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Lud (Welsh: Lludd map Beli Mawr), according to Geoffrey of Monmouth's pseudohistorical 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
He is probably the source of king Lud from Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain. [3] In the Mabinogion tale of Lludd and Llefelys, which influenced Geoffrey of Monmouth's work, he is the ruler of Britain while his brother Llefelys ruled Gaul. Lludd calls on Llefelys to rid Britain of three plagues then afflicting the kingdom.
Engraving of Ned Ludd, Leader of the Luddites, 1812. Ned Ludd (/ n ɛ d l ʌ d /) [1] is the legendary person to whom the Luddites attributed the name of their movement. [2]In 1779, Ludd is supposed to have broken two stocking frames in a fit of rage.
King Lud's Entrenchments is also known as King Lud's Intrenchments [3] or King Lud's Banks. [4] The site has not been excavated and its date is unknown. It has been thought of as a Saxon boundary ditch, but aerial photographic work has suggested that it may be part of an extensive prehistoric boundary system extending from Northamptonshire to ...
According to legend, recorded by the Norman-Welsh cleric Geoffrey of Monmouth, Ludgate was named after the ancient British king Lud. Lud was said to be the brother of King Cassivelaunus but some folklorists think he is a manifestation of the god Nodens. There are other suggestions for the origins of the name, although none has been universally ...
Lud (Hebrew: לוּד Lūḏ) was a son of Shem and grandson of Noah, according to Genesis 10 (the "Table of Nations"). The descendants of Lud are usually, following Josephus , connected with various Anatolian peoples, particularly Lydia (Assyrian Luddu ) and their predecessors, the Luwians ; cf. Herodotus ' assertion ( Histories i.
Beli also appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's history Historia Regum Britanniae (1130s) as the British king Heli, son of Digueillus and father of Lud, Cassivellaunus and Nennius. He is said to have held the throne for 40 years, after which he was succeeded by his son Lud (Llud). [15]
Soon after, he helps his brother Llefelys marry the princess of France and become king of that country. Though Lludd's reign starts off auspiciously – he founds "Caer Lludd", later to become London , as in Geoffrey – before long three plagues disrupt the peace.