Budic II (; or '; ), formerly known as Budick, was a king of

Cornouaille Cornouaille (; , ) is a historical region on the west coast of Brittany in West France. The name is cognate with Cornwall in neighbouring Great Britain. This can be explained by the settlement of Cornouaille by migrant princes from Cornwall ...

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

Hoel King Hoel (, "Hoel the Great"; ), 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 December 2014. member of the ruling dynasty o ...

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 ( or '; Wainewright, John. in ''The Catholic Encyclopedia'', Vol. XIV. Robert Appleton Co. (New York), 1912. Accessed 20 July 2013. or '; or '; – 9 February ), also known as Eliud, was a British Christian monk, bish ...

. 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

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: St. Ismael, bishop of Meneva and Rhos, St. Euddogwy,

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; and St. Tyfei, 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 Wethenoc, Jacut,

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, and Creirwy. She then married Eneas Ledewig ("Aeneas the

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") 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 Aurelius Ambrosius and

Uther Pendragon Uther Pendragon ( ; the Brittonic languages, Brittonic name; , or ), also known as King Uther (or Uter), was a List of legendary kings of Britain, legendary King of the Britons and father of King Arthur. A few minor references to Uther appe ...

(making him Arthur's uncle) and to have married Pendragon's daughter

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(making him Arthur's brother-in-law). This confusion reappears in

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and

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, 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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