Jago (Welsh : Iago; sometimes Jaygo; James in English) was a legendary king of the Britons according to Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the nephew of Gurgustius, succeeded his cousin Sisillius I to the throne and was succeeded by Sissillius' son Kimarcus. [1] Geoffrey has nothing more to say of him. [2]
Lud, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth's legendary History of the Kings of Britain and related medieval texts, was a king of Britain in pre-Roman times who founded London and was buried at Ludgate. He was the eldest son of Geoffrey's King Heli, and succeeded his father to the throne. He was succeeded, in turn, by his brother Caswallon. Lud may be connected with the Welsh mythological figure Lludd Llaw Eraint, earlier Nudd Llaw Eraint, cognate with the Irish Nuada Airgetlám, a king of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and the Brittonic god Nodens. However, he was a separate figure in Welsh tradition and is usually treated as such.
Tasciovanus was a historical king of the Catuvellauni tribe before the Roman conquest of Britain.
Leir was a legendary king of the Britons whose story was recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his pseudohistorical 12th-century History of the Kings of Britain. According to Geoffrey's genealogy of the British dynasty, Leir's reign would have occurred around the 8th century BC, around the time of the founding of Rome. The story was modified and retold by William Shakespeare in his Jacobean tragedy King Lear.
Rivallo was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He came to power in 817BC.
Gurgustius was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He came to power in 788BC.
Sisillius I was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He came to power in 753BC.
Kimarcus was a legendary king of the Britons according to Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the son of Sisillius I. and was succeeded by Gorboduc. Geoffrey has nothing to say of him beyond this.
Idvallo was a legendary king of the Britons as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He came to power in 287BC.
Gerennus was a legendary king of the Britons as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He came to power in 275BC.
Catellus was a legendary king of the Britons, as recounted in Geoffrey of Monmouth's work Historia Regum Britanniae. He came to power in 269 BC.
Edadus was a legendary king of the Britons as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia Regum Britanniae. He came to power in 239BC.
Urianus was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He came to power in 227 BC.
Eliud, also known as Elihud, was a legendary king of the Britons, as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He came to power in 221 BC.
Cledaucus was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He came to power in 215 BC.
Merianus was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He came to power in 197 BC.
Beldgabred was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He reigned approximately 167–161 BC.
Eldol is a legendary king of Britain in Geoffrey of Monmouth's c. 1136 work Historia Regum Britanniae. He came to power in 155 BC. He was succeeded by Redion.
Digueillus was a legendary king of the Brythons according to Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the son of King Capoir and succeeded by his son Heli. He came to power in 113BC.
Historia regum Britanniae, originally called De gestis Britonum, is a pseudohistorical account of British history, written around 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It chronicles the lives of the kings of the Britons over the course of two thousand years, beginning with the Trojans founding the British nation and continuing until the Anglo-Saxons assumed control of much of Britain around the 7th century. It is one of the central pieces of the Matter of Britain.
Caradocus, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae, a pseudohistorical account of the kings of the Britons, was the duke of Cornwall under the reign of Octavius, who became king of Cornwall and died during the Emperor Magnus Maximus' reign.
