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Complete tapestry of "Brutus' expedition to Aquitaine", with Innogen on the left. Innogen first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136).She was the eldest daughter of the Greek king Pandrasus, and was given in marriage to Brutus of Troy after he united the enslaved Trojans in Greece and defeated Pandrasus to gain their freedom.
Brutus, also called Brute of Troy, is a mythical British king. He is described as a legendary descendant of the Trojan hero Aeneas , known in medieval British legend as the eponymous founder and first king of Britain .
Porcia (c. 73 BC – June 43 BC), [2] [3] occasionally spelled Portia, especially in 18th-century English literature, [4] was a Roman woman who lived in the 1st century BC. She was the daughter of Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis (Cato the Younger) and his first wife Atilia.
The Trojan genealogy of Nennius was written in the Historia Brittonum of Nennius and was created to merge Greek mythology with Christian themes. As a description of the genealogical line of Aeneas of Troy, Brutus of Britain, and Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome, it is an example of the foundation genealogies found not only in early Irish, Welsh and Saxon texts but also in Roman sources.
Brutus, leader of the Trojans. Membricus, Brutus' former lover and now his adviser. Asterion, the murdered Minotaur, half-brother to Ariadne. Cornelia, Brutus' wife, and the central character of the first three books of the series. Corineus, Brutus' captain. Coel, a Llangarlian mystic and warrior; also temporary lover of Cornelia.
According to Geoffrey, Locrinus was the oldest son of Brutus and Innogen, and a descendant of the Trojans through Aeneas. Following Brutus's death, Britain was divided amongst the three sons, with Locrinus receiving the portion roughly equivalent to England except for Devon and Cornwall, Albanactus receiving Scotland (Albany), and Kamber ...
Named for Britain's mythical founder, Brutus of Troy, the poem is largely based on the Anglo-Norman French Roman de Brut by Wace, which is in turn a version of Geoffrey of Monmouth's Latin Historia Regum Britanniae. Layamon's poem, however, is longer than both and includes an enlarged section on the life and exploits of King Arthur.
Camber was the second son of Brutus and Innogen, and a descendant of Aeneas of Troy.Upon his father's death he was given Cambria, while his younger brother Albanactus got Alba (the territory corresponding to modern Scotland; from Welsh Yr Alban) and his older brother Locrinus received Logres (corresponding to England except for Cornwall; from Welsh Lloegr) and the title of King of the Britons.