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These names should be taken with a grain of salt. Some of them are the real names of real places, others are the made-up names of real places, and the rest are made-up names of made-up places. Authors inserted kingdoms and castles into the story as they needed them, with a cheerful disregard for the geography of the real world.

The identification of the modern locations should also be taken with a grain of salt. Very few castle and battle locations are known for certain.

Name

Variants Modern Location
Abanie   Albania
Acluz   Dumbarton, Scotland
Acre   Acre, Palestine
Alemai(n)gne Alemaine, Alemeigne, Alemeine, Alemoigne Germany
Aliene   ?
Alixandre   Alexandria, Egypt
Alvergne   Auvergne, France
Angiers   Angers, France?
Anjo Angau Anjou, France
Annuec   Alnwick, Northumberland, England
Antioc(h)e Andioce, Antioiche, Antyoce, Entioche Antioch
Antipodés   kingdom
Antiufäis   castle
Aquinparcorentin Carantin Quimper-Corentin (Finistère), Brittany, France?
Argone   Argonne
le Bois/la Foriest d'Argone   The forest of Argonne
Arimacïa Abaromacie, Arimathye, Arymathie, Arymathye, Barimacie, Barismachie, Beremathye Arimathea
Aroie   Ayrshire, Scotland
Arondel   Arundel, Sussex, England
Ar(r)abe   Arabia
Ar(r)agon   Aragon, Spain
Arragouce   Argyle, Scotland
Arras   Arras (Pas-de-Calais), France
li Astres Maleïs   location of a battle
la Haute Forest d'Ateine   forest
At(t)henes   Athens
l'Atre Perel(l)ox Li Aitres Perilleus, l'Atre Perilleus, -ox cemetery
Aube Albe The River Aube
Auçoir(r)e   Auxerre (Yonne)
Aufrique Afriche Africa
Aumarie   Almeria, Spain
Autecoine   A river near Campadoine
Avalon(s) Avalun, Avarun, Valon Avalon

Babiloin(n)e

Babilo(y)ne, Babyloine, Babyloyne Babylon
la Bacloche   Plains (possibly Buclow, Chester, England)
Bade(s) Bace Bath, England
Baieiues   Bayeux, Normandy
Bangort   Bangor, Wales
Baradigan Caradigan city
Barbarie   country; "Barbary"
Barbeflué Barbeflued Barfleur, Normandy
Barlet   Barletta, Italy
Barut   Beirut, Syria
Bauborc -rs Bamburgh, Northumberland, England
Baudas   Baghdad, Iraq
Becleus   castle
le Bel Brullet   castle
Bel Encumbre   Bellencombre (Seine-Inférieure)
Benewic Benuïc, Beruïch Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
Bergoi(n)gne Borgoigne Burgundy
Berri   Berry, France
Besençun   Besançon (Doubs)
Bethanie   Bethany
Bethleem Belïant Bethlehem
Biaumont   Beaumont-sur-Oise
Biauvez Biavais Beauvais (Oise)
Bit(h)ine   Bithynia
Blaives   Blaye-sur-Gironde
la Blanche Cité la Blance Cité "The white city," possibly Caerwent, Monmouthshire, England
la Blanche Forest   The White Forest
la Blanche Lande la Lande Blanche The White Land, a district in Brittany
la Blanc(h)e Montai(n)gne   The White Mountain, a kingdom which was probably in Scotland
Blanches Mores   castle
Boece   Bœtia
le Bofoi(s) le Boffoi, le Bouffoi, le Boufois Le château du Bouffay, Nantes
Boloan Bodloan Ballon, France
Boloigne Buluingne Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais), France
Bonivent Bonivant Benevento, Italy
Boug(ue)rie Boguerie, Buguerie Bulgaria
