Logres (also Logris or Loegria) is the name of King Arthur's realm in the Matter of Britain. King Arthur is a legendary British leader who according to medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against the Saxon invaders The Matter of Britain is a name given collectively to the Legends that concern the Celtic and legendary History of Great Britain, especially those It derives from Lloegyr (Modern Welsh: Lloegr, meaning "England", purportedly meaning "the lost country"), the Welsh name for the area of Great Britain roughly covering the land of present-day England. Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic Welsh ( cy Cymraeg or cy y Gymraeg, kəmˈrɑːɨɡ and {{IPA|[ə ɡəmˈrɑːɨɡ]}}, is a member of the Brythonic branch of Celtic See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

According to Geoffrey of Monmouth, the realm was named after the legendary king Locrinus, the oldest son of Brutus of Troy. Geoffrey of Monmouth ( Gruffudd ap Arthur or Sieffre o Fynwy) (c Locrinus was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. Brutus ( Brut, Brute, Welsh Bryttys) a legendary descendant of the Trojan hero Aeneas, was known in medieval British legend In his History of the Kings of Britain, Geoffrey uses the word "Loegria" to describe a province containing most of England excluding Cornwall, as in this example from section iv. The Historia Regum Britanniae ( English: The History of the Kings of Britain) is a pseudohistorical account of British history Cornwall ( Kernow ˈkɛɹnɔʊ is the most southwesterly county of England, on the Peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar 20 (from the Penguin Classics translation by Lewis Thorpe):

Parishes were apportioned off, Deira being placed under the Metropolitan of York, along with Albany, for the great River Humber divides these two from Loegria. Design Penguin Books have paid particular attention to the design of its books since recruiting German typographer Jan Tschichold Lewis Thorpe was a British philologist translator and husband of the Italian scholar and lexicographer Barbara Reynolds. Deira was a kingdom in Northern England during the 6th century AD York ( is an historic Walled city sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in North Yorkshire, England. Alba is the Scottish Gaelic name (ˈalˠ̪əpə for Scotland. The Humber is a large tidal Estuary on the east coast of northern England Loegria itself was placed under the Metropolitan of London, along with Cornwall. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. The Severn divides these last two provinces from Kambria or Wales, which last was placed under the City of Legions. For other rivers named "Severn" see Severn River. The River Severn ( Welsh: Afon Hafren, Latin

The name "Logres" is used in many works of modern fantasy set in Britain, for example C. S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength. See also Kingdom of Great Britain Great Britain (Breatainn Mhòr Prydain Fawr Breten Veur Graet Breetain is the larger of the two main islands Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963 That Hideous Strength is a 1945 Novel by C S Lewis, the final book in Lewis's theological Science fiction Space Trilogy.

See also

• Albion
• Prydain

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• Hear the word Logres as it is pronounced in a recording of the Middle English text of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. Albion (Ἀλβιών in Greek) is the oldest known name of the island of Great Britain. Prydain ( Middle Welsh: Prydein) is the modern Welsh name for Britain. Middle English is the name given by Historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a late 14th-century Follow along in the text here.