General Notes

Source:  GEDCOM:  Ancestry.com.  Benjamin McAlester Brink, "Brink-Day-Johnston-Fletcher Family Tree", 2003


Budic II (Welsh, Budig/Latin, Budicius/English, Budick), King ofBrittany.
Not to be confused with his uncle and namesake, Budic wascalled by his
title, Emyr Llydaw (Emperor of Brittany) by the Welsh. Heapparently
married the sister of High-King Arthur of Britain. The lady isusually
assumed to have been Anna, but there are indications that Elaine(Elen)
was his true wife. He is thus, probably, the original of KingNentres (a
corrupt form of Emyr) who was mistakenly given the realm ofAnna's
husband, Garlot (Caer-Lot). He may also be connected with theliterary
King Ban of Benwick (sometimes Brittany). During his cousin's usurpation
of the Breton throne, Budic fled toBritain with the Breton fleet. They
took refuge at the court of KingAircol Lawhir of Dyfed, where he met and
married his second wife, Anowed,the sister of St.Teilo. The two settled
in Britain and lived there formany years during which time Anowed gave
birth to two sons. During herthird pregnancy though, messengers arrived
announcing that the BretonKing (probably the childless Riothamus) was
dead and that his peopledesired Budic to be their King. So he returned in
triumph to a kingdomthat became known as Cornouaille Budic in his honour.
It was during Budic's reign that, an old legend says, Breton armies
firstbecame invincible on horseback. During a visit of St.Teilo to
Brittany,Budic, his brother-in-law, persuaded the saint to rid his lands
of aterrible dragon that was terrorising the countryside. With much
prayer,Teilo was able to subdue the beast and he tied it to a rock in the
sea.Afraid that it would return without Teilo's protection, Budic created
hisbrother-in-law the Bishop of Dol. Teilo entered the city upon a
divinewhite steed given him by an angel. This, he later presented to the
Kingwith the promise that his cavalry would always be victorious in
battle. Budic may have ruled jointly with his son, Hoel I Mawr (the
Great) in hislater years. He eventually died in 545, having left his
grandson andheir, Tewdwr, in the care of King Macliau of the Vannetais.
[David NashFord, The Kings of Brittany and Princes of Cornouaille] 2
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