Cheldric

Family: Saxons · Role: Saxon leader · First appears: Book IX 4–6

Life events

• Arthur's Britons defeat the Saxons; Colgrin and Baldulph die, while Cheldric flees.(Book IX 4–6)
  • With: Arthur Colgrin Baldulph
  • “so that Colgrin, and Baldulph his brother, and many thousands more, fell before them. But Cheldric, in this imminent danger of his men, betook himself to flight.”
• Cador kills Cheldric and takes hostages for the Saxons' surrender.(Book IX 4–6 · 📍 the Isle of Thanet)
  • With: Cador
  • “he still continued slaughtering them, and gave them no respite till he had killed Cheldric, and taken hostages for the surrender of the rest.”
• Cheldric entered a covenant to obey Modred as sovereign in exchange for promised territories.(Book XI 1–3 · 📍 Germany)
  • With: Modred
  • “and had entered into covenant to obey the traitor as his sovereign”

Book IX 4–6

• enemies with Arthur “But Cheldric, in this imminent danger of his men, betook himself to flight.”
• enemies with Cador “he still continued slaughtering them, and gave them no respite till he had killed Cheldric, and taken hostages for the surrender of the rest.”

Book XI 1–3

• sworn: Modred “and had entered into covenant to obey the traitor as his sovereign”
• enemies with Olbrict (They fought on opposing sides.) “For on Modred's side fell Cheldric, Elasius, Egbrict, and Bunignus, Saxons; Gillapatric, Gillamor, Gistafel, and Gillarius, Irish; ... on Arthur's side, Olbrict, king of Norway”
• enemies with Aschillius (They fought on opposing sides.) “For on Modred's side fell Cheldric, Elasius, Egbrict, and Bunignus, Saxons; Gillapatric, Gillamor, Gistafel, and Gillarius, Irish; ... on Arthur's side, ... Aschillius, king of Dacia”
• enemies with Cador Limenic (They fought on opposing sides.) “For on Modred's side fell Cheldric, Elasius, Egbrict, and Bunignus, Saxons; Gillapatric, Gillamor, Gistafel, and Gillarius, Irish; ... on Arthur's side, Olbrict, king of Norway; Aschillius, king of Dacia; Cador Limenic Cassibellaun”
• enemies with Cassibellaun (They fought on opposing sides.) “For on Modred's side fell Cheldric, Elasius, Egbrict, and Bunignus, Saxons; Gillapatric, Gillamor, Gistafel, and Gillarius, Irish; ... on Arthur's side, Olbrict, king of Norway; Aschillius, king of Dacia; Cador Limenic Cassibellaun”

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