List of legendary kings of Britain

The following list of legendary kings of Britain derives predominantly from Geoffrey of Monmouth's circa 1136 work Historia Regum Britanniae ("the History of the Kings of Britain"). Geoffrey constructed a largely fictional history for the Britons (ancestors of the Welsh, the Cornish and the Bretons), partly based on the work of earlier medieval historians like Gildas, Nennius and Bede, partly from Welsh genealogies and saints' lives, partly from sources now lost and unidentifiable, and partly from his own imagination (see bibliography). Several of his kings are based on genuine historical figures, but appear in unhistorical narratives. A number of Middle Welsh versions of Geoffrey's Historia exist. All post-date Geoffrey's text, but may give us some insight into any native traditions Geoffrey may have drawn on.
Geoffrey's narrative begins with the exiled Trojan prince Brutus, after whom Britain is supposedly named, a tradition previously recorded in less elaborate form in the 9th century Historia Brittonum. Brutus is a descendant of Aeneas, the legendary Trojan ancestor of the founders of Rome, and his story is evidently related to Roman foundation legends.
The kings before Brutus come from a document purporting to trace the travels of Noah and his offspring in Europe, and once attributed to the Chaldean historian Berossus, but now considered to have been a fabrication by the 15th-century Italian monk Annio da Viterbo, who first published it. Renaissance historians like John Bale and Raphael Holinshed took the list of kings of "Celtica" given by pseudo-Berossus and made them into kings of Britain as well as Gaul. John Milton records these traditions in his History of Britain, although he gives them little credence.
==Des grantz geanz==
Des grantz geanz ("Of the Great Giants"), a 14th-century Anglo-Norman poem, contains a variant story regarding Albion, the oldest recorded name for Britain, and also contains a slightly different list of kings.For a modern edition see Des Grantz Geanz: An Anglo-Norman Poem, edited by Georgine E. Brereton (Oxford, 1937), a translation can also be found in Myths and Legends of the British Isles, Richard Barber. Boydell, 1999, p. 3-8.Arthurian Literature XIII, Volume 13, James P. Carley, Felicity Riddy, Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 1995, pp. 45–60. The poem states that a colony of exiled Greek royals led by a Queen called Albina first founded Britain but before their settlement "no one dwelt there".Barber, 1999, p. 5. Albina subsequently gave her name first to Britain, which was later renamed Britain after Brutus. The poem also attempts by euhemerism to rationalise the legends of giants; Albina is thus described as being "very tall", but is presented as a human queen, a descendant of a Greek king, not a mythological creature.
The Albina myth is also found in some later manuscripts of Wace's Roman de Brut (1155), attached as a prologue.Carley, 1995, pp. 50 ff.
==Scota==
Scota, in Scottish mythology, and pseudohistory, is the name given to the mythological daughter of an Egyptian Pharaoh to whom the Gaels and Scots traced their ancestry. Scota first appeared in literature from the 11th or 12th century and most modern scholars interpret the legends surrounding her to have emerged to rival Geoffrey of Monmouth's claims that the descendants of Brutus (through Albanactus) founded Scotland.Restoration Scotland, 1660–1690: royalist politics, religion and ideas, Clare Jackson, Boydell Press, 2003, pp.46–47.W. Matthews, "The Egyptians in Scotland: the Political History of a Myth", Viator 1 (1970), pp.289–306. However some early Irish sources also refer to the Scota legends and not all scholars regard the legends as fabrications or as political constructions.Myth and Identity in Early Medieval Scotland, EJ Cowan, Scottish Historical Review lxiii, No. 176 (Oct. 1984) pp.111–35. In the Scottish origin myths, Albanactus had little place and Scottish chroniclers (e.g., John of Fordun and Walter Bower) claimed that Scota was the eponymous founder of Scotland and the Scots long before Albanactus, during the time of Moses.
==Kings derived from Geoffrey of Monmouth==
Geoffrey synchronises some of his kings with figures and events from the Bible, Greek, Roman and Irish legends, and recorded history. These are given in the "Synchronisation" column of the table below. Geoffrey dated Brutus' arrival in Britain (and subsequent founding of the Trojan-British monarchy) to 1115 BC.Geoffrey of Monmouth, The History of the Kings of Britain, Penguin Classics, "Time Chart", p. 286. Geoffrey's book was later retold by Wace (in French) and Laȝamon (in Middle English); the final column represents Laȝamon's version.
