Elidur

Elidur (Latin Elidurus in ), sometimes called “the Good”, is a legendary king of the island of Brittany (current Great Britain), whose “history” is reported by Geoffroy de Monmouth in his Historia regum Britanniae (towards 1135). It is the third wire of the king Morvidus, it assembles three times on the throne.

The kingdom of the island of Brittany

After the Trojan War, Énée arrives in Italy, with his/her son Ascagne and becomes the Master of the kingdom of the Romans. Its grandson Brutus is constrained with the exile after having accidentally killed his father. After a long navigation, Brutus unloads in the island of Brittany, occupies it and makes its kingdom of it. He marries Innogen of which he has three wire. With its death, the kingdom is divided in three parts and its sons succeed to him: Locrinus receives the center from the island to which it gives the name of “Loegrie”, Kamber receives the “Cambrie” (current Wales) and its name gives him, Albanactus inherits the area of north and calls it “Albania” (Scotland). Following the invasion of Albania by Huns and of died of Albanactus, the kingdom is reunified under the sovereignty of Locrinus. It is the beginning of a long list of sovereigns.

Reigns of Elidur

Elidur is the third wire of king Morvidus, his brothers are Gorbonian, Arthgallo, Ingen, and Peredur.

It assembles first once on the throne of the kingdom of Brittany, after the dismissal of his Arthgallo brother, who had undertaken to adapt the richnesses of the noble ones. This first reign lasts 5 years until the reconciliation of the two brothers. Elidur then restores the crown with Arthgallo, which reigns during 10 years. This gesture is worth to him to be called “the Good”.

With its death Elidur goes up on the throne. But Ingen and Peredur, the two other brothers raise an army and rebel against the king. This one is overcome and done captive in a tower of Trinovantum. The new kings share the territory, Ingen takes the west of the Humber and Peredur is monopolized is with Albania. Ingen dies seven years later, Peredur then recovers the totality of the kingdom and “control surface with benevolence and moderation”.

When Peredur dies in its turn, Elidur is released and given on the throne. A son of Gorbonian, whose name is unknown, succeeds to him.

Source

  • Geoffroy de Monmouth, History of the kings de Bretagne , translated and commented on by Laurence Mathey-Mesh, Beautiful letters, coll “the Wheel with books”, Paris, 2004.

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