Eldol

Family: Britons · Role: duke of Gloucester · First appears: Book VIII 5–8

Life events

• Eldol captures Hengist after defeating him in single combat.(Book VIII 5–8)
  • With: Hengist
  • “Eldol, assured of victory, seized on the helmet of Hengist, and by main force dragged him in among the Britons”
• Eldol beheads Hengist, and Aurelius orders his burial.(Book VIII 5–8)
  • With: Hengist Aurelius Ambrosius
  • “Accordingly Eldol took his sword, and drew him out of the city, and then cut off his head. But Aurelius, who showed moderation in all his conduct, commanded him to be buried”

Book VIII 5–8

• enemies with Hengist “for one of us should die before we parted.”
• siblings with Eldad “There was present at the assembly Eldad, bishop of Gloucester, and brother of Eldol, a prelate of very great wisdom and piety.”

Also listed in Britons — Minor Figures

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