Bouron Beron Boron, Burgundy
Brandigan -z castle
Brandis Brandiz Brindisi, Apulia, Italy
Branlant Bralant, Branclant, Branslant, Brelant, Brenlant castle
Brefeni   Breffny, Ireland
Bretai(n)gne Bertaigne, Bertaine, Bertainne, Bretagne, Bretaine, Breteigne, Breteingne, Bretanie Britain or Brittany
Broc(h)elïande Brechelïande A magic forest
Bruge   Bruges, Belgium
Butost   royal residence
Cabrahan   Cabrach, Aberdeenshire
Cala(r)bre Qualarbre Calabria, Italy
Calfle   castle
Camaalot Chamaalot, Gamalaot, Kamaalot, Kamelot Camelot
Cambre Tambre river
Campadoine   castle
Cantorbire Cantorbere, Quantorbire, Quentorbire Canterbury, England
Capadoce   Cappadocia
Capitoile   The Vatican
Caradigan(t) Caradighan, Carradigant, Garadigain, Garadigam, Garadigan(t), Garandigan, Karadigan(t), Karradigant, Quaradigan, Quarradigant Cardigan, Wales
Carahés Carahéz, Caharés, Caraés, Carahuez, Carhais, Charöés, Escarahés, Garahés, Karahés, Karahéz, Karahués, Karehés Carhaix
Cardif   Cardiff, Wales
Cardue(i)l Cardeil, Cardoe(i)l, Cardoil, Carduil, Charduel, Kardoel, Quaraduel Carlisle, Cumberland
Carfanaon   Capernaum, Galilee, Israel
Carlion Callion, Carloon, Carlyon, Charlion, Cuerlion, Karlion, Karlyon Caerlyon-on-Usk, Monmouthshire
Carnant Carnevent, Carvain, Karvain royal residence
Carse Tarse Tarsus
Carta(i)ge   Carthage
Castel de la Forest Grande   "Castle of the Big forest"
Castel de la Roce   castle
Castel de Naombrelande   "Castle of Northumberland"
Castel del Cor   castle
Castel du Port Castiel du Port castle
Castel Pao(u)rous -eus, Peureus castle
Castele Castiele, Chastele Castille, Spain
Castiaus Celui Desore li chastiaux de Lindesore castle
Castiaus de la Roce Bise   castle
Castiel de l'Angarde   castle
Castiel de la Cloie   castle
Castiel Perilleus   castle
Catenouse   possibly Caithness, Scotland
Cauvaire Cauvere, Esqualvere Calvary
Celidoine    
Cesaire Cesare, Ceseire Caesarea, Palestine
Cestre   Chester, England
Cetoisse   ?
Chalvoie   possibly Galway or Galloway
Chanpai(n)gne Canpaingne, Champaigne Champaigne, France
Chartres Cartre, Chartain Chartres, France
Chaste(a)z a Dis Puceles   "The Castle of Ten Damsels"
Chastel as Pucles Castel, -iaus, as Puc(i)eles, Castel, -iaus as/des Puceles "The Castle of Maidens," possibly Edinburgh Castle
Chastel de Dobliers Boviers, Castel de Dobliers castle
Chastel, -iaux, de l'Angarde Castel de la Garde, Chastel, -iaz, de la Garde castle
Chastel de la Mervoille   castle
Chastel de Pesme-Aventure   castle
Chastel, -eaz, des Molins   castle
Chastel des Ormiaus -iax, Castel des Ormiaus castle
Chastel Fort   castle
Chastel Orgue(i)lleus [insert variants later] castle; possibly Bamburgh, Northumberland
Chastel, -iaux, Perilleus -oux castle
Chinon Chinum Chinon (Indre-et-Loire)
Chipre   A town in Italy
Cirencestre Cirecestre, Oïrecestre Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cistiaus   Cîteaux
Cité Perdue   "The lost (damned) city"
Clamorgan   royal residence
Claradeure   location of a hermitage
Clauvegris   kingdom
Clavent Clavain a city on the borders of Danemarche
Clere Fonteine d'Amors, la   "the clear fountain of love"?
