| IGRAINE | Mother of King Arthur |
| AQUITAINE | Eleanor of ---, medieval queen consort of France and England; the mother of King Richard I and King John (9) |
| ELEANOR | _ of Aquitaine, medieval queen consort of France and England; mother of King Richard I and King John (7) |
| ADELA | Youngest daughter of William the Conqueror and mother of King Stephen of England |
| EUROPA | The mother of King Minos of Crete and a moon of Jupiter (6) |
| SEYMOUR | Jane, third wife of King Henry VIII and mother of King Edward VI (7) |
| QUEENELEANOR | Who is the mother of King John in The Life and Death of King John? |
| LOUISE | --- of Savoy, mother of King Francis I and regent of France in 1515, 1525-26 and 1529 (6) |
| ALEXANDRA | Queen Consort to King Edward VII and mother of King George V (9) |
| BEAUFORT | Lady Margaret ---, the mother of King Henry VII, credited with the establishment of two Cambridge colleges (8) |
| EUROPE | Continent named after the mythological Greek mother of king Minos of Crete (6) |
| MARGARETBEAUFORT | Mother of King Henry VII of England (8,8) |
| NANDI | Mother of King Shaka (5) |
| JANESEYMOUR | The mother of King Edward VI (7) |
| JOANOFKENT | The Black Prince's wife and mother of King Richard II (4,2,4) |
| IDYLLS | - of the King; tracing the legend of King Arthur, his knights and love for Guinevere, a cycle of 12 narrative poems by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (6) |
| TINTAGEL | Ruins of a 13th-century castle above Merlin's Cave in Cornwall; the legendary birthplace of King Arthur according to Geoffrey of Monmouth (8) |
| THEGARTER | Order of - -; founded by Edward III and inspired by the tales of King Arthur, the oldest, most senior order of chivalry in the British honours system (3,6) |
| ERICBANA | Who played the father of King Arthur in Guy Ritchie's King Arthur |
| LOT | Brother-in-law of King Arthur, and father of Gawain and Mordred, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth (3) |
