Who is the father of Uther Pendragon?

Answer 1

Uther pendragon's father is different in different sources . In the traditional histories , he is the son of Constantine II , who himself was the son of Constantine the great . Assuming that Constantine and his wife's conception of Constantine II was on the day Constantine i died ( it could not have been later ) Constantine would have been born no earlier than 338 AD . As arthur , son of uther , was born in 479 , and his father , uther , then , presumably around 427 , it seems highly unlikely that Constantine had a child at age 89 , so most modern chronologists assume that uther 's " brother " , Constans , was really his father , Constans himself being the son of Constantine II . But constans was a monk , and therefore celibate , so there are two explanations

a. that he swore celibacy either after the death of his wife or after he had married

b. that constans was never a monk , and constans " brother " , really father , of uther , is confused with uthers true brother , Moines , which can be translated as Mynach , meaning monk . Moines's real name is unsure . Moines and Uther also had another brother , Aurelius Ambrosius , who died married and childless to Artesia .

As for these three sibling's mother , that is uncertain , but i always like to think that she was a former monk , and that is where Moines got the idea . Infact , i title their mother , Moina , literally , Female monk . I in fact invented a story where Moina has a deranged sister named Louise who wreaks havoc for the sake of a maiden named Laeria , but that is another story . I alwways pretend these siblings are a child of a monk , called Moines as well .