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In early Arthurian literature, Madoc ap Uthyr (also known as Madog or Madawg) is the son of Uther Pendragon, brother to King Arthur and father of Eliwlod.He is memorialized with "The Death Song of Madawg" (Marwnad Madawg) from the Book of Taliesin, [1] [2] [3] which laments his death at Erof's hands; he is also mentioned in the poem Arthur and the Eagle.
Madoc ap Uthyr, Arthur, Anna, Morgan le Fay (stepdaughter) Uther Pendragon ( Brittonic ) ( / ˈ j uː θ ər p ɛ n ˈ d r æ ɡ ən , ˈ uː θ ər / ; [ 1 ] Welsh : Uthyr Pen Ddraig, Uthyr Pendragon, Uthr Bendragon ), also known as King Uther , was a legendary King of the Britons and father of King Arthur .
See the Offspring section for further information about Arthur's children.) In addition to this immediate family, Arthur was said to have had a great variety of more distant relatives, including maternal aunts, uncles, cousins and a grandfather named Anlawd (or Amlawdd) Wledig ("Prince Anlawd"). The latter, Anlawd, is the common link between ...
His father is Madoc, son of Uther Pendragon, an obscure brother of Arthur's mentioned a very few times in Welsh literature. Arthur thought highly of Eliwlod's eloquence. [ 2 ] Eliwlod appears in the Welsh Triads , where he is called one of the three "Golden-Tongued Knights of Britain", [ 3 ] alongside Gwalchmei ap Gwyar (Gawain) and Drudwas ap ...
Those following R. S. Loomis would date it before 1100, and see it as providing important evidence for the development of Arthurian legend, with links to Nennius and early Welsh poetry. [29] By contrast, The Dream of Rhonabwy is set in the reign of the historical Madog ap Maredudd (1130–60), and must therefore either be contemporary with or ...
Madoc ab Owain Gwynedd (also spelled Madog) was, according to folklore, a Welsh prince who sailed to the Americas in 1170, over 300 years before Christopher Columbus's voyage in 1492. According to the story, Madoc was a son of Owain Gwynedd who went to sea to flee internecine violence at home. The "Madoc story" evolved from a medieval tradition ...
Madog Crypl, grandson of Madog II ap Gruffydd, prince 1289–1304, sometimes known as Madog III; Madog Fychan, probably son of Madog Crypl, prince 1304–c.1325; Madog ap Llywelyn (13th-century), prince of the Kingdom of Gwynedd; Madoc ap Uthyr, a legendary figure, son of Uther Pendragon and brother of King Arthur
Menw, son of Three-Cries (Middle Welsh: Menw fab Teirgwaedd), is a hero and shapeshifter in early Welsh literature, an "Enchanted Knight" of King Arthur at his court at Celliwig.