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About Hoël Mawr ap Emyr Llydaw, I, King of Brittany

See Peter Bartrum, https://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/bitstream/handle/2160/6516/TABLES%... (May 13 2018; Anne Brannen, curator)

Please see Darrell Wolcott: The Family of Emyr Llydaw; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id305.html (Steven Ferry, April 23, 2023.)


Hoel I Mawr, King of Brittany

(born c.491)

(Welsh-Hywel, Latin-Hovelius, English-Howel)

King of Brittany Hoël I Mawr ap Budic de Bretagne1

b. circa 491, d. 545

Father Emyr Llydaw Budic II map Erich of Brittany1 b. circa 460, d. 544

Mother Queen of Garlot Elaine verch Gorles o Cernyw1 b. circa 475

    Also called Hywel ap Budig Welsh. Also called Hovelius filius Budicius Latin.1 Also called Howel I "the Great" English, Mawr = the Great.1 King of Brittany Hoël I Mawr ap Budic de Bretagne was born circa 491.1 He was the son of Emyr Llydaw Budic II map Erich of Brittany and Queen of Garlot Elaine verch Gorles o Cernyw.1 King of Brittany Hoël I Mawr ap Budic de Bretagne married Alma Pompea verch Riatham of Dumnonée, daughter of Prince of Dumnonée Riotham ap Deroch of Dumnonée, before 520; 3rd cousins, 1x removed.1 King of Brittany Hoël I Mawr ap Budic de Bretagne a great supporter of his uncle King Arthur of Britain lending his support to many campaigns, including that to Paris.2 King of Brittany at France in 545. He died in 545.1,3

Family

Alma Pompea verch Riatham of Dumnonée b. circa 485

Children

King of Brittany Tewdr Mawr ap Hoël de Bretagne+ b. c 5201

King of Brittany Hoël II Fychan ap Hoël de Bretagne+ b. c 522, d. 5471

Citations

[S266] EBK, online http://freespace.virgin.net/david.ford2/

[S266] EBK, online http://freespace.virgin.net/david.ford2/…, per Geoffrey of Monmouth.

[S278] DfAdam, online unknown url, The Line of Caradoc, Lord of Meiriadog, 79.



Hoël was also called Hywel ap Budig (Welsh). and also Hovelius filius Budicius (Latin), and also Howel I "the Great" (English; Mawr = the Great).

Hoël married his third cousin once removed Alma Pompea verch Riatham of Dumnonée, daughter of Prince of Dumnonée Riotham ap Deroch of Dumnonée, before 520.

He was supposedly a great supporter of his uncle King Arthur of Britain, lending his support to many campaigns, including that to Paris.

He was King of Brittany in France in 545.

See "My Lines"

( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p292.htm#i11518 )

from Compiler: R. B. Stewart, Evans, GA

( http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/index.htm )



PB: Jamie Dornan