Guitard

Family: Pictavians · Role: commander of the Pictavians · First appears: Book IX 11

Life events

• Hoel conquered Aquitaine's cities and forced Guitard to surrender.(Book IX 11 · 📍 Aquitaine)
  • With: Hoel
  • “Hoel upon this entered Aquitaine, possessed himself of the cities of that country, and after distressing Guitard in several battles, forced him to surrender.”
• Guitard’s reinforcements help the Britons defeat the Roman ambush.(Book X 5–7)
  • “For Guitard, commander of the Pictavians, happened to get information of the designed stratagem, and was come up with three thousand men, by the help of which they at last got the advantage”
• Arthur deploys his forces into battle divisions and assigns commanders throughout the army.(Book X 5–7 · 📍 Suesia)
  • With: Arthur Morvid Augusel Cador Guerinus Boso Aschillius Lot Hoel Walgan Caius Bedver Holdin Vigenis Jonathal Cursalem Urbgennius
  • “There he divided his men into several bodies, commanding one legion, over which Morvid, consul of Gloucester, was appointed general”

Book IX 11

• enemies with Hoel (Hoel is ordered to campaign against Guitard) “Hoel, whom he ordered to march against Guitard, commander of the Pictavians; while he with the other part should endeavour to reduce the other provinces.”

Book X 5–7

• with Arthur (Guitard was placed in command of a rear party.) “the second by Holdin, duke of the Ruteni, and Guitard of the Pictavians;”
• with Holdin (Joint commanders of a rear party.) “the second by Holdin, duke of the Ruteni, and Guitard of the Pictavians;”

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