The four jealous barons of King Mark, devise a plan to ensure that the king’s nephew, Tristan, would not be the heir to the land of Cornwall. As their jealously of Tristan arose they convince the chief men of Cornwall to turn against him and tell the King that he must take some King’s daughter as wife to give them their heir or they will wage war. However, the King remains loyal to his nephew and says as long as Tristan is alive, he will not marry. Tristan threatens if King Mark did not obey his barons he would soon find another King to serve. The king decides that he will marry, but he only to “the Lady with the Golden Hair,” while this anger the barons who feel mocked, Tristan remembers the golden hair of Iseult the Fair and sets off
