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Constant (monk-king)

Constant was Constantine's eldest son and was made a monk at Winchester

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Constant was Constantine's eldest son and was made a monk at Winchester (Roman de Brut, Roman de Brut > Constantine and Vortigern)

Constant delegated all governance of the realm to Vortigern (Roman de Brut, Roman de Brut > Constantine and Vortigern)

Constant acknowledged Vortigern as wiser than himself (Roman de Brut, Roman de Brut > Constantine and Vortigern)

Constant said he had done all things according to Vortigern's will (Roman de Brut, Roman de Brut > Constantine and Vortigern)

Constant admitted he had already ceded all decision-making to Vortigern (Roman de Brut, Roman de Brut > Constantine and Vortigern)

Roman de Brut

  • attestation: Constant was Constantine's eldest son and was made a monk at Winchester (Roman de Brut > Constantine and Vortigern)

    "The eldest—whom the king named Constant—he caused to be nourished at Winchester, and there he made him to be vowed a monk"

  • attestation: Constant delegated all governance of the realm to Vortigern (Roman de Brut > Constantine and Vortigern)

    "I give you all the realm to thy keeping, so that none shall ravage it or burn"

  • attestation: Constant acknowledged Vortigern as wiser than himself (Roman de Brut > Constantine and Vortigern)

    "thou art wiser than I"

  • attestation: Constant said he had done all things according to Vortigern's will (Roman de Brut > Constantine and Vortigern)

    "I have granted," answered Constant, "everything to thy hand, and have done all according to thy will"

  • attestation: Constant admitted he had already ceded all decision-making to Vortigern (Roman de Brut > Constantine and Vortigern)

    "I have granted," answered Constant, "everything to thy hand, and have done all according to thy will"

Appears in: Beings, Entities in Roman de Brut, Arthurian Tradition