Maddan

Maddan
Maddan
King of Loegria, Kambria and Albania
Reign	fl. 1100BCE
Predecessor	Queen Gwendolen
Successor	Mempricius
King of Cornwall
Predecessor	Queen Gwendolen
Successor	Mempricius
Issue	Mempricius; Malin;
Father	Locrinus

Maddan was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He came to power in 1100BC.^[1] He was the son of King Locrinus and Queen Gwendolen,^[2] who both ruled Britain separately.

He was born during the reign of Locrinus but soon after, his grandfather Corineus of Cornwall died and his mother defeated Locrinus in battle. His mother reigned for the fifteen years of Maddan's adolescence then she abdicated in his favor. Soon after taking the throne, he married and became the father of Mempricius and Malin. For forty years he reigned peacefully until his death when civil war broke out between his sons.

Corineus

Malin

Nineteen other sons

Thirty daughters

unknown

Judon

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Notes

^ Monarchie Nobelesse website, Bretons
^ Sacred Texts website Histories of the Kings of Britain (Book II), by Geoffry of Monmouth, tr. by Sebastian Evans (1904)

References

Legendary titles
Preceded by Gwendolen	King of Loegria, Kambria and Albania at maturity	Succeeded by Mempricius
Preceded by Gwendolen	King of Cornwall on Gwendolen's death	Succeeded by Mempricius

[1] Monarchie Nobelesse website, Bretons

[2] Sacred Texts website Histories of the Kings of Britain (Book II), by Geoffry of Monmouth, tr. by Sebastian Evans (1904)

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