1136), which describes him as the son of King Rud Hud Hudibras, and the tenth ruler in line from the first king, Brutus, saying Bladud was contemporaneous with the biblical prophet Elijah (9th century BC).Ī Bleydiud son of Caratauc is mentioned in the Welsh Harley MS 3859 genealogies (in the British Library), suggesting to some that Geoffrey misinterpreted a scrap of Welsh genealogy (such as the Harleian genealogies itself or a related text). He is first mentioned in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae ( c.
48343).īladud or Blaiddyd is a legendary king of the Britons, although there is no historical evidence for his existence. An image of Bladud attempting to fly with his artificial wings (from the Lyte Pedigree of 1605.
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