Kingdom 	Kingdom 	Kingdom 	Kingdom 	Synchronisation 	Synchronisation 	Laȝamon's Brut
England 	Scotland 	Wales 	Cornwall 	Other 	Bible 	Laȝamon's Brut
Brutus I (24 years) 	Brutus I (24 years) 	Brutus I (24 years) 	Corineus 	Aeneas Silvius (1112–1081 BC) 	Eli (12th century BC) 	=
Locrinus (10 years) 	Albanactus 	Kamber 	Gwendolen 	 	 	=
Gwendolen (15 years) 	Gwendolen (15 years) 	Gwendolen (15 years) 	Gwendolen (15 years) 	 	 	=
Maddan (40 years) 	Maddan (40 years) 	Maddan (40 years) 	Gwendolen 	Aeneas Silvius, Homer 	Samuel 	Madan
Mempricius (20 years) 	Mempricius (20 years) 	Mempricius (20 years) 	Mempricius (20 years) 	Eurystheus 	Saul (r. 1049–1010 BC) 	Membriz
Ebraucus (40 to 60 years) 	Ebraucus (40 to 60 years) 	Ebraucus (40 to 60 years) 	Ebraucus (40 to 60 years) 	 	David (r. 1010–970 BC) 	Ebrauc
Brutus II Greenshield (12 years) 	Brutus II Greenshield (12 years) 	Brutus II Greenshield (12 years) 	Brutus II Greenshield (12 years) 	 	 	Brutus Greenshield
Leil (25 years) 	Leil (25 years) 	Leil (25 years) 	Leil (25 years) 	 	Solomon (r. 971–931 BC) 	Leil
Rud Hud Hudibras (39 years) 	Rud Hud Hudibras (39 years) 	Rud Hud Hudibras (39 years) 	Rud Hud Hudibras (39 years) 	 	Haggai, Amos, Joel, Azariah 	Ruhudibras
Bladud (20 years) 	Bladud (20 years) 	Bladud (20 years) 	Bladud (20 years) 	 	Elijah (9th century BC) 	Bladud
Leir (60 years) 	Leir (60 years) 	Leir (60 years) 	Leir (60 years) 	 	 	Leir
Cordelia (5 years) 	Cordelia (5 years) 	Cordelia (5 years) 	Cordelia (5 years) 	 	 	Cordoille
Marganus I (north of the Humber) and Cunedagius (south of the Humber) (2 years)	Marganus I (north of the Humber) and Cunedagius (south of the Humber) (2 years)	Marganus I (north of the Humber) and Cunedagius (south of the Humber) (2 years)	Marganus I (north of the Humber) and Cunedagius (south of the Humber) (2 years)	 	 	Morgan & Cunidagius
Cunedagius (33 years) 	Cunedagius (33 years) 	Cunedagius (33 years) 	Cunedagius (33 years) 	Romulus (8th century BC) 	Isaiah, Hosea (8th century BC) 	Cunidagius
Rivallo 	Rivallo 	Rivallo 	Rivallo 	 	 	Riwald
Gurgustius 	Gurgustius 	Gurgustius 	Gurgustius 	 	 	Gurgustius
Sisillius I 	Sisillius I 	Sisillius I 	Sisillius I 	 	 	Silvius
Jago 	Jago 	Jago 	Jago 	 	 	Lago
Kimarcus 	Kimarcus 	Kimarcus 	Kimarcus 	 	 	Mark
Gorboduc 	Gorboduc 	Gorboduc 	Gorboduc 	 	 	Gorbodiago
War between Ferrex and Porrex I 	War between Ferrex and Porrex I 	War between Ferrex and Porrex I 	War between Ferrex and Porrex I 	 	 	Ferreus & Porreus
Civil war; Britain divided under five unnamed kings 	Civil war; Britain divided under five unnamed kings 	Civil war; Britain divided under five unnamed kings 	Civil war; Britain divided under five unnamed kings 	 	 	
Pinner 	Staterius 	Rudaucus 	Cloten 	 	 	
Pinner 	Staterius 	Rudaucus 	Dunvallo Molmutius 	 	 	
Dunvallo Molmutius (40 years) 	Dunvallo Molmutius (40 years) 	Dunvallo Molmutius (40 years) 	Dunvallo Molmutius (40 years) 	 	 	Donwallo Molineus
