Budic II ( lat-med, Budicius; cy, Budig or '; ), formerly known as Budick, was a king of

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in the late 5th and early 6th centuries. He was father of

Hoel King Hoel ( br, Hoel I Mawr, "Hoel the Great"; la, Hoelus, Hovelus, Hœlus), also known as Sir Howel, Saint Hywel and Hywel the Great, was a late 5th- and early 6th-centuryFord, David Nashat ''Early British Kingdoms''. 2001. Retrieved 1 D ...

as well as several Celtic saints.

Life

Budic II was born in

to a member of its royal family, possibly Erich of Brittany.Ford, David Nash
"Erich"
at ''Early British Kingdoms''. 2001. Retrieved 2 December 2014. He was named after his uncle Budic I of Brittany. Budic II succeeded to the throne, , but was expelled by a cousin and fled to the court of King Aircol Lawhir of

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, where another cousin Amon Ddu was employed. There, he wed Anowed or Arianwedd, the sister of

Saint Teilo Saint Teilo ( la, Teliarus or '; br, TeliauWainewright, John. in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', Vol. XIV. Robert Appleton Co. (New York), 1912. Accessed 20 July 2013. or '; french: Télo or '; – 9 February ), also known by his ...

. After the death of his usurping relative, he returned to

to claim the Breton throne, later joined by Saint Teilo whom he reputedly persuaded to rid the area of a terrible dragon that had been terrorising the countryside. Teilo was able to subdue the beast and tied it to a rock in the sea. The date of his death is uncertain. Some sources claim he died in 545. However, this contradicts other sources which claim that Saint Teilo had fled to France in 549 to escape the Yellow Plague of Rhos and had spent time in Brittany in Budic's company. Upon his death, his kingdom was usurped by Macliau, king of the neighbouring Veneti.

Offspring

Three of Budic's sons by his Welsh wife were revered as saints by the

Celtic Christianity Celtic Christianity ( kw, Kristoneth; cy, Cristnogaeth; gd, Crìosdaidheachd; gv, Credjue Creestee/Creestiaght; ga, Críostaíocht/Críostúlacht; br, Kristeniezh; gl, Cristianismo celta) is a form of Christianity that was common, or held ...

: St. Ismael,

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and Rhos, St. Euddogwy,

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; and

St. Tyfei Tyfei (early 6th century) was a martyr and saint of the medieval Welsh church. Life Tyfei ap Budic was the second son of Budic II of Brittany and his second wife, Anowed or Arianwedd, the daughter of Saint Issel and sister of Saint Teilo. The y ...

, a martyr. A fourth son (credited to ''Emyr Llydaw'', that is the "Emperor of

", in late Welsh sources) was Hoel I Mawr,Ford, David Nash
"Hoel I Mawr"
at ''Early British Kingdoms''. 2001. Retrieved 1 December 2014. whose son Tewdwr eventually succeeded to the kingdom of Cornouaille.Ford, David Nash
"Tewdwr Mawr"
at ''Early British Kingdoms''. 2001. Retrieved 1 December 2014. One of his daughters was Saint Gwen the Three-Breasted, who married

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(also a member of the dynasty in Dumnonia) and bore him Saints

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Winwaloe Saint Winwaloe ( br, Gwenole; french: Guénolé; la, Winwallus or ; – 3 March 532) was the founder and first abbot of Landévennec Abbey (literally " Lann of Venec"), also known as the Monastery of Winwaloe. It was just south of Brest in Brit ...

, and

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. She then married Eneas Ledewig ("Aeneas the Breton") and bore him

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Arthurian legend

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'', Budic is said at different places to have married a sister of

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and

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(making him Arthur's uncle) and to have married Pendragon's daughter Anna (making him Arthur's brother-in-law). This confusion reappears in

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and

Layamon Layamon or Laghamon (, ; ) – spelled Laȝamon or Laȝamonn in his time, occasionally written Lawman – was an English poet of the late 12th/early 13th century and author of the ''Brut'', a notable work that was the first to present the legend ...

, although most later sources make his son

Arthur's "cousin".

, translated by Lewis Thorpe. ''The History of the Kings of Britain''. Penguin Books (London), 1966. . In later romances, a possibly derivedFord, David Nash.
Budic II
at ''Early British Kingdoms''. 2001. Retrieved 1 December 2014. character of King Nentres (also written ''Neuntres'' among other forms) of Garlot marries Arthur's half-sister Elaine (also known as Blasine).

References

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