Martia

Family: Britons · Role: queen and lawgiver · First appears: Book III 9–13

Life events

• Guithelin became king and had Martia as his wife.(Book III 9–13)
  • With: Guithelin
  • “After him Guithelin wore the crown, which he enjoyed all his life, treating his subjects with mildness and affection. He had for his wife a noble lady named Martia,”
• Martia and her seven-year-old son Sisilius jointly assumed government of the kingdom.(Book III 9–13)
  • With: Guithelin Sisilius
  • “Upon the death of Guithelin, the government of the kingdom remained in the hands of this queen and her son Sisilius, who was then but seven years old”

Book III 9–13

• married with Guithelin “He had for his wife a noble lady named Martia, accomplished in all kinds of learning.”
• with King Alfred (King Alfred translated Martia's law.) “Among many other admirable productions of her wit, she was the author of what the Britons call the Martian law. This also among other things king Alfred translated, and called it in the Saxon tongue, Pa Marchitle Lage.”
• ward: Sisilius “Upon the death of Guithelin, the government of the kingdom remained in the hands of this queen and her son Sisilius, who was then but seven years old, and therefore unfit to take the government upon himself alone.”

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Extracted from the original text of The History of the Kings of Britain. Made with Rho MD.