Brennius (north of the Humber) and Belinus (south of the Humber) 	Brennius (north of the Humber) and Belinus (south of the Humber) 	Brennius (north of the Humber) and Belinus (south of the Humber) 	Brennius (north of the Humber) and Belinus (south of the Humber) 	Sack of Rome (387 BC) 	 	Belin & Brennes
Belinus 	Belinus 	Belinus 	Belinus 	 	 	
Gurguit Barbtruc 	Gurguit Barbtruc 	Gurguit Barbtruc 	Gurguit Barbtruc 	Partholón 	 	Gurguint
Guithelin 	Guithelin 	Guithelin 	Guithelin 	 	 	Guncelin
Marcia (regent) 	Marcia (regent) 	Marcia (regent) 	Marcia (regent) 	 	 	
Sisillius II 	Sisillius II 	Sisillius II 	Sisillius II 	 	 	Sillius
Kinarius 	Kinarius 	Kinarius 	Kinarius 	 	 	Rumarus
Danius 	Danius 	Danius 	Danius 	 	 	Damus
Morvidus 	Morvidus 	Morvidus 	Morvidus 	 	 	Morbidus
Gorbonianus 	Gorbonianus 	Gorbonianus 	Gorbonianus 	 	 	Gorbonian
Archgallo 	Archgallo 	Archgallo 	Archgallo 	 	 	Argal
Elidurus (5 years) 	Elidurus (5 years) 	Elidurus (5 years) 	Elidurus (5 years) 	 	 	Elidur
Archgallo (restored) (10 years) 	Archgallo (restored) (10 years) 	Archgallo (restored) (10 years) 	Archgallo (restored) (10 years) 	 	 	Argal
Elidurus (restored) 	Elidurus (restored) 	Elidurus (restored) 	Elidurus (restored) 	 	 	Elidur
Peredurus (north of the Humber) and Ingenius (south of the Humber) (7 years) 	Peredurus (north of the Humber) and Ingenius (south of the Humber) (7 years) 	Peredurus (north of the Humber) and Ingenius (south of the Humber) (7 years) 	Peredurus (north of the Humber) and Ingenius (south of the Humber) (7 years) 	 	 	Peredur, Jugenes
Peredurus 	Peredurus 	Peredurus 	Peredurus 	 	 	
Elidurus (restored) 	Elidurus (restored) 	Elidurus (restored) 	Elidurus (restored) 	 	 	Elidur
A son of Gorbonianus 	A son of Gorbonianus 	A son of Gorbonianus 	A son of Gorbonianus 	 	 	Lador
Marganus II 	Marganus II 	Marganus II 	Marganus II 	 	 	Morgan
Enniaunus 	Enniaunus 	Enniaunus 	Enniaunus 	 	 	Ænmaunus
Idvallo 	Idvallo 	Idvallo 	Idvallo 	 	 	Iwallo
Runo 	Runo 	Runo 	Runo 	 	 	Rime
Gerennus 	Gerennus 	Gerennus 	Gerennus 	 	 	Goronces
Catellus 	Catellus 	Catellus 	Catellus 	 	 	Catulus
Millus 	Millus 	Millus 	Millus 	 	 	Coillus
Porrex II 	Porrex II 	Porrex II 	Porrex II 	 	 	Porex
Cherin 	Cherin 	Cherin 	Cherin 	 	 	=
Fulgenius 	Fulgenius 	Fulgenius 	Fulgenius 	 	 	Fulgenius
Edadus 	Edadus 	Edadus 	Edadus 	 	 	Aldus
Andragius 	Andragius 	Andragius 	Andragius 	 	 	Androgus
Urianus 	Urianus 	Urianus 	Urianus 	 	 	Urrian
Eliud 	Eliud 	Eliud 	Eliud 	 	 	=
Cledaucus 	Cledaucus 	Cledaucus 	Cledaucus 	 	 	Cledus
Clotenus 	Clotenus 	Clotenus 	Clotenus 	 	 	Doten
Gurgintius 	Gurgintius 	Gurgintius 	Gurgintius 	 	 	Gurguiricius
Merianus 	Merianus 	Merianus 	Merianus 	 	 	Merian
Bledudo 	Bledudo 	Bledudo 	Bledudo 	 	 	
Cap 	Cap 	Cap 	Cap 	 	 	Cap
Oenus 	Oenus 	Oenus 	Oenus 	 	 	Oein
