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'''Urien''' a oa roue [[Rheged]], en [[Hen Ogledd]] [[Enez Vreizh]], er VI-vet kantved, war-dro 550-590). Tad e oa da [[Owain mab Urien]].
Meulet eo bet e emzalc'h en emgann gant [[Taliesin]], a oa barzh en e lez.
Hervez [[Historia Britonnum]] e voe lazhet war c'hourc'hemenn [[Morcant]] ur roue brezhon all a vage gwarizi ouzh e drec'hioù.
According to the [[Historia Britonnum]], he was assassinated at the command of his ally [[Morcant]] who was jealous of his success. The [[Welsh Triads]] called him a [[king of the Britons|battle leader of Britain]]. He had four sons, named Owain, Riwallawn, Run and Pascen, the eldest of which succeeded him.
==Mibien==
Pevar mab en doa, [[Owain mab Urien|Owain]], Riwallawn, Run ha Pascen, a voe rouewar e lerc'h.
==The legend==
Urien remained a popular figure in [[Wales]] over the centuries, and he and his son Owain were incorporated into [[Arthurian legend]] as it spread from Britain to continental Europe. His kingdom was eventually transferred to the mythical land of Gore, and Kings [[Lot (Arthurian legend)|Lot of Lothian]] and Auguselus of Scotland are sometimes said to be his brothers. During the reign of [[Uther Pendragon]] he marries Arthur’s sister (often [[Morgan le Fay]], but sometimes another sister is named). He, like the kings of several other lands, initially opposes [[Arthur]]’s ascendance to the throne after Uther’s death. Urien and the others rebel against the young monarch, but upon their defeat, the rebels become Arthur’s allies and vassals.
In the legends his marriage to Morgan is not portrayed as a happy one, however, as in one story Morgan plots to take [[Excalibur]], kill Urien and Arthur, and place herself and her lover [[Accolon]] on the throne. He is always said to be the father of Ywain (Owain), and many texts give him a second son, [[Ywain the Bastard]], fathered on his seneschal's wife. The Welsh attribute to him a daughter named [[Morvydd]].
[[Thomas Malory]] sometimes spells his name "Urience", which has led some (e.g. [[Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson|Tennyson]]) to identify him with King [[Rience]].
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