Leir of Britain
Leir of Britain Leir was a legendary king of the Britons ... source for William Shakespeare's King Lear. Leir followed his father Bladud to the kingship of Britain and had the longest reign of ...
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Matter of Britain
Matter of Britain Arthurian legend or the Matter of Britain is a name given collectively to the ... be without: the matter of France, of Britain, and of great Rome.) The name distinguishes and relates the Matter of Britain from the mythological themes taken from classical ... the chief subject of the Matter of Britain, other lesser-known legendary history of ...
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Queen Cordelia
... Monmouth. She was the youngest daughter of Leir and the second ruling queen of Britain. Cordelia was Leir's favorite daughter, being the younger sister to Goneril and Regan. When Leir decided to divide his kingdom between his ... Cordelia refused to flatter him. In response, Leir refused her any land in Britain ...
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King of the Britons
... Britons refers to kings of Celtic Great Britain as recorded by much later authors, including ... Though legendary and apocryphal, the kings of Britain contributed much to the Matter of Britain, the medieval and early modern traditions about ... Britanniae (The History of the Kings of Britain). It spans a length of nearly two ... on the list is Brutus, after whom Britain took its name, and who was ...
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Category:British traditional history
... to the pre-Anglo-Saxon history of Britain and the Britons, as accounted by Geoffrey ... the Picts Ambrosius Aurelianus Andragius Androgeus of Britain Archgallo Archmail Aricia (Celtic) King Arthur Arvirargus ... ap Einion Cadwallon ap Cadfan Cap of Britain Capoir Caracalla Caradocus Caradog ap Meirion Carausius ... emperor) Constantine III (usurper) Constantine III of Britain Constantius Chlorus Queen Cordelia C cont. Legendary ... Interregnum of Severus J Jago Jago of Britain K Kamber Keredic Kimarcus Kinarius L ...
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Marganus
... Albany, and Goneril, the daughter of King Leir. Morganus, grandson of Leir, despised the rule of his aunt Cordelia ... Morganus came to rule the region of Britain northeast of the Humber. was the and ... despised the rule of a queen, in Britain. Morganus was eldest male heir of Leir and, influenced by his peers, became ...
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King Lear
... is based on the legend of King Leir, a king of pre-Roman Britain. His story had already been told in ... details follow. King Lear is ruler of Britain. He's a patriarchal figure whose misjudgement ... on various accounts of the semi-legendary Leir, a King of the Britons, whose tale ... s sources was an earlier play, King Leir. In this play Cordella and the ...
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Legendary Dukes of Cornwall
... the legendary dukes of Cornwall in Celtic Britain as established by such pseudo-historical authors ... considered part of the vast Matter of Britain. The list is more often thought of ... heroes. If the lists of kings of Britain are mythological and apocryphal (though extraordinarily influential ... BCE Henwinus duke in the time of Leir c. 750 BCE Cunedagius duke in the ... BCE Dunvallo Molmutius king then king of Britain c. 420 BCE Belinus simultaneously king ...
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Historia Regum Britanniae
... English: The History of the Kings of Britain) was written around 1136. It chronicles the ... the Anglo-Saxons had assumed control of Britain around the 7th century. Of the many ... the history, most notable are: Brutus of Britain - Founded the colony of Britain and named the island after himself Leir - Romanticized in Shakespeare's play King ...
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List of fictional British monarchs
... can help by expanding it. Matter of Britain See the article King of the Britons ... the central figure of the Arthurian Cycle Leir of Britain, who became the inspiration for Shakespeare's ... machine to alter history. Marvel comics King Britain of Britain , though technically he rules the whole ...
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