Gaulish
Gaulish is an extinct Celtic languages, Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium, ...
) (393 – 464) was a legendary king of the
Bretons
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of
Armorica
In ancient times, Armorica or Aremorica (Gaulish: ; ; ) was a region of Gaul between the Seine and the Loire that includes the Brittany Peninsula, and much of historical Normandy.
Name
The name ''Armorica'' is a Latinized form of the Gauli ...
.
Legendary biography
Aldroen appears in
Geoffrey of Monmouth
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's 12th-century ''
Historia regum Britanniae
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'' as Aldroenus, the "fourth king after Conan" to rule over
Brittany
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. Archbishop Guithelin of London offered him the throne of the island of Britain which he refused, but he sent his younger brother Constantine with 2,000 men to free it from
Picts
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and
Huns
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, and Constantine became king under the name of Constantine II.
In Old
Gaulish
Gaulish is an extinct Celtic languages, Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium, ...
he was called Aldroen ''ap Selyfan'', meaning "son of Salomon". He is therefore considered the son of Salomon I of Armorica, 1st king of Brittany, and of Flavia ''ferch'' Patricius Flavius, meaning "Flavia daughter of the patrician Flavius" in Gallic. According to tradition, he took up arms against the
Roman
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s and drove them out of
Nantes
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,
Guérande
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The inhabitants are referred to as ''Guérandais'' ...
,
Saint-Malo
Saint-Malo (, , ; Gallo language, Gallo: ; ) is a historic French port in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany (administrative region), Brittany.
The Fortification, walled city on the English Channel coast had a long history of piracy, earning much wealth ...
Orléanais
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.
He married an Irish princess and the historian Pierre-Hyacinthe Morice de Beaubois (Dom Morice) recorded as his children:
* Eric of Cornwall
* Emrys/Eusebius of Vannes
* Llydaw/Budic of Armorica
The Cambrian or second Meigant was son of Gwyndaf hen, son of Emyr Llydaw (i.e., Ambrose of Letavia, or Armorica), the nephew of St. German, Bishop of Man, by his sister, the wife of Aldor, or Aldroen, King of Armorica. Loca Patriciana. Part X. The Companions of St. Fiacc: Muchatoc; Augustin; Tagan; Diarmaid; Nainnidh, Identified with Nennius and Gildas; Paul and Fidlimidh. Appendix: The Monastery of Kilnamanagh: Bishop Eoghan of Ardstra
Author(s): J. F. Shearman
Source: The Journal of the Royal Historical and Archaeological Association of Ireland ,
Jul., 1876, Fourth Series, Vol. 4, No. 27 (Jul., 1876), pp. 55-95
Published by: Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25506698
Legendary founder of Châtelaudren
According to the 15th-century ''Cronicques et ystoires des Bretons'' by Pierre Le Baud:
In a more recent work Stéphane Morin challenges the role attributed by tradition to Aldroen of founder of the city of
Châtelaudren
Châtelaudren (; ; Gallo: ''Le Chastèu'') is a former commune in the Côtes-d'Armor department of Brittany in northwestern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Châtelaudren-Plouagat.Armoricani
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Breton language
Breton (, , ; or in Morbihan) is a Southwestern Brittonic language of the Celtic languages, Celtic language group spoken in Brittany, part of modern-day France. It is the only Celtic language still widely in use on the European mainland, albei ...
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History of Brittany
The history of Brittany may refer to the entire history of the Armorican peninsula or only to the creation and development of a specifically Brythonic culture and state in the Early Middle Ages and the subsequent history of that state.
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