Peredur

Peredur ( Latin Peredurus in ) 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 last of five wire of the king Morvidus.

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.

The reign of Peredur

Died of king Morvidus, Arthgallo his/her oldest son succeeds to him. He is relieved soon by a revolt of noble which he strips their richnesses. His/her brother Elidur replaces it on the throne. During 5 years, the deposed king vainly tries to constitute an army in order to take again his place. Following a fortuitous meeting in forest of Calaterium, Elidur restores Arthgallo with the head of the kingdom, its reign will last 10 years.

Elidur takes again the crown for one second time. 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”.

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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