Hair Types and Colours of Some of the Most Well-Known Knights of the Round Table, according to the “Armorial des chevaliers de la Table Ronde”
The French 15th century Arthurian heraldry book "Armorial des chevaliers de la Table Ronde" not only shares the coat of arms of the knights of the Round Table, but it also shares their appearances as well. That includes their hair colour. As such as I decided to compile and share with you all a list of all the most well-known knights. They're the following:
Arthur – golden hair, thinning at the top of his head
Meliadus of Lyonesse (father of Tristan)– slight curly, golden thick hair with a large beard
Bors of Gaunes (father of Bors)– black hair
Brunor, the Good Knight Without Fear (father of Dinadan and Brunor) – thick, dark hair
Urien of Gorre – blonde hair
Loth of Orkney – black hair
Leodegan of Carmelide – blonde hair
Rions of Gallefort, near the border of Wales – hair as dark as mulberry
Pellinor of Listenois – golden hair
Morholt of Ireland – somewhat curly hair
Balan of Ireland (twin brother of Balin) – dark hair
Balin of Ireland (twin brother of Balan) – black hair with a little bit of a beard
Galehaut of the Distant Isles – reddish hair
Lamorat of Gales (son of Pellinor) – fair hair with a very not thick beard
Galahad – hair blonder than fine polished gold
Perceval de Gales (son of Pellinor) – white, blonde hair
Lancelot – fair hair, clear and bright
Gawain – hair neither white nor red but somewhere in between, with a full beard
Tristan of Lyonesse – golden hair (the text says that he likes to wear his hair long)
Lionel of Gaunes (brother of Bors) – hair not too blonde and not too black with a little beard
Hector of Maris (half-brother of Lancelot) – hair blacker than any other colour
Gaheriet/Gareth(brother of Gawain) – black hair
Kay the Seneschal – blonde, thick hair
Yvain (son of Urien) – blonde hair
Brunor the Black, the Knight of the Ill-Fitting Coat (son of Brunor and brother of Dinadan) – black hair
Agloval de Gales (son of Pellinor) – black hair
Esclabor the Unknown (father of Palamedes) – curly hair with a great beard
Saphar (son of Escablor and brother of Palamedes) – red hair with a beard
Guerrehet/Gaheris (brother of Gawain) – dark hair
Agravain the Proud (brother of Gawain) – blonde hair
Mordred (brother of Gawain) – blonde, curly hair
Dinadan of Estrangorre – blonde hair
Kahedin (brother of Iseult of the White Hands) – blonde hair
Lucan (brother of Bedivere) – blonde hair
Palamedes (son of Esclabor and brother of Saphar) – hair streaked with blonde and black hair
Tor (illegitimate son of Pellinor) – fair hair
Wittwer, S. (2025). Armorial des Chevaliers de la Table Ronde. Classiques Garnier.