What was the time frame for King Arthur's reign?

Question

Okay, let me just say this...I actually know the answer; it's just "interesting" to see what other people have to say.
And yes, Arthur was a real King...he has become "mythology" with time, but his Kingship was real...I wanted to know his reign, not his life story...but thank you to all who have answered so far...very intersting to say the least.

Answer 1

The "TRUE" Arthur was born in 475 and died in 515 at the Battle of Camlann, or Battle of the Crooked Vale. There are numerous texts which mention his leadership. Arthur lead the British resistance campaign against Saxon invaders, in 495 he lead the battle of Mons Badonicus or the Battle of Mt Badon. Finally the ancient texts mention that in 515 Medraut, Gaelic for Mordred, died with his father Arthur, King of All Britons, in battle.

Answer 2

King Arthur Reign

Answer 3

This Site Might Help You.

RE:
What was the time frame for King Arthur's reign?

Answer 4

There are two possible answers for this question. The first assumes that based on scant historical knowledge there was a real King Arthur or at least a historical figure that folklore based legends on. This answer places him in the fifth or sixth centuries as a much admired leader who fought invading barbarian tribes.
The second answer relies on the commonly known King Arthur of legend and fable and movies and TV, e.g., Camelot, a figure largely based on Sir Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur. This was an influential work in the preservation of the legend probably drawn from the French romances and clearly places him in the medieval period with its knights, feudal institutions, and social customs such as chivalry, tournaments, fair ladies in distress, etc., again based on the French Romances. The reason why Malory's work was so lasting and influential is that it coincided with the early uses of the printing press, allowing for wide dissemination of reading material, at least for the minority of people who could read. The printing press accelerated the growth of reading in the populace.

Answer 5

This Site Might Help You.

RE:
What was the time frame for King Arthur's reign?

Answer 6

Because no one has been able to say if there even was a King Arthur or not, no one can be specific. But, most folks agree that, if he had existed, it would have been at the time of the Saxon invasions: in the 500s.

Answer 7

Arthur was never a "king"; he may well have been commander-in-chief of British resistance to the Anglo-Saxons. In the Welsh elegiac poem Gododdin, composed ca. 600, a hero is said to have fed ravens with the corpses of his enemies, "though he was not Arthur," indicating that the poet knew of an even greater hero by that name. According to a Latin History of the Britons around the year 800, ascribed to Nennius, "Arthur fought against the Saxons in those days together with the kings of Britain, but he was himself the leader of battles." Nennius names twelve such battles, in one of which Arthur is said to have carried an image of the Virgin Mary on his shoulders. The Latin Annals of Wales (ca. 950) has an entry for the year 516 concerning "the Battle of Badon, in which Arthur carried the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ on his shoulders for three days and three nights, and the Britons were victorious."

Answer 8

King Arthur is an important figure in the mythology of Great Britain, where he appears as the ideal of kingship both in war and peace. He is the central character in the cycle of legends known as the Matter of Britain. There is disagreement about whether Arthur, or a model for him, ever actually existed. In the earliest mentions and in Welsh texts, he is never given the title "King." Early texts refer to him as a dux bellorum ("war leader"), and medieval Welsh texts often call him ameraudur ("emperor"; the word is borrowed from the Latin imperator, which could also mean "war leader").

Answer 9

To the best of my understanding, King Arthur was around during the early part of the middle ages. I would guess 5th or 6th century.

Answer 10

Maybe that's correct