Sisillius III 	Sisillius III 	Sisillius III 	Sisillius III 	 	 	Sillius
Beldgabred 	Beldgabred 	Beldgabred 	Beldgabred 	 	 	Blaðgabreast
Archmail 	Archmail 	Archmail 	Archmail 	 	 	Arkinaus
Eldol 	Eldol 	Eldol 	Eldol 	 	 	Ældolf
Redon 	Redon 	Redon 	Redon 	 	 	Redion
Redechius 	Redechius 	Redechius 	Redechius 	 	 	Redært
Samuil Penessil (or Samuil, followed by Penessil) 	Samuil Penessil (or Samuil, followed by Penessil) 	Samuil Penessil (or Samuil, followed by Penessil) 	Samuil Penessil (or Samuil, followed by Penessil) 	 	 	Famul-Penicel
Pir 	Pir 	Pir 	Pir 	 	 	Pir
Capoir 	Capoir 	Capoir 	Capoir 	 	 	Capor
Digueillus 	Digueillus 	Digueillus 	Digueillus 	 	 	Eligille
Heli (40 years) 	Heli (40 years) 	Heli (40 years) 	Heli (40 years) 	 	 	Heli
Lud 	Lud 	Lud 	Lud 	 	 	Lud
Cassibelanus 	Cassibelanus 	Cassibelanus 	Cassibelanus 	Julius Caesar's invasions of Britain (55–54 BC) 	 	Cassibelaune
Tenvantius 	Tenvantius 	Tenvantius 	Tenvantius 	 	 	Tennancius
Cunobeline 	Cunobeline 	Cunobeline 	Cunobeline 	Augustus (30 BC – 14 AD) 	Jesus (3 BC – 33 AD) 	Kinbelin
Guiderius 	Guiderius 	Guiderius 	Guiderius 	Togodumnus (d. AD 43) during Claudius's conquest of Britain 	 	Wiðer
Arvirargus 	Arvirargus 	Arvirargus 	Arvirargus 	Claudius, Vespasian 	Mark the Evangelist, Paul of Tarsus	
Marius 	Marius 	Marius 	Marius 	 	 	
Coilus 	Coilus 	Coilus 	Coilus 	 	 	
Lucius (d. AD 156) 	Lucius (d. AD 156) 	Lucius (d. AD 156) 	Lucius (d. AD 156) 	Pope Eleuterus (174–189) 	 	
Interregnum; war between Severus and Sulgenius 	Interregnum; war between Severus and Sulgenius 	Interregnum; war between Severus and Sulgenius 	Interregnum; war between Severus and Sulgenius 	Septimius Severus (Roman emperor 193–211) 	 	
Geta 	Geta 	Geta 	Geta 	Publius Septimius Geta (Roman emperor 209–211) 	 	
Bassianus (Caracalla) 	Bassianus (Caracalla) 	Bassianus (Caracalla) 	Bassianus (Caracalla) 	Caracalla (Roman emperor 211–217) 	 	
Carausius 	Carausius 	Carausius 	Carausius 	Carausian Revolt (289–296) 	 	
Allectus 	Allectus 	Allectus 	Allectus 	Allectus assassinated Carausius in 293 	 	
Asclepiodotus (10 years) 	Asclepiodotus (10 years) 	Asclepiodotus (10 years) 	Asclepiodotus (10 years) 	Asclepiodotus and Constantius Chlorus retook Britain in 296 	 	
Coel 	Coel 	Coel 	Coel 	 	 	
Constantius (11 years) 	Constantius (11 years) 	Constantius (11 years) 	Constantius (11 years) 	Constantius Chlorus, Roman emperor 293–306 	 	
Constantine I 	Constantine I 	Constantine I 	Constantine I 	Constantine I, Roman emperor 306–337 	 	
Octavius 	Octavius 	Octavius 	Octavius 	 	 	
Trahern 	Trahern 	Trahern 	Trahern 	 	 	
Octavius (restored) 	Octavius (restored) 	Octavius (restored) 	Octavius (restored) 	 	 	
Maximianus (with Dionotus later as regent) 	Maximianus (with Dionotus later as regent) 	Maximianus (with Dionotus later as regent) 	Caradocus, then Dionotus 	Magnus Maximus, Roman usurper-emperor 383–388 	 	
