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Legendary king of the Britons
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Porrex II was a legendary king of the Britons as recounted in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. He came to power in 257 BC.

He was the son of Coel and the grandson of Catellus; he was succeeded by his son, Cherin.

In some versions of the story, his father was King Millus.

References

  1. Monarchie Nobelesse website, Bretons
  2. Sacred Texts website, Histories of the Kings of Britain (Book III), by Geoffry of Monmouth, tr. by Sebastian Evans, (1904)
  3. National Library of Wales, Welsh Classical Dictionary page 584


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Preceded byMillus King of Britain Succeeded byCherin


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