King Leir and his daughters, a marginal illustration in the Chronica Majora, c. 1250
Leir was a legendary king of the Britons whose story was recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his pseudohistorical 12th-century History of the Kings of Britain.[1] According to Geoffrey's genealogy of the British dynasty, Leir's reign would have occurred around the 8th century BC, around the time of the founding of Rome. The story was modified and retold by William Shakespeare in his Jacobean tragedy King Lear.[2]
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ofBritain. According to Geoffrey's genealogy of the British dynasty, Leir's reign would have occurred around the 8th century BC, around the time of the...
response, Leir refused her any land in Britain or the blessing of any husband. Regardless, Aganippus, the king of the Franks, courted her, and Leir granted...
Great Britain and Brittany, such as the stories of Brutus of Troy, Coel Hen, LeirofBritain (King Lear), and Gogmagog. The legendary history ofBritain was...
King Leir is an anonymous Elizabethan play about the life of the ancient Brythonic king LeirofBritain. It was published in 1605 but was entered into...
Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up leir, leír, léir, or lèir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lear or Leir may refer to: Liga de Escritores y Artistas...
The following list of legendary kings ofBritain (Welsh: Brenin y Brythoniaid, Brenin Prydain) derives predominantly from Geoffrey of Monmouth's circa 1136...
Aganippus raises a Gaulish army for Leir, who returns to Britain, defeats his sons-in-law and regains the kingdom. Leir rules for three years and then dies;...
legends, was a king ofBritain. He is a folk hero and a central figure in the medieval literary tradition known as the Matter ofBritain. In Welsh sources...
2nd-century king of the Britons traditionally credited with introducing Christianity into Britain. Lucius is first mentioned in a 6th-century version of the Liber...
written by William Shakespeare. It is loosely based on the mythological LeirofBritain. King Lear, in preparation for his old age, divides his power and land...
and Regan, the daughter of King Leir. Cunedagius, grandson ofLeir, despised the rule of his aunt Cordelia. With the help of his cousin Marganus, Cunedagius...
Lyr or LYR may refer to: Llŷr, Welsh character Lir, Irish character LeirofBritain, mythical king Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Svalbard Airport, Longyear...
Goneril, the daughter of King Leir. Marganus, grandson ofLeir, despised the rule of his aunt Cordelia in Britain. With the help of his cousin Cunedagius...
Redon was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He came to power in 149BC. He was preceded by Eldol and succeeded by Redechius...
the head of the House of Gwynedd by the line of Cunedda Wledig, founder of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, following the End of Roman rule in Britain during the...
known in medieval British legend as the eponymous founder and first king ofBritain. This legend first appears in the Historia Brittonum, an anonymous 9th-century...
Marius was a legendary king of the Britons during the time of the Roman occupation ofBritain, as recounted in Geoffrey of Monmouth's pseudohistorical...
Geoffrey's association of King Leir with Leicester and Coel with Colchester, as well as William of Malmesbury's assertion that Gawain was king of Galloway, following...
12th century by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his Historia Regum Britanniae (History of the Kings ofBritain), and Geoffrey's account of the character was used...
prince ofBritain at the time of Julius Caesar's invasions ofBritain (55–54 BC). His story appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain...
is said to have founded the city of Bath. He was succeeded by his son Leir (the Shakespearean King Lear). The tale of Bladud was later embellished by other...
descendant of Trojan hero Aeneas, to the death of Cadwaladr in the 7th century, covering Julius Caesar's invasions ofBritain, Kings Leir and Cymbeline...
Nobelesse website, Bretons Sacred Texts website, Histories of the Kings ofBritain (Book III), by Geoffry of Monmouth, tr. by Sebastian Evans, (1904)...
of his betrayal of Arthur; in another, he is described as the author of one of the "Three Unrestrained Ravagings of the Isle ofBritain" – he came to Arthur's...
form of Merlin's name, from the Breton word marz (wonder) to mean 'wonder man'. Clas Myrddin or Merlin's Enclosure is an early name for Great Britain stated...
The Battle of Badon, also known as the Battle of Mons Badonicus, was purportedly fought between Britons and Anglo-Saxons in Post-Roman Britain during the...
Pir was a legendary king of the Britons according to Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings ofBritain. He came to power in 125BC. He was preceded...
having died of the "yellow plague"; quite probably the arrival of Justinian's Plague in Britain. Maelgwn (IPA: /mɑːɨlgʊn/) in a Middle Welsh name meaning 'Princely...
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