Catellus
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Catellus was a legendary king of the Britons, as recounted in Geoffrey of Monmouth
's work Historia Regum Britanniae
. According to Geoffrey he was the son of King Gerennus
and was succeeded by his son Millus
. In some versions of the Brut y Brenhinedd, a series of Welsh versions of Geoffrey's Historia, Catellus is succeeded by his son Coel, who is then succeeded by his own son Porrex II
.
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Geoffrey of Monmouth was a cleric and one of the major figures in the development of British historiography and the popularity of tales of King Arthur...
's work Historia Regum Britanniae
Historia Regum Britanniae
The Historia Regum Britanniae is a pseudohistorical account of British history, written c. 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It chronicles the lives of the kings of the Britons in a chronological narrative spanning a time of two thousand years, beginning with the Trojans founding the British nation...
. According to Geoffrey he was the son of King Gerennus
Gerennus
Gerennus was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was a son of King Elidurus and was succeeded by his son Catellus. According to Geoffrey, his descendants ruled Britain through the time of the Roman invasion of Britain....
and was succeeded by his son Millus
Millus
Millus was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. His father was King Catellus and was succeeded by his son Porrex II....
. In some versions of the Brut y Brenhinedd, a series of Welsh versions of Geoffrey's Historia, Catellus is succeeded by his son Coel, who is then succeeded by his own son Porrex II
Porrex II
Porrex II was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. His father was King Millus and he was succeeded by his son Cherin....
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