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In contrast to traditional versions, Stephen R. Lawhead's Pendragon Cycle makes Uther's brother Aurelius, whose widow he marries, Arthur's true father. In Marion Zimmer Bradley 's Mists of Avalon , Uther is the nephew of Aurelianus instead of his brother; while Aurelianus is the son of a Roman Emperor , Uther has no Roman blood.
In early Arthurian literature, Madoc ap Uthyr (also known as Madog or Madawg) is the son of Uther Pendragon, brother to King Arthur and father of Eliwlod.He is memorialized with "The Death Song of Madawg" (Marwnad Madawg) from the Book of Taliesin, [1] [2] [3] which laments his death at Erof's hands; he is also mentioned in the poem Arthur and the Eagle.
The earliest Welsh Arthurian tradition portrays Arthur as having an extensive family network, including his parents Uther Pendragon and Eigyr (Igraine), wife Gwenhwyfar (Guinevere), nephew Gwalchmei (Gawain), brother, and several sons; his maternal lineage is also detailed, linking him to relatives such as his grandfather.
Half-brother of Lancelot, son of King Ban and the Lady de Maris, Sir Bors and Sir Lionel are his cousins Hengest: Hengist The Ecclesiastical History of the English People, 721 Historia Regum Britanniae: An Anglo-Saxon king killed by Uther Pendragon, Horsa's brother Hueil mab Caw: Huail Culhwch and Olwen, c. 1110 Vita Gildae, Welsh Triads
The use of "Pendragon" to refer to Arthur, rather than to Uther or his brother, is of much more recent vintage. In literature, one of its earliest uses to refer to Arthur is in Alfred, Lord Tennyson 's poem " Lancelot and Elaine ", where, however, it appears as Arthur's title rather than his surname, following contemporary speculation that ...
[note 1] Geoffrey also refers to Ambrosius Aurelianus (whom he calls Aurelius Ambrosius) as a king of Britain and an older brother of Uther Pendragon, father of Arthur, thus establishing a familial relationship between Aurelianus and Arthur. He identifies Aurelius Ambrosius as the son of Constantinus, a Breton ruler and brother of Aldroenus. [41]
At the same time, however, Geoffrey also turned Ambrosius Aurelianus into the separate character of Uther Pendragon's brother Aurelius Ambrosius. Geoffrey added his own embellishments to the tale, which he set in Carmarthen, Wales (Welsh: Caerfyrddin).
King Lot / ˈ l ɒ t /, also spelled Loth or Lott (Lleu or Llew in Welsh), is a British monarch in Arthurian legend.He was introduced in Geoffrey of Monmouth's pseudohistorical Historia Regum Britanniae as King Arthur's brother-in-law, who serves as regent of Britain between the reigns of Uther Pendragon and Arthur.