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| Titre | Ancient Wales Studies - Beli Mawr and Llyr Llediath in Welsh Pedigrees |
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 EUDIGANT ap Endeyrn |
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| David Wolcott, Ancient Wales Studies, id 145 |
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| A number of the Welsh royal families trace their ancestry to the man called Beli Mawr, whose pedigrees make him descend from the legendary Brutus of Troy.[1] We doubt his birth-name was Beli (BAY-lee), this being one of the major Celtic gods, the God of the Sun. But a real man of some name spawned the ensuing families, so we shall call him Beli Mawr for lack of sources citing his birth name. He should not be confused with the fictional Beli and wife, Don, found in Welsh mythology[2]. The earliest extant pedigree contains what we believe to be a later copyist's gloss which attempts to describe his son Aflech as "who was son of Beli Mawr and Anna, she said to be a cousin of Virgin Mary mother of our Lord Jesus Christ"[3]. Not only was the era of Beli Mawr 100 years too early for such a wife, there appear to be at least two (incorrect) reasons why some early writers thought the ensuing family was related to the Virgin Mary. In some very early texts, his name was abbreviated "B.M." which was wrongly thought to mean "Beata Maria", the blessed Mary. But more likely, his name was simply confused with the Biblical man, Heli, who is cited as the husband of Anna and father of Mary[4]. Geoffrey of Monmouth also referred to Beli Mawr as "Heli". In an earlier paper[5], we reproduced the pedigree which contains the 700 years of links from Beli Mawr back to the legendary Brutus, and we shall not dwell here on its authenticity. Rather we shall present the pedigrees of the major families which claim descent from him. The very early names are spelled several ways in the various sources; the orthography we use is our modern equivalents: 130 BC Beli Mawr l 100 Aflech (Lludd) l 70 Afallach ______________l________ l l 40 Owain 35 Euddolen l l 10 Bryddgwyn 5 Eudos l l 20AD Dubun 25AD Eneid l l 50 Onwedd 60 Eudeyrn l l 80 Anwerydd 90 Eudigant l _______l_________ l l l 110 Amgolydd 120 Rydeyrn 125 Deheuwaint l l l 140 Dwfyn 155 Rhifedel 155 Rydeyrn l l l 170 Doli 185 Gradd 185 Gwrtheyrn l l l 205 Cein 215 Urban 220 Cadeyrn l l l 235 Gwyndog 250 Telpwll 250 Rhuddfedel Frych l l ________l_______ l l l l 265 Iago 280 Deheuwaint l l l l l l 295 Tegid 310 Tecfan l l l l l l 325 Padarn Beisrudd 340 Coel Hen l l l l l 355 Edern(a) _____l l l l l 385 Cunedda 280 Gloyw Gwallt Hir(b) 285 Brydw l l 315 Guidolyn 315 Pasgen l l 350 Gwydol 350 Cadeyrn l l 385 Gwrtheyrn(c) 380 Cadell Ddyrnllwg |