Eldol
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Eldol is a legendary king of Britain in Geoffrey of Monmouth
's circa 1136 work Historia Regum Britanniae
("The History of the Kings of Britain").
A 6th century hero called Eidol is mentioned in The Gododdin
but is unlikely to be the source for Geoffrey's Eldol. He should also not be confused with Eldol, Consul of Gloucester
who lives generations later in Geoffrey's work.
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 circa 1136 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...
("The History of the Kings of Britain").
A 6th century hero called Eidol is mentioned in The Gododdin
Y Gododdin
Y Gododdin is a medieval Welsh poem consisting of a series of elegies to the men of the Britonnic kingdom of Gododdin and its allies who, according to the conventional interpretation, died fighting the Angles of Deira and Bernicia at a place named Catraeth...
but is unlikely to be the source for Geoffrey's Eldol. He should also not be confused with Eldol, Consul of Gloucester
Eldol, Consul of Gloucester
Eldol was the Consul or Count of Gloucester, who was the sole British leader to escape from the massacre of Salisbury in Geoffrey of Monmouth's circa 1136 work Historia Regum Britanniae . Hengist invited all of the British Leaders to a peace treaty...
who lives generations later in Geoffrey's work.