Campeador ("Great Warrior", a nickname of El Cid)I was a bit uncertain about this, but I can see how it might be worked out: the -ador ending probably means 'fighter, killer', as in toreador, and camp- would be from campo, 'field', in the sense of 'battle'. So, loosely, 'battle-fighter', intensified by being the battle-fighter. But my etymology could be horribly wrong.
Out of interest, where did you find the name Benwick attached to Lancelot? It's not one I've seen before in any of the Arthurian variants I know...According to the Wikipedia article (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lancelot#In_French_romances_and_Le_Morte_d'Arthur), it's from French/Breton sources - he appears as the son of King Ban of Benoic (anglicised as Benwick). This definitely ended up in something I read a long time ago, probably as a child or teenager: probably T. H. White's The Once and Future King, or possibly Mary Stewart's "Merlin" trilogy.
Out of interest, where did you find the name Benwick attached to Lancelot? It's not one I've seen before in any of the Arthurian variants I know...
First of all, I'd like to say that the pendragon pun is brilliant
I think the initial name for the Clington-Buschs was Tywester, or Stanniston, something like that. XDNice. Mind if I pinch this?
# | Principle champion | Spoof Surname | Based On |
1 | William | Warless | Wallace |
2 | Simon | De Montcastle | De Montfort |
3 | Tancred | Haughtyville | Hauteville |
4 | Robert | Fitzwaldo | Fitzwalter (all of the above are based on real families from Jub's reply) |
5 | Guy | Gisbone | Gisbourne |
6 | Robin | Lockshood | Locksley |
7 | Wilfred | Ivanhole | Ivanhoe |
8 | Lancelot | Du Lack | Du Lac |
9 | Edmund | Darkasp | Blackadder |
10 | Arthur | Birodragon | Pendragon |
11 | Ulric | Von Lichenstone | Von Liechtenstein (appears in "a knights tale" but based on a real person) |
12 | Neddard | Northgrim | Stark |
13 | Gregor "The hillock" | Clegoon | Clegane |
14 | Jorah | Fewermont | Moremont |
15 | Robert | Stanniston | Baratheon (From Silverpook's suggestion) |
16 | Jaime | Flannister | Lannister |
I think the initial name for the Clington-Buschs was Tywester, or Stanniston, something like that. XDNice. Mind if I pinch this?