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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 .
Mordred is a major exception to this tradition of a childless death for Arthur's sons. Mordred, like Amr, is killed by Arthur – at Camlann – according to Geoffrey of Monmouth and the post-Galfridian tradition but, unlike the others, he is ascribed two sons , both of whom rose against Arthur's successor and cousin Constantine III with the ...
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 ...
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 ap Rhiryd (12th-century), prince of part of Powys; Madog ap Maredudd (died 1160), the last prince of a united Kingdom of Powys; Madog ap Owain Gwynedd (c. 1170), a legendary Welsh prince who allegedly discovered America in 1170. Princes of Powys Fadog in north-east Wales: Madog ap Gruffydd Maelor, son of Madog ap Maredudd, prince 1191–1236
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Pwyll Pendefig Dyfed, "Pwyll, Prince of Dyfed," is a legendary tale from medieval Welsh literature and the first of the Four Branches of the Mabinogi.It tells of the friendship between Pwyll, prince of Dyfed, and Arawn, lord of Annwn (the Otherworld), of the courting and marriage of Pwyll and Rhiannon and of the birth and disappearance of Pryderi.