General Notes

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He was the Prince of Galicia, and King of Spain.

He was named Galamh, but was more commonly calles Milesius, King of Spain. He was King of Spain for many years and sent his sons to Ireland during a famine in Spain, to find a new home for his people.He invaded and conquerored Ireland in 1699 B.C.

Milesius, in his youth and during his father's lifetime, went intoScythia, where he was kindly received by the king of that country, whogave him his daughter in marriage, and appointed him General of hisforces. In this capacity Milesius defeated the king's enemies, gainedmuch fame, and the love of all the king's subjects. His growinggreatness and popularity excited against him the jealousy of the king;who, fearing the worst, resolved on privately dispatching Milesius outof the way, for, openly, he dare not attempt it. Admonished of theking's intentions in this regard, Milesius slew him; and thereuponquitted Scythia and retired into Egypt with a fleet of sixty sail.Pharaoh Nectonibus, then king of Egypt, being informed of his arrivaland of his great valor, wisdom, and conduct in arms, made him Generalof all his forces against the king of Ethiopia then invading hiscountry. Here, as in Scythia, Milesius was victorious; he forced theenemy to submit to the conqueror's own terms of peace. By theseexploits Milesius found great favor with Pharaoh, who gave him, beingthen a widower, his daughter Scota in marriage; and kept him eightyears afterwards in Egypt.
During the sojourn of Milesius in Egypt, he employed the mostingenious and able persons among his people to be instructed in theseveral trades, arts, and sciences used in Egypt; in order to havethem taught to the rest of his people on his return to Spain.
At length Milesius took leave of his father-in-law, and steeredtowards Spain; where he arrived to the great joy and comfort of hispeople, who were much harassed by the rebellion of the natives and bythe intrusion of the other foreign nations that forced in after hisfather's death, and during his own long absence from Spain. With theseand those he often met; and, in fifty-four battles, victoriouslyfought, he routed, destroyed, and totally extirpated them out of thecountry, which he settled in peace and quietness.
In his reign a great dearth and famine occurred in Spain, oftwenty-six years' continuance, occasioned, as well by reason of theformer troubles which hindered the people from cultivating andmanuring the ground, as for want of rain to moisten the earth; butMilesius superstitiously believed the famine to have fallen upon himand his people as a judgment and punishment from their gods, for theirnegligence in seeking out the country destined for their final abode,so long before foretold by Cachear their Druid or magician, as alreadymentioned -- the time limited by the prophecy for the accomplishmentthereof being now nearly, if not fully, expired.
To expiate his fault and to comply with the will of the gods,Milesius, with the general approbation of his people, sent his uncleIthe (q.v.), with his son Lughaidh, and one hundred and fifty stoutmen to bring them an account of those western islands. There theDanaan brothers, suspecting his design of bringing others to invadethe island, overtook him and killed him as her was returning to hisship, at a plain now called Magh Ithe; whence his son, having foundhim there, brought his dead and mangled body back into Spain, andthere exposed it to public view, thereby to excite his friends andrelations to avenge his murder.
And I think it not amiss to notify what the Irish chroniclers, observeupon this matter, viz. -- that all the invaders and planters ofIreland, namely, Partholan, Neimhedh, the Firbolgs, Tuatha-De-Danaans,and Clan-na-Mile, where originally Scythians, of the line of Japheth,who had the language called Bearla-Tobbai or Gaoidhilg (Gaelic) commonamongst them all; and consequently not to be wondered at, that Itheand the Tuatha-De-Danaans understood one another without aninterpreter -- both speaking the same language, though perhaps withsome difference in the accent.
The exposing of the dead body of Ithe had the desired effect; for,thereupon, Milesius made great preparations in order to invade Ireland-- as well to avenge his uncle's death, as also in obedience to thewill of his gods, signified by the prophecy of Cachear, aforesaid.But, before he could effect that object, he died, leaving the care andcharge of that expedition upon his eight legitimate sons by his twowives before mentioned.