Gracianus Municeps 	Gracianus Municeps 	Gracianus Municeps 	Gracianus Municeps 	 	 	
Interregnum; end of Roman rule 	Interregnum; end of Roman rule 	Interregnum; end of Roman rule 	Interregnum; end of Roman rule 	 	 	
Constantine II 	Constantine II 	Constantine II 	Constantine II 	Constantine III, Roman usurper-emperor 407–411 	 	
Constans 	Constans 	Constans 	Constans 	Constans II, Roman usurper-emperor 409–411 	 	
Vortigern 	Vortigern 	Vortigern 	Vortigern 	 	 	
Vortimer 	Vortimer 	Vortimer 	Vortimer 	Germanus of Auxerre (378–448), Battle of Aylesford (455) 	 	
Aurelius Ambrosius 	Aurelius Ambrosius 	Aurelius Ambrosius 	Aurelius Ambrosius 	 	 	
Uther Pendragon 	Uther Pendragon 	Uther Pendragon 	Uther Pendragon 	 	 	
Arthur 	Arthur 	Arthur 	Arthur 	Battle of Badon, St. Dubricius 	 	
Constantine III 	Constantine III 	Constantine III 	Constantine III 	 	 	
Aurelius Conanus (2 years) 	Aurelius Conanus (2 years) 	Aurelius Conanus (2 years) 	Aurelius Conanus (2 years) 	Aurelius Caninus, 6th-century king of Gwent or Powys; Cynan Garwyn (582–610), king of Powys	 	
Vortiporius (4 years) 	Vortiporius (4 years) 	Vortiporius (4 years) 	Vortiporius (4 years) 	Vortiporius, 6th-century king of Dyfed 	 	
Malgo 	Malgo 	Malgo 	Malgo 	Maelgwn Gwynedd, 6th-century king of Gwynedd 	 	
Keredic 	Keredic 	Keredic 	Keredic 	 	 	
Interregnum; Saxons occupy England 	Interregnum; Saxons occupy England 	Interregnum; Saxons occupy England 	Interregnum; Saxons occupy England 	Augustine of Canterbury (arrived in Britain in 597) 	 	
Cadvan 	Cadvan 	Cadvan 	Cadvan 	Cadfan ap Iago, 6th/7th-century king of Gwynedd 	 	
Cadwallo 	Cadwallo 	Cadwallo 	Cadwallo 	Cadwallon ap Cadfan, 7th-century king of Gwynedd, d. 634 	 	
Cadwallader (d. AD 689) 	Cadwallader (d. AD 689) 	Cadwallader (d. AD 689) 	Cadwallader (d. AD 689) 	Cadwaladr ap Cadwallon, 7th-century king of Gwynedd 	 	
After the death of Cadwallader, the kings of the Brythons were reduced to such a small domain that they ceased to be kings of the whole Brythonic-speaking area. Two of his relatives, Yvor and Yni, led the exiles back from Brittany, but were unable to re-establish a united kingship. The Anglo-Saxon invaders ruled the south-eastern part of the island of Great Britain, which would become England, after that point in time under the Bretwaldas and later the kings of England. The heirs to the Celtic-British throne continued through the Welsh kings of Gwynedd until that line was forced to submit itself to the Plantagenets in the 13th century. Princes and lords of Gwynedd ruled until the reign of Dafydd III, who ruled from 1282 to 1283. His death marked the end of the house of Brutus. Owen Tudor, grandfather of Henry VII of England, was a maternal descendant of the kings of Gwynedd; Henry's marriage with Elizabeth of York thus signified the merging of the two royal houses (as well as the feuding houses of York and Lancaster).
