Estrildis was the legendary daughter of the king of 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...

 according to 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...

. She was found in the ships of Humber the Hun

Humber the Hun

Humber the Hun was a legendary king of the Huns as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. According to Geoffrey, following the separation of Britain by Locrinus, Kamber, and Albanactus, Humber invaded Albany and killed Albanactus in open battle. The remaining people fled south where Locrinus allied...

 after his defeat by Locrinus

Locrinus

Locrinus was a legendary king of the Britons, as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the oldest son of Brutus and a descendant of the Trojans through Aeneas. Following Brutus's death, Britain was divided amongst the three sons, with Locrinus receiving the portion roughly equivalent to...

, son of Brutus. She was said to be the most beautiful woman of her time and Locrinus sought to marry her. Unfortunately, Gwendolen

Queen Gwendolen

Queen Gwendolen was a legendary ruler of Britain, whose life is described in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. According to Geoffrey, she was the wife of King Locrinus of the Britons until she defeated him in battle and took on the leadership of Britain herself.Gwendolen was the...

, the daughter of Corineus

Corineus

Corineus, in medieval British legend, was a prodigious warrior, a fighter of giants, and the eponymous founder of Cornwall.According to Geoffrey of Monmouth's History of the Kings of Britain , he led the descendants of the Trojans who fled with Antenor after the Trojan War and settled on the coasts...

 of Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, was betrothed to Locrinus and he had to submit. He created a cave for Estrildis beneath Trinovantum (London

London

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) for her to live under the care of servants. She was visited by Locrinus for seven years in secret, trusting no one but the servants and a select few. At last, she gave birth to a daughter whom she named Habren

Hafren

Hafren is the name of a mythical person in Geoffrey of Monmouth's pseudo-history Historia Regum Britanniae...

. When Corineus finally died, Locrinus deserted Gwendolen and named Estrildis queen. A battle was fought between Locrinus and Gwendolen, and Locrinus was killed. Estrildis and Habren, as a result, were thrown into a river which was thereafter called Habren (Afon Hafren) in Welsh

Welsh language

Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...

, which is the River Severn in English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

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