Catellus
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Legendary king of the Britons
Catellus (Welsh: Kadell map Geraint) was a legendary king of the Britons, as recounted in Geoffrey of Monmouth's work Historia Regum Britanniae. He came to power in 269 BC.[1]
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.[2][3]
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| Preceded by | King of Britain | Succeeded by |
- ↑ Monarchie Nobelesse website, Bretons
- ↑ (of) Monmouth, Geoffrey (1999). History of the Kings of Britain. Cambridge, Ontario: Medieval Latin Series. p. 51.
- ↑ National Library of Wales, Welsh Classical Dictionary, page 621