Dunvallo Molmutius


Dunvallo Molmutius (Welsh: Dyfual Moel Mouth) was according to legend, as described by Geoffrey or Monmouth, King of Britain from 420 BC. - 380 BC.

He was the son of Cloten, the king of Cornwall, and restored the order after the Civil War of the five kings. Dunvallo was a descendant of a branch of Brittany's genealogy, the main branch of this genealogy was extinct with Porrex I's death.

In the power vacuum after the death of Porrex, Dunvallo was King of Cornwall. He was a brave and brave man, and defeated in the war Pinner, the king of Loegria. In response, Rudaucus, King of Cambria and Staterius, King of Alba (Scotland) bundled their powers, and they destroyed a large part of Dunvallo's empire. Dunvallo managed to win a list in the war. After a battle, he clad 600 soldiers in the armor of killed enemy soldiers, and managed to penetrate this army into the enemy camp and kill the rival kings. After that, enemy armies could be turned off, and Dunvallo took possession of their land and possessions.

When his rivals were eliminated, Dunvallo could claim the British crown. He designed a law book, the Molmutine Laws, that would be used for many centuries. With this he made an end to robbers who made the country unsafe. Dunvallo reigned in peace and prosperity for forty years. When he died, he was buried in the temple of Concorde, as a tribute to his laws, in Trinovantum. After his death, war broke out again between his sons Belinus and Brennius.

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