Lancelot participated in a talent competition organized by the royal capital and won.

Lancelot fell in love with the beautiful Queen.

Gradually Lancelot became a skilled knight and was greatly trusted by the king. Once, Maleagant, the evil son of King Bagdemagus - ruler of the Kingdom of Gorre, had long been infatuated with Queen Guinevere but did not dare to do so, planned to kidnap the beautiful girl.

Guinevere is kidnapped to Maleagant's impregnable castle. Lancelot rode quickly across Westminster Bridge, towards the castle, where his lover was being held. The brave and intelligent knight saved the Queen, causing his enemies to beg him. Twice witnessing the chivalrous act of the pompous boy, it can be said that Guinevere's heart was really fluttering.

After a long time feeling the dedication and intense love of the talented knight, Guinevere made an appointment to meet Lancelot in the castle. As a result, they spent the night together. The couple officially became lovers, sneaking back and forth. One reason given for the Queen's "breakthrough" is that King Arthur and Guinevere had no children. It was that made the Queen's life boring and she quickly fell into the arms of the lover.

Maleagant himself knew about this affair, so he wanted to take advantage of this to overthrow King Arthur. One night, Maleagant again kidnapped the Queen and sent someone to Lancelot to report the news. Receiving the bad news, Lancenlot immediately went to save his lover. That night, Queen Guinevere was freed, and Lancenlot was wounded but still managed to climb into her bedroom by a rope ladder.

The queen and the knight were defiantly together.

Maleagant had secretly informed King Arthur's nephew and this man led a group of people to the Queen's room and caught the lovers. Lancenlot was imprisoned in the dungeon and Guinevere was convicted of adultery by the king and sentenced to be burned. Unable to bear to watch his lover die in agony, Lancenlot once again managed to escape from prison to rescue Queen Guinevere.

They thought that after rescuing their lover, both of them would fly away and live happily together, but things didn't go as planned. Perhaps because he knew that their love was wrong, the passionate knight gave up his knighthood to become a bishop, and the Queen made a vow of celibacy, becoming a nun until her death.

And when Queen Guinevere died, Lancelot died a few weeks later, ending the controversial love between the famous king's wife and the brilliant knight.