==Forgeries==
===Pseudo-Berossus===
Annius of Viterbo in 1498 claimed to have found ancient fragments from Berossus detailing the earliest settlement of 'Celtica', including the British Isles, by Samothes, a son of Japheth, son of Noah, after the Great Flood. These fragments were later revealed to have been forged by Annius himself, and are now known as "Pseudo-Berossus". The fragments can be found in Asher (1993) and include a king list. Before being revealed as a hoax, the list found its way into John Bale's Illustrium majoris Britanniae scriptorum (1548), John Caius' Historia Cantabrigiensis Academiae (1574), William Harrison's Description of England (1577), Holinshed's Chronicles (1587) and Anthony Munday's A briefe chronicle (1611).Parry, G. (2001). "Berossus and the protestants: Reconstructing protestant myth". The Huntington Library Quarterly. 64: 1–21.
===Iolo Morganwg's Welsh Kings===
Iolo Morganwg, between 1801 and 1807, published a series of Welsh Triads he claimed to have discovered in manuscript form, with the help of the antiquarian William Owen Pughe. These were later revealed to be a mixture of forgeries by Morganwg and Williams' alterations to authentic triads.Maryjones.usMaryjones.us Exactly how much "authentic" content there is of Morganwg's published work remains disputed by scholars today. Morganwg's traids describe the earliest occupation of Britain (Prydain) and contain a pseudo-historical reign of kings, beginning with Hu Gadarn, the "Plough King".Iolo manuscripts, Iolo Morganwg, Owen Jones, Society for the Publication of Ancient Welsh Manuscripts, Abergavenny, W. Rees; Longman and co., London, 1848.
Hu Gadarn is described by Morganwg in his triads as being the earliest inhabitant of Britain having travelled from the "Summerland, called Deffrobani, where Constantinople now stands" in 1788 BC.The traditionary annals of the Cymry, John Williams, R. Mason, 1867, p. 27. He is credited as having founded the first civilisation in Britain and introduced agriculture. Morganwg's Barddas (1862, p. 348) further states that this king is descended from Hu, but that, after a huge flood (see Afanc), only two people, Dwyfan and Dwyfach, survived from whom the later inhabitants of Britain descended. The Welsh clergyman Edward Davies included this myth in his Celtic Researches on the Origin, Traditions and Languages of the Ancient Britons (1804):
Several 19th-century Christian authors--for example, Henry Hoyle HoworthThe mammoth and the flood: an attempt to confront the theory of uniformity with the facts of recent geology, Sir Henry Hoyle Howorth, S. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1887.--interpreted this myth to be evidence for the Biblical flood of Noah, yet in Morganwg's chronology Dwyfan and Dwyfach are dated to the 18th or 17th century BC, which does not fit the Biblical estimate for the Noachian deluge.The flood of Noah is placed in the 3rd millennium BC, not the 2nd millennium BC, by the Masoretic and Septuagint.
===Tea Tephi===
Tea Tephi is a legendary princess found described in British Israelite literature from the 19th century.Encyclopedia of American religions, J. Gordon Melton, Gale, 2003, pp.124–140.Ensignmessage.com Revd F. R. A. Glover, M.A., of London in 1861 published England, the Remnant of Judah, and the Israel of Ephraim in which he claimed Tea Tephi was one of Zedekiah's daughters. Since King Zedekiah of Judah had all his sons killed during the Babylonian Captivity, no male successors could continue the throne of King David, but, as Glover noted, Zedekiah had daughters who escaped death (Jeremiah 43:6). Glover believed that Tea Tephi was a surviving Judahite princess who had escaped and travelled to Ireland, and who married a local High King of Ireland in the 6th century BC who subsequently became blood linked to the British monarchy.Nordiskisrael.dk This theory was later expanded upon by Rev. A.B. Grimaldi, who published in 1877 a successful chart entitled Pedigree of Queen Victoria from the Bible Kings and later by W.M.H. Milner in his booklet The Royal House of Britain an Enduring Dynasty' (1902, revised 1909). Charles Fox Parham also authored an article tracing Queen Victoria's lineage back to King David (through Tea Tephi) entitled Queen Victoria: Heir to King David's Royal Throne.Reprinted in Truth in History, Tract #54, 2003.
