Ancestors of King Arthur Pendragon
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Ancestors of King Arthur Pendragon Generation 1 1. King Arthur Pendragon (son of Uther Pendragon King of Britain Pendragon and Eigr Ygerne) was born in 476 AD in Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, , England. He died on 21 May 542 AD. He married Morgaine Pendragon. He married Gwenhwyfar deBretagne. She was born in , , Bretagne, France. Generation 2 2. Uther Pendragon King of Britain Pendragon (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in 430 AD in War Chief Britions King, , , England. He died in 495 AD in Stonehenge, Wiltshire, , England. He married Eigr Ygerne. 3. Eigr Ygerne was born in Dumnonia, , , England. She died in Solwayfirth, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland. Notes for Uther Pendragon King of Britain Pendragon: Uther is best known from Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain (1136) where he is the youngest son of King of Britannia Constantine II. His eldest brother Constans succeeds to the throne on their father's death, but is murdered at the instigation of his adviser Vortigern, who seizes the throne. Uther and his other brother Aurelius Ambrosius, still children, flee to Brittany. After Vortigern's alliance with the Saxons under Hengist goes disastrously wrong, Aurelius and Uther, now adults, return. Aurelius burns Vortigern in his castle and becomes king. With Aurelius on the throne, Uther leads his brother's army to Ireland to help Merlin bring the stones of Stonehenge from there to Britain. Later, while Aurelius is ill, Uther leads his army against Vortigern's son Paschent and his Saxon allies. On the way to the battle, he sees a comet in the shape of a dragon, which Merlin interprets as presaging Aurelius's death and Uther's glorious future. Uther wins the battle and takes the epithet "Pendragon", and returns to find that Aurelius has been poisoned by an assassin. He becomes king and orders the construction of two gold dragons, one of which he uses as his standard. He secures Britain's frontiers and quells Saxon uprisings with the aid of his retainers, one of whom is Gorlois, Duke of Cornwall. At a banquet celebrating their victories Uther becomes obsessively enamoured of Gorlois' wife, Igerna (Igraine), and a war ensues between Uther and his vassal. Gorlois sends Igerna to the impregnable castle of Tintagel for protection while he himself is besieged by Uther in another town. Uther consults with Merlin who uses his magic to transform the king into the likeness of Gorlois and thus gain access to Igerna at Tintagel. He spends the night with her and they conceive a son, Arthur, but the next morning it is discovered that Gorlois had been killed. Uther marries Igerna and they have another child, a daughter called Anna (in later romances she is called Morgause and is usually Igerna's daughter by her previous marriage). She later marries King Lot and becomes the mother of Gawain and Mordred. Uther later falls ill, but when the wars against the Saxons go badly he insists on leading his army himself, propped up on his horse. He defeats Hengist's son Octa at Verulamium (St Albans), despite the Saxons calling him the "Half-Dead King." However, the Saxons soon contrive his death by poisoning a spring he drinks from near Verulamium. Uther's family is based on some historical figures; Constantine on the historical usurper Constantine III, a claimant to the Roman throne from 407-411, and Constans on his son. Aurelius Ambrosius is Ambrosius Aurelianus, mentioned by Gildas, though his connection to Constantine and Constans is unrecorded. Eigr Ygerne and Uther Pendragon King of Britain Pendragon had the following children: 1. i. King Arthur Pendragon (son of Uther Pendragon King of Britain Pendragon and Eigr Ygerne) was born in 476 AD in Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, , England. He died on 21 May 542 AD. He married Morgaine Pendragon. He married Gwenhwyfar deBretagne. She was born in , , Bretagne, France. ii. Anna Margawse (daughter of Uther Pendragon King of Britain Pendragon and Eigr Ygerne) was born in 594 AD in , Arthur, Nebraska, USA. Generation 3 4. Flavius Julius Constantius (son of Flavius Valerius Constantinius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta DiRoma) was born in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. He died in Aquiléia, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. He married Flavia Maximiana Fausta (daughter of Maximianus Herculius and Eutropia The Syrian) in Syr', Vologda, Russia. 