Eldol
Eldol () is a legendary king of Britain in Geoffrey of Monmouth's c. 1136 work ''Historia Regum Britanniae'' ("The History of the Kings of Britain"). A 6th century hero called Eidol is mentioned in ''The Gododdin The Gododdin () were a Brittonic people of north-eastern Britannia, the area known as the Hen Ogledd or Old North (modern south-east Scotland and north-east England), in the sub-Roman period. Descendants of the Votadini, they are best known ...'' but is unlikely to be the source for Geoffrey's Eldol. He should also not be confused with Eldol, Consul of Gloucester who lives generations later in Geoffrey's work. References {{Geoffrey of Monmouth Legendary British kings ...
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Eldol, Consul Of Gloucester
Eldol was Consul or Count of Gloucester in Geoffrey of Monmouth's circa 1136 work ''Historia Regum Britanniae'' (''The History of the Kings of Britain''). In this pseudohistory he was the sole British leader to escape from the massacre of Salisbury, to which Hengist had invited all of the British Leaders to a peace treaty. When all of the leaders were there, about 460 in number, Hengest ordered his men to draw their long knives and kill every leader. Vortigern was spared, but every other ruler was slain, save Eldol, who grabbed a stick up off the ground and killed 70 men in his escape. After the massacre, Eldol was a key supporter of Aurelius Ambrosius and helped him defeat the Saxons. Eldol defeated Hengist in hand-to-hand combat at the battle at Kaerconan/Cunungeburc, which may be the town of Conisbrough, and beheaded him. He was also at the siege of Vortigern's tower. Eldad, Bishop of Gloucester, was his brother. Thomas Rudge gives an account in his 1811 ''The History a ...
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