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Ceneu was an early king of Northern Britain, apparently the heir of
King Coel Hen (the Old). His supposed
kingdom stretched from Coast to Coast. Ceneu appears to have been
regarded as a saint because he upheld the old Christian ways while under
intense pressure from invading pagans.
Ceneu appears in
Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain as
having attended the coronation of the great
King Arthur but he has probably been misplaced in time. Upon
his death, Ceneu's kingdom seems to have beens divided between his two sons,
Gurgust and Masguic
Gloff. Gwrast took the western lands stretching from the Salway to the Mersey,
while Mascuic (aka Mar for short) inherited the southern kingdom around the old capital, Ebrauc (York).
Records of King Ceneu date back to the 11th century. He is generally considered apocryphal.
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