5. Flavia Maximiana Fausta (daughter of Maximianus Herculius and Eutropia The Syrian) was born in 4 AD in Säviä, Ita-Suomen Laani, Finland. She died in 4 AD in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. Flavia Maximiana Fausta and Flavius Julius Constantius had the following children: i. Constantius III Of Rome (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Eusebia Major) was born in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. He died in Ravenna, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. He married Aielia Galla Placidia (daughter of Theodosius I Great and Aelia Flavia Flaccilla) in , , , Italy. She was born in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. She died in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. ii. Percsmesser (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta). He died in Y, Somme, Picardie, France. iii. Maxen Wledig Britain (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in born in Britian, , King, England. He died in Augusta Trevorum, Gaul, Bayern, Germany. iv. Magnus Flavius Clemens Maximus (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in Gallaecia, Iberia, Louisiana, United States. He died in Aquiléia, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. v. Maximianus Constans (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in Rome, Kennebec, Maine, United States. He died in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. vi. Maximianus Constans (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in Atles, , , Italy. He died in Aquiléia, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. vii. Constantia Verch Constantine (daughter of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. She died in , Vienne, Poitou-Charentes, France. viii. Constantius (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in Empire, Dodge, Georgia, United States. He died in Tarsus, Icel, Turkey. ix. Gallus Julius Constantius (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. He died in Ravenna, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. x. Emperor Flavius Constantius III III (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. He died in Ravenna, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. xi. Flavius Iulius Crispus (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta). He died in Pola, Istria, Croatia. xii. Constantine West Emperor (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in Dalmatia, Croatia. He died in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. xiii. Genzo (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in Gaul, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. He died in Africa, Spalding, Georgia, United States. 2. xiv. Uther Pendragon King of Britain Pendragon (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in 430 AD in War Chief Britions King, , , England. He died in 495 AD in Stonehenge, Wiltshire, , England. He married Eigr Ygerne. She was born in Dumnonia, , , England. She died in Solwayfirth, Dumfries-shire, , Scotland. He married Ygraine. He married Eigyr Ferch Amlawdd. She was born in 452 AD. xv. Pircsmesser (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta). He died in Y, Somme, Picardie, France. xvi. Constantius Roman Emperor II (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. He died in Aquiléia, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. xvii. Uther Pendragon Rome (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in , , , England. He died in Stonehenge, Wiltshire, , England. xviii. Flavius Afranius Syagrius (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in Gaul, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. He died in Lyon, Rhone, Rhone-Alpes, France. xix. Macsen Wledig (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in Galicia, Spain. He died in Aquiléia, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. xx. Emperor Constantine Rome Constantius (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in Atles, Sirmium Savia, Yugoslavia. He died in Mopsucrenae, Honorias, Turkey. xxi. Flavius Julius Constantius (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in Atles, Sirmium, Savia now, Yugoslavia. He died in Aquiléia, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. xxii. Flavius Claudius Roman Empire (son of Flavius Julius Constantius and Flavia Maximiana Fausta) was born in Arles, Pyrenees-Orientales, Languedoc-Roussillon, France. He died in Aquiléia, Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy. Generation 4 8. Flavius Valerius Constantinius (son of Aurelius Valerius Constantius and StHelena Colchester) was born in Naissus, Moesia, Yugoslavia. He died in Naissus, Ancyrona, Nicomedia, Bithynia. He married Flavia Maximiana Fausta DiRoma (daughter of Emperor Rome Maximinus Marcus Aurelias and Eutropia Crispina Crispus Syria) in Nish, Oruzgan, Afghanistan. 9. Flavia Maximiana Fausta DiRoma (daughter of Emperor Rome Maximinus Marcus Aurelias and Eutropia Crispina Crispus Syria) was born in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy. She died in 4 AD in Trier, Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. Flavia Maximiana Fausta DiRoma and Flavius Valerius Constantinius had the following