Ebraucus ( cy, Efrawg/Efrog) was a legendary king of the

Britons British people or Britons, also known colloquially as Brits, are the citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the British Overseas Territories, and the Crown dependencies.: British nationality law governs mod ...

, as recounted by

Geoffrey of Monmouth Geoffrey of Monmouth ( la, Galfridus Monemutensis, Galfridus Arturus, cy, Gruffudd ap Arthur, Sieffre o Fynwy; 1095 – 1155) was a British cleric from Monmouth, Wales and one of the major figures in the development of British historiography ...

. He was the son of King

Mempricius Mempricius ('' Welsh:'' Membyr) was a legendary king of the Britons, as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the son of King Maddan and brother of Malin. War Upon his father's death, war broke out between Mempricius and his brother, Malin, ...

before he abandoned the family. Following the death of his father, Mempricius, he became king and reigned 39 years. According to Geoffrey, he was admired, tall, and remarkably strong. He was the first to wage war on the

Gauls The Gauls ( la, Galli; grc, Γαλάται, ''Galátai'') were a group of Celtic peoples of mainland Europe in the Iron Age and the Roman period (roughly 5th century BC to 5th century AD). Their homeland was known as Gaul (''Gallia''). They sp ...

since the time of

Brutus Marcus Junius Brutus (; ; 85 BC – 23 October 42 BC), often referred to simply as Brutus, was a Roman politician, orator, and the most famous of the assassins of Julius Caesar. After being adopted by a relative, he used the name Quintus Serv ...

. By pillaging the cities and shores and slaughtering many men, he became extremely wealthy and enriched the lands of

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. He founded two settlements: Kaerebrauc, the City of Ebraucus (

Eboracum Eboracum () was a fort and later a city in the Roman province of Britannia. In its prime it was the largest town in northern Britain and a provincial capital. The site remained occupied after the decline of the Western Roman Empire and ultimat ...

), north of the

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(this later became

York York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. It is the historic county town of Yorkshire. The city has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a ...

, whose

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name is '' Efrog''); and Alclud in

Alba ''Alba'' ( , ) is the Scottish Gaelic name for Scotland. It is also, in English language historiography, used to refer to the polity of Picts and Scots united in the ninth century as the Kingdom of Alba, until it developed into the Kin ...

ny (now part of Dunbarton, capital of

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). According to

Polydore Vergil Polydore Vergil or Virgil (Italian: ''Polidoro Virgili''; commonly Latinised as ''Polydorus Vergilius''; – 18 April 1555), widely known as Polydore Vergil of Urbino, was an Italian humanist scholar, historian, priest and diplomat, who spent ...

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". He had twenty wives who produced twenty sons and thirty daughters. All his daughters he sent to his cousin Silvius Alba in

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(Italy) to be married to the other

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descendants. Except for

Brutus Greenshield Brutus Greenshield ( cy, Brutus Darian Las) was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the son of King Ebraucus. Geoffrey's account According to Geoffrey, Brutus, called Greenshield (''Latin:'' ''Viridescutum ...

, all of Ebraucus's sons, led by Assaracus,Bearing the mythical name of the second son of Tros, King of Dardania, and also the name of his great-great-grandfather

' Greek ally. went to

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, creating a kingdom there. Brutus thus succeeded Ebraucus upon his death.

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