Arthur King of Britain [6487] 24
General Notes:
http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal07071
http://www.earlybritishkingdoms.com/arthur/bios/index.html
But was he a king in the traditional sense? The legends name him High King of Britain, a title held by his father, Uther Pendragon
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, and his uncle, Ambrosius Aurelianus
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. Noted historian Geoffrey Ashe identifies Arthur with Riothamus, who was called the King of the Britons even though he operated mostly in Gaul (Breton territory). A recent book by Graham Phillips and Martin Keatman identifies Arthur as the King of Powys
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and Gwynedd
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, two powerful kingdoms in Wales. The northern tradition has Arthur king of some or all of Scotland.
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