Clere(s)vaus Clervaus Clairvaux, France
Coloi(n)gne Couloigne Cologne, Germany
Conart   a district of Ireland
Co(n)menie Yconomie, Orcomenie kingdom
Co(n)stantinoble Costentinoble, Coustantinoble Contantinople/Istanbul, Turkey
Corbelande   Cumberland, England
Corbierc   the Grail Castle
Cordrové   a kingdom, possibly Cordova, Spain
Cornoaille Cornewaille, Cornoalle, Cornoua(i)lle, Cornuail(l)e, Cornualle, Cornwaille Cornwall, England, or Cornouaille, Brittany, France
Corque(s)   a kingdom; also a capital city, identified as Cork, Ireland
Cort Vermelle en la Lande   proposed location of a tournament
Costantin Costentin, Constantins, Constentin le Cotentin, Normandy, France; or Constantine, Cornwall, England
Cot(h)oatre Ecossuatre, Escossuatre, Escosuatre a castle, kingdom, or general location; possibly Scottewatre, an old name for the Firth of Forth
Couchi   Coucy
Cre(t)he   Crete
Croiz Roge, la   landmark, possibly "the red cross"
Cyrïant   archbishopric
Damas   Damascus
Damïete   Damietta, Egypt
Danemarce Danemarche Denmark
Demedij de edij district in Ireland, possibly Meath
Deneversire   Devonshire, England
Dertremue   Dartmouth, Devonshire, England
Dessemone Dessemomme, Dessemoume Desmond, Ireland
Destris de Rigomer Destrois de Rigomer a strip of water near Rigomer
Dinan   Dinan, Côtes-du-Nord
Dinant   Dinant, Belgium
Dinas Clamadas   kingdom and archbishopric
Dinasdaron Disnadaron, Disnaderon, Dysnadaron city or castle in Gales; possibly Carlion
Dinasdire Dynasdire, Nasdire district
Domin, St.   abbey in France
Donbes   Dombes, Burgundy, France
Dorecestre Durecestre Dorchester, Dorset, England
Dorsete   Dorset, England
Douai   Douai (Nord)
Dovre   Dover, Kent, England
Duglas   river
Dune   city
Dunelie   kingdom, possibly Dublin, Ireland
Dunfremlin   Dunfermline, Fife, Ireland
Dunoe, la   the River Danube
Dunostre   castle, possibly Dunottar, in Kincardine, Scotland
Duvel(l)ine   Dublin, Ireland
Egypte Egite, Egyte Egypt
Engleterre Angleterre, Eingleterre, Engletere, Engletiere, Ingleterre England or Britain
Ermenie Hermenie, Hermanie Armenia
Ermie   poss. Armenia
Escavalon Cavalon, Cavillon, Escarvalon, Escavellon, Escavillon, Eschavalon, Kavillon, Quevalon kingdom; the name is possibly derived from Avalon
Esclavonie Esclabounie Slavonia
Escoce Eschoce, Escoche, Escosse a kingdom in northeast Scotland
Espai(n)gne Epaigne, Espagne, Espaine, Espanie, Espeigne Spain
Esparlot   a plaice in Bretaigne (Britain or Brittany)
Estanhangues   Stonehenge
Estre-Gales Estregales, Estrigalle, Iestrewales, Outre-Gales, Outregales Southern Wales, or the old kingdom of Strathclyde
Estreveline   Stirling, Scotland
Estrigue(i)l Estragueil, Estringuel Chepstow, Monmouthshire
Estroite Marc(h)e   realm near the border of modern Scotland
Esture   Asturias, Spain
Ethiope   Ethiopia
Evrevic Everwic, Evroïc, Evruïch, Ewrevic, Guevrevic York
le Fair   Capo del Faro, Sicily
Fine Posterne Estre-Posterne Finistère
Finecoce   castle near Rigomer
Flandres   Flanders
Forest a la Puciele   forest
Forest del Pin   forest
Forest de Monbralan   forest
Forest de Moriers   forest
Forest de Quinqueroi   forest, poss. near Conisbrough in Yorkshire
Forest de Sardic   forest
Foriest Arsee   forest
