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Ebraucus
Ebraucus (Welsh: Efrawg/Efrog) was a legendary king of the Britons, as recounted in Geoffrey of Monmouth's pseudohistory Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136). Later estimations from the dates given in the text place the events of this story around 1040 BC. He was the son of King Mempricius and father of Brutus Greenshield.
According to the Historia Regum Britanniae, Ebraucus was the son of King Mempricius, who ruled as a tyrant for twenty years, abandoning his wife and young Ebraucus, "and addicted himself to sodomy". Following the death of his father, Ebraucus became king and reigned for 39 years. He is described as being admired, tall, and remarkably strong. He was the first to wage war on the Gauls since the time of Brutus. By pillaging the cities and shores and slaughtering many men, he became extremely wealthy and enriched the lands of Britain.
He founded two settlements: Kaerebrauc, the City of Ebraucus (Eboracum), north of the Humber (this later became York, whose Welsh name is Efrog); and Alclud in Albany (now part of Dunbarton, capital of Strathclyde).
He had twenty wives who produced twenty sons and thirty daughters, including Galaes "the most celebrated beauty at that time in Britain or Gaul". All his daughters he sent to his cousin Silvius Alba in Alba Longa (Italy) to be married to the other Trojan descendants. Except for Brutus Greenshield, all of Ebraucus's sons, led by Assaracus, went to Germany, creating a kingdom there. Brutus Greenshield thus succeeded Ebraucus upon his death.
"Brutus" (c. 1190), the first major poem based on the Historia Regum Britanniae, was written to celebrate the founding of York, and ends with lines about Ebraucus:
He founded York, which from him took its name,
Eboracum, and he adorned it well.
Alexander Neckam's De laudibus divinae sapientiae (c. 1213) also mentions him, saying "Behold what a city the blessed Ebraucus built!"
Others expanded on the story of Ebraucus, including two chronicles of the Church of York from the fourteenth century. According to Polydore Vergil he "builded the town of Maidens, now called Edinburgh Castle, being planted in the uttermost part of Britain, now called Scotland". The Registrum Malmesburiense also says he built the "castle of Montrose". Giacomo Filippo Foresti claimed he founded many cities and reigned sixty years.
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Ebraucus
Ebraucus (Welsh: Efrawg/Efrog) was a legendary king of the Britons, as recounted in Geoffrey of Monmouth's pseudohistory Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136). Later estimations from the dates given in the text place the events of this story around 1040 BC. He was the son of King Mempricius and father of Brutus Greenshield.
According to the Historia Regum Britanniae, Ebraucus was the son of King Mempricius, who ruled as a tyrant for twenty years, abandoning his wife and young Ebraucus, "and addicted himself to sodomy". Following the death of his father, Ebraucus became king and reigned for 39 years. He is described as being admired, tall, and remarkably strong. He was the first to wage war on the Gauls since the time of Brutus. By pillaging the cities and shores and slaughtering many men, he became extremely wealthy and enriched the lands of Britain.
He founded two settlements: Kaerebrauc, the City of Ebraucus (Eboracum), north of the Humber (this later became York, whose Welsh name is Efrog); and Alclud in Albany (now part of Dunbarton, capital of Strathclyde).
He had twenty wives who produced twenty sons and thirty daughters, including Galaes "the most celebrated beauty at that time in Britain or Gaul". All his daughters he sent to his cousin Silvius Alba in Alba Longa (Italy) to be married to the other Trojan descendants. Except for Brutus Greenshield, all of Ebraucus's sons, led by Assaracus, went to Germany, creating a kingdom there. Brutus Greenshield thus succeeded Ebraucus upon his death.
"Brutus" (c. 1190), the first major poem based on the Historia Regum Britanniae, was written to celebrate the founding of York, and ends with lines about Ebraucus:
He founded York, which from him took its name,
Eboracum, and he adorned it well.
Alexander Neckam's De laudibus divinae sapientiae (c. 1213) also mentions him, saying "Behold what a city the blessed Ebraucus built!"
Others expanded on the story of Ebraucus, including two chronicles of the Church of York from the fourteenth century. According to Polydore Vergil he "builded the town of Maidens, now called Edinburgh Castle, being planted in the uttermost part of Britain, now called Scotland". The Registrum Malmesburiense also says he built the "castle of Montrose". Giacomo Filippo Foresti claimed he founded many cities and reigned sixty years.