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Amlawdd Wledig ( Middle Welsh and other alternative spellings present in relevant sources include Amlawd, Amlawt, Anlawdd, Anlawd, Amlodd, Amlwyd, Aflawdd and Anblaud) was a legendary king of sub-Roman Britain. The Welsh title [G]wledig, archaically Gwledic or Guletic and Latinised Guleticus, is defined as follows: "lord, king, prince, ruler; term applied to a number of early British rulers and princes who were prominent in the defence of Britain about the time of the Roman withdrawal; (possibly) commander of the native militia (in a Romano-British province)". [1]
He is described as a king of 'some part of Wales, possibly on the border with Herefordshire. [2] If it is accepted that King Gwrfoddw of Ergyng (see below under children) is Amlawdd's son, there would be a logic to Amlawdd also having been a king in the Ergyng or Herefordshire area.
At least three different genealogies are suggested for Amlawdd Wledig:
Amlawdd is said to have been the husband of Gwen, the daughter of Cunedda Wledig, the legendary northern king said either to have migrated [6] or to have been sent south by Vortigern to drive Irish invaders from the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
A number of figures from the Arthurian legends are suggested (with varying levels of plausibility) to have been the children of Amlawdd, including:
Amlawdd Wledig is named in many sources to have been the maternal grandfather of King Arthur, [13] while others suggest he is a genealogical construct, created in order to justify the kinship connections referred to in the Welsh prose tale of Culhwch and Olwen between Arthur, Culhwch, St Illtud and Goreu fab Custennin. [14] Amlawdd does not appear in the list of Kings of Britain given by Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Amlawdd Wledig | |
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Spouses |
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Issue (among others) |
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Father | Kynwal or Lambor(d) (disputed) |
Amlawdd Wledig ( Middle Welsh and other alternative spellings present in relevant sources include Amlawd, Amlawt, Anlawdd, Anlawd, Amlodd, Amlwyd, Aflawdd and Anblaud) was a legendary king of sub-Roman Britain. The Welsh title [G]wledig, archaically Gwledic or Guletic and Latinised Guleticus, is defined as follows: "lord, king, prince, ruler; term applied to a number of early British rulers and princes who were prominent in the defence of Britain about the time of the Roman withdrawal; (possibly) commander of the native militia (in a Romano-British province)". [1]
He is described as a king of 'some part of Wales, possibly on the border with Herefordshire. [2] If it is accepted that King Gwrfoddw of Ergyng (see below under children) is Amlawdd's son, there would be a logic to Amlawdd also having been a king in the Ergyng or Herefordshire area.
At least three different genealogies are suggested for Amlawdd Wledig:
Amlawdd is said to have been the husband of Gwen, the daughter of Cunedda Wledig, the legendary northern king said either to have migrated [6] or to have been sent south by Vortigern to drive Irish invaders from the Kingdom of Gwynedd.
A number of figures from the Arthurian legends are suggested (with varying levels of plausibility) to have been the children of Amlawdd, including:
Amlawdd Wledig is named in many sources to have been the maternal grandfather of King Arthur, [13] while others suggest he is a genealogical construct, created in order to justify the kinship connections referred to in the Welsh prose tale of Culhwch and Olwen between Arthur, Culhwch, St Illtud and Goreu fab Custennin. [14] Amlawdd does not appear in the list of Kings of Britain given by Geoffrey of Monmouth.