Porrex

Role: king · First appears: Book II 15–17

Life events

Porrex's treachery drove Ferrex into exile, but Ferrex returned with aid and was killed in battle.(Book II 15–17 · 📍 Gaul)
- With: Ferrex Suard
- “Porrex, who was the most ambitious of the two, forms a design of killing his brother by treachery, which the other discovering, escaped, and passed over into Gaul. There he procured aid from Suard king of the Franks, with which he returned and made war upon his brother; coming to an engagement, Ferrex was killed and all his forces cut to pieces.”
Widen killed Porrex in revenge for Ferrex's death.(Book II 15–17)
- With: Widen
- “She took therefore her opportunity when he was asleep, fell upon him, and with the assistance of her women tore him to pieces.”

parent: Gorbogudo “Gorbogudo, who had two sons, Ferrex and Porrex.”
siblings with Ferrex “Gorbogudo, who had two sons, Ferrex and Porrex.”
enemies with Ferrex “When their father grew old they began to quarrel about the succession; but Porrex, who was the most ambitious of the two, forms a design of killing his brother by treachery”
parent: Widen “When their mother, whose name was Widen, came to be informed of her son's death”
enemies with Widen “she fell into a great rage, and conceived a mortal hatred against the survivor.”

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