Galahad the Greatest Knight in the World

Galahad was destined to greatness but his birth was one of magic and trickery. Elaine, the daughter of King Pelles, the Grail King, uses magic to trick Sir Lancelot into thinking that she is Queen Guinevere, whom Lancelot loves.  King Pelles has already received a magical foretelling that Lancelot will give his daughter a child and that this little boy will grow to become the greatest knight in the world, the knight chosen by God to achieve the Holy Grail. King Pelles knew that Lancelot will only lie with his one true love, Queen Guinevere and came to the decision that deception was the only way to fulfill the prophecy.

Sir Lancelot and Elaine sleep together, but on discovering the deception, Lancelot attempts to kill Elaine for her deception, but when he finds out that they have conceived a son together, he is driven mad;  he does not marry Elaine and when his senses are cured and returns to King Arthur's court. The young Galahad is born and placed in the care of an abbess at a nunnery, to be raised there.

Upon reaching adulthood, Galahad is reunited with his father Sir Lancelot, who knights him. Sir Galahad is then brought to King Arthur's court at Camelot during Pentecost, where he is accompanied by a very old knight who immediately leads him over to the Round Table and unveils his seat at the Siege Perilous, an chair that has been kept vacant for the sole person who will accomplish the quest of the Holy Grail and be known as the greatest knight.  For all others who have dared to sit there, it proved to be fatal. Sir Galahad survives this test.  King Arthur who, realizes the greatness of this new knight, leads him out to the river where a sword lies in a stone with an inscription reading “Never shall man take me hence but only he by whose side I ought to hang; and he shall be the best knight of the world.” Galahad accomplishes this test also, and King Arthur proclaims him to be the greatest knight ever.

Sir Galahad is invited to become a Knight of the Round Table, and soon afterwards, King Arthur's court witnesses an ethereal vision of the Holy Grail. The quest to seek out this holy object was immediately decided.  Merlin had a prophecy that Galahad will surpass his father in valor and be would be successful in his search for the Holy Grail. King Pelles, Galahad's maternal grandfather, is a descendant of Bron, Joseph of Arimathea's brother-in-law, whose line was entrusted with the Grail by Joseph.

After many adventures, Sir Galahad and Sir Perceval find themselves at the court of King Pelles and Eliazar, his son. These men are very holy and they bring Galahad into a room where he is finally allowed to see the Holy Grail. Galahad is asked to take the vessel to the holy city of Sarras.

After succeeding in the search for the Grail him and his companions, Perceval and Bors brought the Holy Grail out of Britain at the command of Jesus, to the city of Sarras. Galahad was allowed to see the last secrets of the Grail that had been revealed before he died, and was taken to heaven. With his death the grail and the lance vanished from the world. After seeing the grail, Galahad makes request that he may die at the time of his choosing.

So while making his way back to Arthur’s court, Sir Galahad is visited by Joseph of Arimathea, and Galahad was allowed to see the last secrets of the Grail. He experiences glorious rapture and he makes his request to die. After he says farewell to Percival and Bors, Galahad is taken up to heaven by angels, witnessed by Sir Bors and Perceval

Galahad succeeded where others failed in the quest, Galahad was the pure knight, and was often known as the Good Knight.