Editing Ferrex (section)

{{About|the legendary British prince|the American poet who used this name|Ezra Pound}}
'''Ferrex''' was the son of the legendary king [[Gorboduc]] of the [[Britons (historic)|Britons]], and fought with his brother [[Porrex I|Porrex]] for the throne, according to [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]].<ref>{{cite book|author=John Allen Giles|author-link=John Allen Giles|title=The British History of Geoffrey of Monmouth: In Twelve Books|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FUoMAAAAIAAJ|year=1842|publisher=J. Bohn|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_FUoMAAAAIAAJ/page/n71 39]}}</ref>

When his father had become old, he quarrelled with his brother Porrex over who would succeed to the kingship. Ferrex discovered that Porrex planned to kill him, and fled to [[Gaul]], where he enlisted the help of Suhard, the king of the [[Franks]]. Upon his return, he fought a battle with his brother and died there. The Gaulish army was also destroyed.

Ferrex had been his mother Judon's favourite son, and she avenged his death by killing Porrex in his sleep. This led to a long civil war between five kings in [[Great Britain|Britain]].