Maddan

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Maddan was a legendary king of the

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.

Notes

  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)

References

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


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