Wilfred of Ivanhoe is a Saxon loyal to the Norman king Richard I. Because of this loyalty, and his love for Lady Rowena, Ivanhoe is cast out by his father, a Saxon loyalist determined to liberate the Saxon people from Norman rule. He plans to marry Rowena, his ward and a descendant of the Saxon king Alfred, to Lord Aethelstane, pretender to the throne of England.
艾凡赫的父親一心一意想解救薩克遜同胞脫離諾曼政權,但是艾凡赫卻對諾曼國王理查一世忠心耿耿,而且還愛上了羅文娜公主,因而被逐出家門。羅文娜公主原是撒克遜王室後人,現在成了受他監護的對象,於是艾凡赫打算將公主嫁給自稱是英格蘭王室繼承人的艾特斯坦勛爵。
艾凡赫的父親一心一意想解救薩克遜同胞脫離諾曼政權,但是艾凡赫卻對諾曼國王理查一世忠心耿耿,而且還愛上了羅文娜公主,因而被逐出家門。羅文娜公主原是撒克遜王室後人,現在成了受他監護的對象,於是艾凡赫打算將公主嫁給自稱是英格蘭王室繼承人的艾特斯坦勛爵。