Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-184.88.25.24-20131112235645/@comment-80.7.103.140-20141115005322

184.88.25.24 wrote: CONFUSION.... so really? is she older than Arthur... so much confusion because im pretty sure Merlin is younger by Arthur and in a few moments it gives hints that Morgana is older than Arthur so WEIRDNESS... I don't think it mentions much about age in the series. But it would have been awful of Uther if he went and had an affair with someone else's wife and had Morgana BEFORE he had the chance to make his precious heir with his actual wife he supposedly loved so much. Unless this was a unspecified time before his marriage to Igraine, then that would mean yes, Morgana would have to be a little bit older than Arthur. That would explain why she felt she had a strong enough claim to the throne if tragedy struck, though still I feel it was just an excuse because if she was older than Arthur, she was still a woman and illegitimate and between families.

If Uther had an affair during Igraine's life, the age limits must have been too close to call. If a few years after Igraine's death (so between then and when Gorlois died), Morgana might have been around Merlin's age (3/4-ish years younger than Arthur).

If anything it shows how many men Morgana's mother slept with too, because Morgause's father a few years prior was not Gorlois, and then Vivienne was also with Uther. So poor Gorlois fathered no-one!

Personally I feel Morgana was older (either by a couple o' years or only just).