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THE KINGS AND QUEENS OF BRITAIN, PART I (from ’s Historia Regum Britanniae, tr. Lewis Thorpe)

See also Bill Cooper’s extended version (incorporating details given by ’s history and old Welsh texts, and adding hypothesised dates for each monarch, as explained here).

See also the various parallel versions of the Arthurian section.

Aeneas │ = ’s niece │ (in ) Brutus = Ignoge, dtr of Pandrasus │ ┌─────────────┴─┬───────────────┐ Gwendolen = Kamber (in ) (in ) │ └Habren, by Estrildis ┌──┴──┐ Mempricius Malin │ │ 30 dtrs and 20 sons incl. Brutus Greenshield └ └Rud Hud Hudibras └ │ Leir ┌────────────────┴┬──────────────┐ Cordelia = Maglaurus of Albany = Henwinus of Cornwall = Aganippus of the │ │ Marganus │ Rivallo ┌──┴──┐ Gurgustius (anon) │ │ Sisillius Jago │ Kimarcus │ = Judon ┌──┴──┐ Porrex Cloten of Cornwall┐ Dunvallo Molmutius = Tonuuenna ┌──┴──┐ = dtr of Elsingius of Gurguit Barbtruc┘ = dtr of Segnius of the └Guithelin = Marcia Sisillius┘ ┌┴────┐ Kinarius Danius = Tanguesteaia Morvidus┘ ┌──────┬────┴─┬──────┬──────┐ Gorbonianus Archgallo Elidurus Ingenius Peredurus │ ┌──┴──┐ │ │ │ (anon) Marganus Enniaunus │ Idvallo Gerennus ┘ Millus┘ Porrex┘ ┘ ┌─────┴─┬───────┐ Fulgenius Edadus Andragius ┘ Cledaucus┘ Clotenus┘ Gurgintius┘ Merianus┘ Bledudo┘ Cap┘ Oenus┘ Sisillius┘ ┌──┴──┐ Bledgabred Archmail └Redon └Redechius └Samuil └Penessil └Pir └Capoir └Digueillus └Heli ┌──────┬─────┴──┐ Lud Cassivelaunus Nennius ┌──────┴┐ Androgeus Tenvantius │ └ Scaeva ┌────┴─┐ Arvirargus = Genvissa, dtr of Marius┘ ┘ Lucius┘ ┌──────┐ Roman woman = Severus = British woman Sulgenius ┘ └Bassianus

Carausius

Asclepiodotus ┌───────┬──────┬────┐ Coel Ioelinus │ Marius Constantius = Helen┘ = Roman │ ┘ │woman │ ┌───────────┐ │ │ (anon) Octavius of the Gewissei │ └Conanus Meridiadocus └(anon dtr) = Maximianus (given Brittany) ¦ Gracianus Municeps ┌┴──────────────┐ Aldroenus Constantine ┌───────┴───────────┬─────┬─────────────┐ Constans ┌────┐ │ │ │ Hengist Horsa │ │ │ ┌─┴──┬───┐ │ │ │ = Renwein Octa Ebissa │ │ │ ┌─┴───┬──────┐ Aurelius │ │ Katigern Paschent Ambrosius │ │ ┌─────────────────┐ │ │ │ = Ygerna = Utherpendragon │ ┌────┴┐ ┌────┬────┐ │ │ = Arthur Anna = Loth Urian Auguselus │ │ ┌────┴┐ │ │ ┌──┴─┬──────┐ │ Constantine (anon) ┌(anon) └two sons │ two sons┘ Aurelius Conanus │ └Vortiporius Budicius of │ └Malgo Brittany = (anon dtr)* ┌─────┴──────────────┐ │ Ennianus Run Belin┘ └(anon dtr) = Hoel┘ ┌Iago┘ └Alan Cadvan of the Venedoti Ethelfrid of Northumbria Hoel┘ ┌┴───────┐ │ ┌┴──┐ Cadwallo (anon) Edwin Salomon (anon) = Peanda’s sister ┌┴──┐ ┌┴──┐ │ ┌┴─────────┐ Brian (anon dtr) Offrid (anon) Alan Cadwallader (anon) └two sons └Yvor └Yni

*According to Thorpe, there is confusion in the text between the sister of Aurelius and the sister of Arthur. Here I follow his interpretation.