Milesius was a very valiant champion, a great warrior, and fortunateand prosperous in all his undertakings: witness his name of "Milesius," given him from the many battles (some say a thousand, which the word"Mile" signifies in Irish as well as in Latin) which he victoriouslyfought and won, as well in Spain, as in all the other countries andkingdoms he traversed in his younger days.
The eight brothers were neither forgetful nor negligent in theexecution of their father's command; but, soon after his death, with anumerous fleet well manned and equipped, set forth from Breoghan'sTower or Brigantia (now Corunna) in Galicia, in Spain, and sailedprosperously to the coasts of Ireland or Inis-Fail, where they metmany difficulties and various chances before they could land:occasioned by the diabolical arts, sorceries, and enchantments used bythe Tuatha-De-Danaans, to obstruct their landing; for, by their magicart, they enchanted the island so as to appear to the Milesians orClan-na-Mile in the form of a Hog, and no way to come at it (whencethe island, among the many other names it had before, was calledMuc-Inis or "The Hog Island"); and withal raised so great a storm,that the Milesian fleet was thereby totally dispersed and many of themcast away, wherein five of the eight brothers, sons of Milesius, losttheir lives. That part of the fleet commanded by Heber, Heremon, andAmergin (the three surviving brothers), and Heber Donn, son of Ir (oneof the brothers lost in the storm), overcame all opposition, landedsafe, fought and routed the three Tuatha-De-Danaan Kings atSlieve-Mis, and thence pursued and overtook them at Tailten, whereanother bloody battle was fought; wherein the three (Tuatha-De-Danaan)Kings and their Queens were slain, and their army utterly routed anddestroyed: so that they could never after give any opposition to theClan-na-Mile in the new conquest; who, having thus sufficientlyavenged the death of their great uncle Ithe, gained the possession ofthe country foretold them by Cachear, some ages past, as alreadymentioned.
Heber and Heremon, the chief leading men remaining of the eightbrothers after the Milesian conquest, divided the kingdom between them(allotting a proportion of land to their brother Amergin and to theirnephew Heber Donn, and to the rest of their chief commanders), andbecame jointly the first of 183 Kings or sole Monarchs of the Gaelic,Milesian, or Scottish Race, that ruled and governed Ireland,successively, for 2885 years from the first year of their reign, AM3500 [1699 BC], to their submission to the Crown of England in theperson of King Henry II; who, being also of the Milesian Race byMaude, his mother, was lineally descended from Fergus Mor MacEarca,first King of Scotland, who was descended from the said Heremon -- sothat the succession may be truly said to continue in the MilesianBlood from 1699 BC down to the present time.
The invasion, conquest, or plantation of Ireland by the Milesian orScottish Nation took place in the Year of the World 3500, or the nextyear after Solomon began the foundation of the Temple of Jerusalem,and 1699 years before the Nativity of our Savior Jesus Christ; which,according to the Irish computation of Time, occurred AM 5199: thereinagreeing with the Septuagint, Roman Martyrologies, Eusebius, Orosius,and other ancient authors; which computation the ancient Irishchroniclers exactly observed in their Books of the Reigns of theMonarchs of Ireland, and other Antiquities of that Kingdom; out ofwhich the Roll of the Monarchs of Ireland, from the beginning of theMilesian Monarchy to their submission to King Henry the Second ofEngland, a Prince of their own Blood is exactly collected.
As the Milesian invasion of Ireland took place the next year after thelaying of the foundation of the Temple of Jerusalem by Solomon, Kingof Israel, we may infer that Solomon was contemporary with Milesius ofSpain; and that the Pharaoh King of Egypt, who (1 Kings 3:1) gave hisdaughter in marriage to Solomon, was the Pharaoh who conferred onMilesius of Spain the hand of another daughter Scota.
Milesius of Spain bore three Lions in his shield and standard, for thefollowing reasons; namely, that, in his travels in his younger daysinto foreign countries, passing through Africa, he, by his cunning andvalor, killed in one morning three Lions; and that, in memory of sonoble and valiant an exploit, he always after bore three Lions on hisshield, which his two surviving sons Heber and Heremon, and hisgrandson Heber Donn, son of Ir, after their conquest of Ireland,divided amongst them, as well as they did the country: each of thembearing a Lion in his shield and banner, but of different colors:which the Chiefs of their posterity continue to this day: some withadditions and differences; other plain and entire as they had it fromtheir ancestors.


