The foundation of
Britain’s Feudal System.
It is believed
the first wave of proto-Celtic settlers to Britain arrived in the Late Bronze
Age, roughly between 1500 BC and 1000 BC. These early Celtic arrivals were the precursor for what became a
long-established tradition of feudal and tribal Kingship, which was held dear
by the later post-Roman peoples of Britain and still today by all proud Cymro/Welsh.
These early
arrivals were probably led by feudal rulers of the tribes which became
Brythonic over the following generations and these tribal Kings who rose to
High-Kingship, would undoubtedly have been strong rulers of their own tribal
groups. By what means we can only imagine they came to hold high-kingship over
the other tribes, perhaps motivated by territorial wars or other calamities but
it must have been a ‘Darwinian’ climb to power. These early, true High-Kings were thought to have
been ultimate warlords, wielding immense power but it is known that in later
years toward the middle of the iron-age period, the much honoured title of
PenDdraig (Pendragon) was only bestowed in times of emergency, such as wars
between states, or for the landings of Julius Caesar in 55 and 54 BC, commonly
being temporary appointments.
These
‘heroic-age’ Brythonic/Celtic Kingdoms almost always came to form the ancestral
birthright locations of later post-Roman Brythonic Kings, their histories,
achievements, land boundaries and family lineages being fiercely protected by
their Bards. The Brythonic warrior class placed a great deal of importance on
their paternal lineage and being able to recite one's ancestors would have been
a given. These ancient names have survived an incredible test of time
considering the largest part of the lists would have been remembered in an oral
tradition of songs, poems and englyns by the Country’s Bards and I’m sure still
reflect a good deal of truth even to this day. In view of this oral tradition,
the Brythons in this period left no written
records but the ‘Post-Roman’ Britons did. Sadly however, most of this Roman British writing would have been
lost, when almost all of the records they possessed were burned in the Saxon
invasions which then followed but much of this has never been proved
conclusively.
King Beli Mawr 110 BC to C: 62 BC
The following
list being an approximate lineage of the great Beli Mawr is far from complete, as there were many blanks and omissions in the surviving lists. It should not then
be taken as being historically accurate, but it does form a framework for the known progenitors to the High-King’s
ancestors. They must have been an impressive line of warlords, as their
offspring became the uncontested rulers of Cymbri and all of Prydein.
The listed
lineage (with exceptions and omissions) ‘ap’ = son of.
Beli ap Manogan ap Eneid ap Cerwyd ap Crydon ap Dyfnarth (285 BC) ap Cherin ap Porrex (II)
ap Millus ap Elidyr ap
Peredur ap Ingenius ap Archgallo ap Kinarius ap Guithelin ap Gurguit-Barbtruc ap Belenos-Hên/Belinus (387 BC) ap Dyfnwal ap Dunfallo ap
Cloten ap Rudaucus ap Staterius ap Pinner ap Ferrex/Porrex ap Corodubic ap
Kimarcus ap Iago ap Sisillius ap Gurgastius ap Rifallo ap Cuneglas (750 BC) ap
Marganus ap Leir ap Bladud ap Rud-Hud-Hudibras ap Brutus Geenshield.
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