Editing Porrex I (section)

{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Porrex I
| succession   = [[Legendary Kings of Britain|King of Britain]]
| predecessor  = [[Gorboduc]]
| successor    = [[Dyfnwal Moelmud]]
| father       = [[Gorboduc]]
| mother       = Judon
}}

'''Porrex I''' was a legendary king of the [[Britons (historic)|Britons]] as accounted by [[Geoffrey of Monmouth]].  He was the son of [[Gorboduc]]<ref>[http://www.monarchie-noblesse.net/angleterre/bretons/bretons.htm Monarchie Nobelesse website, ''Bretons'']</ref> and his death began a dynastic civil war.

In the final years of Gorboduc's life, Porrex waged war with his brother, [[Ferrex]].  He planned to ambush his brother but his brother fled to [[Gaul]] to enlist the aide of Suhard, the king of the [[Franks]].  When Ferrex returned with a large Gaulish army, Porrex attacked and Ferrex and the army were defeated.  Some time after, his mother, Judon, avenged Porrex's murder of Ferrex and hacked him to pieces in his sleep.  His death sparked a civil war which would not be resolved until the reign of [[Dunvallo Molmutius]].  His death shifted the dominant [[genealogy|genealogical]] royal house of [[Brutus of Britain|Brutus]] to another house, [[Cornwall]].<ref>Geoffrey of Monmouth (1982): ''The History of the Kings of Britain'', translated with an Introduction by Lewis Thorpe, Guild Publishing London, p. 88</ref>