The hero of the work is Sir Lancelot, whose story had also been told a little earlier by Chrétien de Troyes in his Le Chevalier de la Charette (Knight of the Cart).
Held des Romans ist der Ritter Lancelot, dessen Geschichte wenig früher auch Chrétien de Troyes in seinem Le Chevalier de la Charette (Karrenritter) erzählt hatte.