Sons of Mordred
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The two sons of Sir Mordred appear in Arthurian legend as early as Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, though they are usually not named. The elder of the two is named Melehan or some derivation in the Lancelot-Grail and Post-Vulgate Cycles, while at least one source dubs the younger son Melou. [1]
After Mordred and King Arthur perish at the Battle of Camlann, Mordred's sons take control of his armies and continue the resistance. In Geoffrey, Arthur's successor Constantine III of Britain must deal with the renegades, and tracks them down and kills them in their sanctuaries in Winchester and London. In the Lancelot-Grail Cycle, Lancelot and his men return to Britain to dispatch Melehan and Melou after receiving a letter from Gawain. In the ensuing battle Melehan slays Lionel, son of King Bors the Elder and brother to Sir Bors. Bors kills him to avenge his brother's death, while Melou is slain by Lancelot.