The Tea Tephi-British monarchy link is also found in J. H. Allen's Judah's Sceptre and Joseph's Birthright (1902, p. 251). A central tenet of British Israelism is that the British monarchy is from the Davidic line and the legend of Tea Tephi from the 19th century attempted to legitimise this claim. Tea Tephi, however, has never been traced to an extant Irish source before the 19th century and critics assert she was purely a British Israelite invention.CAI.org A collection of alleged bardic traditions and Irish manuscripts which detail Tea Tephi were published by J. A. Goodchild in 1897 as The Book of Tephi, the work is, however, considered pseudo-historical or a forgery. There is though a queen called Tea in Irish mythology who appears in the Annals of the Kingdom of Ireland."Ireland", Britannica (11th ed.); O' Curry, Manners and Customs, II, 3. She is described as the wife of Érimón a Míl Espáine (Milesian) and dated to 1700 BC (Geoffrey Keating: 1287 BC). These dates are inconsistent with the British Israelite literature which dates Tea Tephi to the 6th century BC, but later British Israelites, such as Herman Hoeh (Compendium of World History, 1970), claimed that the Milesian Royal House (including Tea) was from an earlier blood descendant of the Davidic Line who entered Britain around 1000 BC (citing Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh's reduced chronology).CGCA.net Linked to Glover's original claims of Tea Tephi, are Grimaldi and Milner's theory that Jeremiah himself in the company of his scribe Baruch ben Neriah travelled to Ireland with Tea Tephi and that they are found described in Irish folklore and old Irish manuscripts. Some British Israelites identify Baruch ben Neriah with a figure called Simon Berac or Berak in Irish myth, while Jeremiah with Ollom Fotla (or Ollam, Ollamh Fodhla).ABCOG.org However, like Tea Tephi, there has long been controversy about these identifications, mainly because of conflicting or inconsistent dates. In 2001, the British-Israel-World Federation wrote an article claiming they no longer subscribed to these two identifications, but still strongly stick to the belief that the British monarchy is of Judahite origin.CAI.orgSeveral other genealogical links are claimed by British Israelites to connect the bloodline of King David to the British monarchy, one identifies Dara (or Darda) the son of Zerah of Judah as Dardanus, an early ancestor of the Trojans in Greek mythology. In an earlier publication in 1982, Covenant Publishing Co. admitted that Tea Tephi could not be traced in Irish literature or myth and may have been fabricated by Glover, but they clarified they still believed in the Milesian Royal House-Davidic Line bloodline connection (popularised by Hoeh)."Tea-Tephi or Scota", The Message, Issue 5 (London: Covenant Publishing Co., c. 1982). Herbert Armstrong (1986) also took up this legendary connection.Herbert Armstrong, The United States and Britain in Prophecy, 9th ed. Worldwide Church of God, 1986, pp.98–102
==See also==
* List of governors of Roman Britain
* List of legendary rulers of Cornwall
==References==
==Sources==
* Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae (1136) – online at Wikisource
* Pseudo-Berossus, The Travels of Noah into Europe – online at Annomundi.com
* Raphael Holinshed, Chronicles: "The History of England" Vol 1 – online at Project Gutenberg
* John Milton, "The History of Britain", Prose Works Vol 2 – online at The Online Library of Liberty
==Bibliography==
* Asher, R. E. (1993). National Myths in Renaissance France: Francus, Samothes and the Druids. Edinburgh University Press.
* Charles W. Dunn, in a revised translation of Sebastian Evans, History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth. E.P. Dutton: New York. 1958.
* John Morris. The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650. Barnes & Noble Books: New York. 1996 (originally 1973).
* John Jay Parry and Robert Caldwell. Geoffrey of Monmouth in Arthurian Literature in the Middle Ages, Roger S. Loomis (ed.). Clarendon Press: Oxford University. 1959.
* Brynley F. Roberts, Geoffrey of Monmouth and Welsh Historical Tradition, Nottingham Medieval Studies, 20 (1976), 29–40.
* J. S. P. Tatlock. The Legendary History of Britain: Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae and its early vernacular versions. University of California Press. Berkeley. 1950.
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