Arthur, King of Britain^[1]

- Yes, date unknown

• Name	Arthur
  Suffix	King of Britain
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07071 http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/arthur/bios/index.html But was he a king in the traditional sense? The legends name him High King of Britain, a title held by his father, Uther Pendragon <http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4186/Arthur/htmlpages/kingarthurpeople.html> , and his uncle, Ambrosius Aurelianus <http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4186/Arthur/htmlpages/kingarthurpeople.html> . Noted historian Geoffrey Ashe identifies Arthur with Riothamus, who was called the King of the Britons even though he operated mostly in Gaul (Breton territory). A recent book by Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman identifies Arthur as the King of Powys <http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4186/Arthur/htmlpages/kingarthurplaces.html> and Gwynedd <http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4186/Arthur/htmlpages/kingarthurplaces.html> , two powerful kingdoms in Wales. The northern tradition has Arthur king of some or all of Scotland. http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/4186/Arthur/htmlpages/kingarthurfaq1.html
  Person ID	I6487	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	Uthyr Pendragon, High King of Britain   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Eigr or Ygerna verch Amlawdd, Duchess of Cornwall , High Queen of Britain,   b. 454, Dumonia, Britain d. Caerlaveroc, Solwayfirth, Dumfries, Scotland
  _STAT	Associated with
  Family ID	F2351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		King Arthur Statue of King Arthur, designed by Albrecht Dürer and cast by Peter Vischer the Elder, early 16th century
  		King Arther Arthur as one of the Nine Worthies, tapestry, c. 1385
  		King Arthur The 10th-century Annales Cambriae, as copied into a manuscript of c. 1100
  		King Arthur 4.jpg A facsimile page of Y Gododdin, one of the most famous early Welsh texts featuring Arthur, c. 1275
  		King Arthur-Culhwch.jpg Culhwch (cousin of Arthur) entering Arthur's Court in the Welsh tale Culhwch and Olwen, 1881
  		King Arthur-MORDRED.jpg Mordred, Arthur's final foe according to Geoffrey of Monmouth, illustrated by H. J. Ford for Andrew Lang's King Arthur: The Tales of the Round Table, 1902
  		Merlin the wizard, c. 1300
  		Illustration of Arthur and Merlin Gustave Dore's illustration of Arthur and Merlin for Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s Idylls of the King, 1868

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).