la Forest de Morrois Morroi, Morrois the manor of Moresc, Truro, Cornwall, England
Fors Graviers   castle in Ireland
la/li Fos(s)e Gobïene le Gobïiene subterranean habitation near Rigomer
France Franche France
Fres Marés   castle in Irlande
Frige   Phrygia
Frise Frisse poss. Phrygia, Friesland, or Dumfries
Gales Gale, Galles, Wales Wales
Galesport   town
Galice   Galicia, Spain
Galigans   castle
Galilee   country
Galinguefort   Wallingford, Berkshire, England
Galion   town
Galle   Gaul, the name of France in Arthur's time
Galöee   poss. Galway, Ireland
Galvoie Gauvoie, Gavoie Galloway, Scotland, or possibly Galway, Ireland
Gant Ghent, Belgium  
Garvic   Warwick
Gascoi(n)gne Gascogne Gascony
Gaste Cap(i)ele, la   ruined chapel
Gaste Cité, la Gaste Chité, la, Cité Gaste, la the ruined city of Senaudon; poss. the ruins of Segontium, near Snowdon, Wales
Gaste Fontaine   fountain?
Gaste For(i)est, la Forest Gaste, la, Foriest Gaste, la forest
Gauloie   poss. Galloway or Galway
Gedeorde   Jedburgh, Roxburgh, Scotland
Genelande   kingdom, poss. Vinland or a Slavic kingdom along the South coast of the Baltic Sea
Gennes   Genoa, Italy
Gernemue   fairy isle, poss. Great Yarmouth in Norfolk
Glamorgan Glomorgan, Glomagain, Glormagan Glamorgan, Wales
Gla(s)cou   Glasgow, Scotland
Glastingebiere Glandingesbieres, Glatingebieres Glastonbury
Glocesters(h)ire Gloucestershire, England  
Gloëcestre Colecestre, Glorecestre Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
Go(h)ort Gorhaut, Gorhout, Grohaut ?
Golande Godlande, Gollande poss. Gothland, in either the baltic or southern Sweden, or poss. Caithness or Shetland
Gomeret Ganieret, Gomeroit, Gomor(r)et, Goumaret, Gausnes, Gavoni, Gohenet poss. North Wales or Vannes, Bretony
Gonefort   ?
Gordane   river near Montesclaire
Gorre Gore magical realm, poss. Strathmore
Gorriende, la Forest de   forest near Carlisle
Granlande   Greenland
Grece Gres(c)e, Gresse, Grifonie, Grisce Greece
le Gué Amo(u)rous   ford
le Gué Aventuros   ford
le Gué d'Aventures   location of a tournament
le Gué de Gaut   ford
le Gué Peril(l)eus Gué/Guex Peril(l)eux/Peril(l)os/Peril(l)ous ford
as Gués de Blancë Espine   ford
Guincent Guitant, Wizant Wissant, Pas-de-Calais
Guincestre Goncestre, Guncestre, Vincestre, Wincestre Winchester, Hampshire, England
Guinesores Windeskore Windsor, Berkshire, England
Guirecestre Wirecestre Worcester
Gultessire   Wiltshire
Halape   Aleppo, Syria
Handitou   poss. Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
Hantone Hantome, Subthantone Southampton, Hampshire, England
Hardecin Hardentin castle, poss. Hardington, Somerset, England
le Haut Point the Bridge Perilous bridge
Havrelee   port
Herefort   Hereford
Hoillande Horlande  
Hongrie Honguerie, Hungrie, Hungerie Hungary
Honolan Huberlan Northumberland or Cumberland
Hui   Huy, Belgium
le Hunbre Hundre the River Humber
Hylionz   Ilium
Iberne   Hibernia
l'Ille as Puceles Beles   island
Ille Blanche l'Isle Blanc(h)e the White Isle, in England
l'Ille del Lis   island
l'Ille d'Or l'Ile d'Or, l'Isle d'Or the Isle of Gold
l'Ille Noires   island
l'Ille Petite   the Little Island
l'Ille Qui Flote   island
Illes Isles, Ysles The Western Isles or Hebrides
