Tristan the Younger explained

Tristan the Younger^[1] (Spanish: Tristán el Joven;^[2] Italian: Tristano il giovane)^[3] is a character^[4] in both the 1534 Spanish edition (Don Tristan de Leonis y Don Tristan el Joven), and the translated 1555 Italian edition, of the romance of the Two Tristans. The second part of both editions is the story of Tristan the Younger.

In the narrative of the aforementioned books, he was the son of Tristan^[5] and he was King of Leonis^[6] or Liones,^[7] both of which are in fact used in particular as names for Lyonesse.^[8] According to the late Italian Arthurian romance^[9] I Due Tristani, he is the son of Tristan and Isolde and succeeds King Mark on the throne of Cornwall.^[10] He married Maria, the Infanta of Castille.^[11]

He is a miles christianus.^[12]

Bruce said that the second part of the 1534 Spanish edition is the invention of a new Spanish author, and is not included in the book from which the first part of the 1534 Spanish edition is derived.^[13] Gardner said that the second part of the Due Tristani is the invention of the Spanish author of the 1534 Spanish edition.^[14]

The catalogue of Bernard Quaritch said that the second part of Due Tristani recounts the adventures of Ysaïe le Triste (from the 1522 French book of that name) under the name "Don Tristano il giovane".^[15] However, Entwistle said that Ysaïe le Triste had no effect on the body of Spanish literature relating  to Tristan.^[16]

References

• Harvey L Sharrer. "Spain and Portugal". Norris J Lacy (ed). Medieval Arthurian Literature: A Guide to Recent Research. Garland Publishing, Inc. 1996. Page 401 at pages 418 and 419.
• "Tristán el Joven (1534)". David Hook (ed). The Arthur of the Iberians: The Arthurian Legends in the Spanish and Portuguese Worlds. University of Wales Press. 2015. Pages 354 to 362. See also pages 215, 310, 311, 316, 317, 322, 323, 330, 341, 456, 465, 466, 474 and 504.
• María Luzdivina Cuesta Torre. "Tristán el Joven [I, 52]" in "Diccionario". Tristán de Leonís el Joven. Centro de Estudios Cervantinos. 1999. Pages 73 and 74. See also passim.
• William J Entwistle. The Arthurian Legend in the Literatures of the Spanish Peninsula. J M Dent & Sons. E P Dutton & Co. 1925. Pages 127 to 129. See also page 126.
• Christopher W Bruce. "Tristan5 the Younger". The Arthurian Name Dictionary. Garland Publishing, Inc. 1999. Page 474. See also pages 181, 188, 279, 286 and 345.
• Gillian Eisele, "Don Tristán de Leonís y Don Tristán el Joven: A Reappraisal of the 1534 Sequel to Don Tristán de Leonís" (1979 to 1980) 5 Tristania 28 to 44

Notes and References

1. Tanis Guest (translator). Gerritsen and van Melle (eds). A Dictionary of Medieval Heroes. The Boydell Press. 1998. Reprinted 2000. p 280.
2. Entwistle, The Arthurian Legend in the Literatures of the Spanish Peninsula, 1925, p 127
3. 1929
4. https://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/tristfln.html Tristan the Younger
5. Bruce, The Arthurian Name Dictionary, 1999, p 474. Entwistle, The Arthurian Legend in the Literatures of the Spanish Peninsula, 1925, p 127.
6. Arthurian Literature XXXI, p 164
7. Gardner. The Arthurian Legend in Italian Literature. 1930. p 301.
8. Dotson, "Merchant Culture in Fourteenth Century Venice" (1994) 98 Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies 1 at 179. Lyonnesse, Britannica. Três grandes cavaleiros da Távola Redonda. Sherman, "Lyonesse", Storytelling: An Encyclopedia of Mythology and Folklore, M E Sharpe, 2008, Routledge, 2015, p 293.
9. Gardner. The Arthurian Legend in Italian Literature. 1930. p 295.
10. Gardner, Edmund G. The Arthurian Legend in Italian Literature. J.M. Dent & Sons, 1930. 300ff.
11. Bruce, The Arthurian Name Dictionary, 1999, p 474. Gardner, The Arthurian Legend in Italian Literature, 1930, p 303.
12. Sharrer, "Spain and Portugal" in Lacy (ed), Medieval Arthurian Literature, 1996, p 419.
13. James Douglas Bruce. The Evolution of Arthurian Romance from the Beginnings down to the Year 1300. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
14. Gardner. The Arthurian Legend in Italian Literature. 1930. p 300.
15. Catalogue of Romances of Chivalry. Bernard Quaritch. 1882. p 667.
16. Entwistle. The Arthurian Legend in the Literatures of the Spanish Peninsula. 1925. p 127.