Brutus Greenshield was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth

Geoffrey of Monmouth

Geoffrey of Monmouth was a cleric and one of the major figures in the development of British historiography and the popularity of tales of King Arthur...

. He was the son of King Ebraucus

Ebraucus

Ebraucus was a legendary king of the Britons, as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the son of King Mempricius before he abandoned the family....

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Brutus, called Greenshield, was the eldest of twenty sons and the only remaining son of Ebraucus in Britain

Great Britain

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 at the time of his death. All Ebraucus's other sons were in Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 establishing a new kingdom there. He reigned for twelve years after his father's death and was succeeded by his son, Leil

Leil

Leil was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the son of King Brutus Greenshield.Leil was a peaceful and just king and took advantage of the prosperity afforded him by his ancestors. He built Caerleil in the north as a tribute to this prosperity. He...

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