Inde Ynde India
Ingeval Ingegal Galloway, Scotland, or the Hebrides, or Inglewood Forest near Carlisle
Inglecele   fairy realm, poss. Anglesey
Irlande Ilande, Illande, Irland, Irlant, Islande, Yllande, Yrelande, Yrlande Ireland
la Irouse Montaigne la Montaigne Irouse castle
Islande Yselande, Yslande Iceland
l'Isle as Puceles   the Isle of Maidens, poss. Caerlaverock, Scotland
l'Isle Noire l'Isle de Voirre poss. Avalon or Glastonbury
l'Isle Saint Sanson   l"isle Saint Sanson in Scilly
l'Isle sanz Non   the Nameless Island
les Isles de Mer les Illes de Mer, les Ylles de Mer the Western Isles or Hebrides
Iture   Iturea
Japhes   Jaffa, Israel
Jherusalem Jursalem Jerusalem, Israel
Jourdein   the River Jordan
Judee   Judea
Kalabrois   city
Kant   Kent, England
le Lac   "the Lake," a royal residence
le Lac de/a(s) Jumeles   lake
Lakatoué   La Katone, Calabria
Lalut(h)   town
Lampagrés   Llan Beddery, Glamorgan, Wales
Lancïen Lencïen Lantyan, Cornwall, England
la Lande as/des Quarrefors la Lande as/des Quatre fors, le Quar(r)efor, les Quatre Fors meeting location
la Lande Avantureuse   castle location
la Lande Merveilleuse   district, "the Marvelous/Miraculous Land"
la Lande Sotaine   heath in Ireland
les Landes del Cor   district
Lande(s)more(s) Landemeure Lammermuir, Scotland
Landoc   town in Ireland
Lanprebois   dukedom
Lanval   kingdom
Larise   kingdom
Laurante Laurente Laurentium, in Latium
Leecestre Leï(r)cestre Leicester
Leigni   Lagny, Seine-et-Marne, France
Lengres Langres Langres, Haute-Marne, France
Lens   Lens, Pas-de-Calais, France
Libe Libes Libya
Lidan   poss. Lidford, Devonshire, England
Lidel   Liddel Castle, Castleton, Scotland
Liege   Liége, Belgium
Lille   Lille, France
Limeri   Limerick, Ireland
Limoges Limoiges, Limojes, Lymose, Lymoges Limoges, France
Limor Lumor bishopric
Limors Lymors castle; poss. from "li mors," "the dead man"
Limors Limorz poss. Limours, France
Lindesie Lindezie Lincolnshire, England
Lindesores   poss. the castle Lindores, Fife, Ireland
Lioniel Leoniel, Lionel, Lionniel, Loenel, Löeniel Lothian
Lis Liz castle
Lisonie   kingdom
Lidien Lodian, Lodiien Lothian
Lodun   Loudun, France
Loënoi Loënois, Lodonois? Lothian
Logres Loengre, Logre, Lougres, Nogres kingdom in eastern England
Loherainne Lohoraigne Lorraine
Loire   the River Loire
Lombardie Lonbardie Lombardy, Italy
li Lombres   river near Biau Repaire
Londre Londres, Lundres London, England
Lucques Lueques Lucca, Italy
Luiserne   city in Spain
Lumeri   bishopric
Lumonoï   Loch Lomond, Scotland
Lutis   Mecklenburg, Germany
Lyon   Lyon, France
Maante   Mantes, France
Macedoine   Macedonia
Madoc   kingdom
le Main(n)e le Maigne, le Meine, le Moinne Le Maine, France
le Mal Ostoir   castle in Ireland
le Mal Pas   bog, poss. Malpas, on the River Truro in Cornwall
le Male Gaudine   wood
Malohier Malohaut location
Malpertis   Malpertuis, the fox Renart's residence
Malverne   Great Malvern, Worcestershire, England
le Mans   Le Mans, France
Maogre   poss. Majorca
Mares   kingdom
Maro(i)s Malreus Melrose, Scotland
Maroune Valoune kingdom
Marroc   Morocco
Marsamite   river
Marsonde   river under le Pont de Voirre
Mede   Media
Meliolant Melioirant kingdom
Melite   Malta
Melyadel   ?
