Evelinus

Family: Britons · Role: nephew of Androgeus · First appears: Book IV 8

Life events

• Evelinus cut off Hirelglas's head after their wrestling dispute.(Book IV 8 · 📍 Trinovantum)
  • With: Hirelglas
  • “Evelinus snatched up his sword and cut off the head of his rival.”
• Cassibellaun ordered Evelinus brought before him for punishment.(Book IV 8 · 📍 Trinovantum)
  • With: Cassibellaun
  • “the king ordered Evelinus to be brought before him”
• Androgeus claimed jurisdiction over Evelinus in his own court.(Book IV 8 · 📍 Trinovantum)
  • With: Androgeus
  • “Androgeus, suspecting the king's intentions, made answer that he had a court of his own”

Book IV 8

• elder kin: Androgeus “The name of the king's nephew was Hirelglas, the other's Evelinus.”
• rivals with Hirelglas “Amidst these diversions, it happened that two noble youths, whereof one was nephew to the king, the other to duke Androgeus, wrestled together, and afterwards had a dispute about the victory.”
• with Hirelglas (Evelinus killed Hirelglas.) “As they were reproaching each other, Evelinus snatched up his sword and cut off the head of his rival.”

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