Beli Mawr
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Beli Mawr was an ancestor figure in Middle Welsh literature and genealogies. He is the father of Cassivellaunus, Arianrhod, Lludd Llaw Eraint, Llefelys, and Afallach. In medieval genealogies, he is li
History of the Kings, Beli Mawr fab Mynogan
King Lud
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Lud, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth's pseudohistorical History of the Kings of Britain and related medieval texts, was a king of Britain in pre-Roman times who founded London and was buried at Ludg
Beli Mawr
…Eraint). Beli also appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's history Historia Regum Britanniae (1130s) as the British king Heli, son of Digueillus and father of Lud, Cassivellaunus and Nennius. He is said to have held the throne for 40 years, after which he was succeeded by his son Lud (Llud). In the Middle Welsh…
Statues of King Lud (centre) and his sons in the vestry porch of St Dunstan-in-the-West in the City of London