la Mer Betee la Mer Salee the Dead Sea
Meschines   Messina, Sicily
Mez   ?
Micenes   Mycenae
Miec   Mecca
Miex   Meaux, France
Mon Marouac   Irish kingdom
Mongeu   St. Bernard Pass
Mongibel   Mount Etna, Sicily
Monhaut Monhauz Scottish castle
Monjardin   Spanish city
Monmartre   Monmartre, Paris, France
Monmelitire   Irish kingdom
Monpellier Monpeslier Montpellier
Monreal Monreaus city
le Mont   St. Michael's Mount
Mont Belyal   Montbéliard, Burgundy
le Mont Dolereus le Mont Delereus/Dolerous/Orguellous poss. Stirling or Dollar, in Scotland; or the Rock that Edinburgh Castle stands on; or Melrose Abbey; or Trimontium, Melrose
Mont Esperant   mountain
le Mont Saint Michiel   Mont-Saint-Michel
Montabor   kingdom
la Montaigne Tinte et Morne   poss. Tinto Hill, Lanarkshire
Montagu   royal residence
Montai(n)gne   kingdom, poss. in Scotland
Montascon   ?
Montesclaire Montesclair, Montescle(i)re ?
Montescler   kingdom
Montrevel   location
Moraine   kingdom
Moretaigne Morïane Mauritania
Morguan   royal residense and bishopric near Caradigan(t)
Morois  

castle

la Mo(u)ree   the Peloponnesus
le Munt   Mont-Saint-Michel
Murce   Murcia, Spain
Mureïf Moraife Moray, Scotland
Namur   Namur, Belgium
Nantes Nentes Nantes, France
Nazareth   Nazareth
Neüstrie   Normandy
Nevois   ?
Nicole   Lincoln
Nicosie   Nicosia, Cyprus
Nimaie   Nijmegen, Holland
Niques   Nicaea
Nisse   Nice, France
Niviele   Nivelles, Belgium
Noauz   misunderstood placename
la Noire C(h)apele   the Black Chapel
la Noire Monta(i)gne   the Black Mountain; the Blackhall Hills, or Tinto Hill, Lanarkshire
la Noquetran(t) la Noquestran, la Nouquetran, la Nouquetren Newcastletown, Roxburgh, Scotland
Norgales   North Wales or Cumbria
Norgoise   kingdom
Norhombe(r)lande Hupelande, Nohombelande, Nohombellande, Nohomberlande, Noorbelande, Norhombellande, Norhunberlande, Noronbellande Northumberland or Northumbria
Norison   misunderstood placename
Normandie Normendie Normandy
Norois   misunderstood placename
Nortgalois   kingdom, poss. same as Norgales
Norval   kingdom
Norvange   Norway
Notigehan Litigüen, Nortigean Nottingham, England
Oc(c)ident Ocident the Occident, the West
Oise   the River Oise, France
Oissi   poss. Oisy-le-Verger, France
     
     
     
Quinqueroi   Conisbrough, Yorkshire, England

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