Milesius died just before the Milesian conquest, AM 3500 or 1699 BC;but, according to the chronology of Eusebius, the same year calculatedagainst the founding of the temple would be AM 4169 or 1030 BC. Herecan be seen the two conflicting chronologies that O'Hart uses. O'Hartgives dates according to the former, but external contemporaries (suchas Solomon) according to the latter and much more commonly acceptedchronology.
[other pedigrees of Milesius;]

Compendium of World History: Milesius or Gaodhal, son of Cecrops orCalcol, son of Judah of the Bible.

Rawlinson B 502: Miled mac Bile m. Nemain m. Brige m. Bregain m.Bratha m. Deatha m. Airceda m. Alldoit m. Nuadat m. Noenail m. EbirScuitt m. Gaedail Glais m. Niuil Nemnaig m. Foeniusa Farsaid m.Glunfind m. Lamfind m. Fetheoir m. Agnomain m. Thoe m. Bainb m. Seimm. Mair m. Ethecht m. Aurtecht m. Aboth m. Aoy m. Ara m. Iara m. Srum. Esru m. Rifad m. Gomer m. Iafeth m. Noe [Noah].

Raithbheartaigh's Genealogical Tracts C 154: Milead Espaine m. Bili m.Breogain m. Bratha m. Deaatha m. Ercada m. Alloid m. Nuadat m.Neinuaill m. Feidbinglais m. Ebir Gluinfhind m. Laimfhind m. Agnomainm. Thait m. Ogamain m. Beoamain m. Ebir Scut m. Shru m. Easru m.Gaeidil Glais m. Niuil m. Feniusa Farsaidh [q.v.] m. Bacad no RifadScot m. Gomer m. Iafed m. Nae [Noah].

Birth: in Galicia
Death: in Galicia
Occupation: King of Galicia, Andalusia, Murcia, Castile and Portugal
Education: Sojourned Egypt

I. The Prehistoric Section From the seventh century onwards, Irish monks were involved in manufacturing a history for themselves to fill the gap between biblical history and (their) modern history. As a result, any competent medieval Irish historian could trace the supposed genealogy of any of the modern kings of Irish descent back to Adam, through fabulous, then biblical antecedents. This has been done, for interest's sake only, as this section has no historical reliability. I have, here, given the names as they appear in early Irish documents, and adopted, of the many possible versions, that from
various sections of the twelfth-century Irish manuscript known as Rawlinson B. 502. [From Rawl. B. 502 115c21-39] Adam. Seth. Enos. Cainan. Malalel. Iareth. Enoc. Methusalam.. Lamiach. [From Rawl. B.
502 117g2-68] Noe. Iafeth. Gomer. Rifad. Esru. Sru. Iara. Ara. Aoy. Aboth. Aurtecht. Ethecht. Mair. Seim. Bainb. Thoe. Agnomain. Fetheoir. Lamfind. Glunfind. Foeniusa Farsaid. Niuil Nemnaig. Gaedail Glais.
Ebir Scuitt. Noenail. Nuadat. Alldoit. Airceda. Deatha. Bratha. Bregain. Brige. Nemain. Bile. Miled. [The last is this individual] Erimoin. Ireoil Fatha. Ethreoil. Fallaig. Tigernmais. Senbotha. Smretha. Smirguill. Fiachach Labrinni. Oengusa Olmugaeda. Moen. Rechtada Rigdeirg. Demail. Dein. Sirnai. Aillella Oalchloen. Nuadat Find Fail. Aedain Glais. Sineoin Bricc. Muiredaig Bolcgraig. Fiachach Tolcrai. Duach Ladcra. Echach Buadaig. Augaine Mair. [From Rawl. B. 502 162d7-53] Cobthaich. Meilge. Irero. Conlaid. Ailella Casfiaclaich. Laebchuire. Fir Almaich. Fir Anaraith. Fir Raith. Fir Cetharraid. Echach Altlethain. Oengus Turbich Temra. Fiachach Fir Mara. Ailella Erann. Feradaig. Forggo. Maine. Airnnil. Rothrir. Triir. Rosin. Sin. Dedad. Eir. Ailella Ain. Eogain. Eterscela. Conaire Moir. Cairpre. Daire Dornmair. Cairpri Chrommchinn. Lugdach. Conair Caem. Coirpri Rigfota. Cintae. Guaire. Cincce. Feidelmid. Fiachach. Echdach. Achir. Find Feicce. Croithluithe. Cormaicc. Feideilmid. Oengusa. Feideilmid. Oengusa Fir.