Milesius Gallamh MacBile Soldier of Hispania

• Preferred Name: Milesius Gallamh MacBile Soldier of Hispania^[1]
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Braganza, Spain
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King Of Spain; 1st Gael To Invade Ireland Successfully in Spain at LATI: N0.43 LONG: E4
  
• FSID: L6M4-Q8X
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King Invader in Ireland
  
• Death: 1699 BC in Braganza, Iberia, Spain at LATI: N1.1181 LONG: E82.2531
  
• Birth: ABT 1773 BC in Brigantia, Corunna, Galicia, Spain at LATI: N2.75 LONG: E7.8833
  
• MilitaryService: Soldier of Hispania, Scythia and Egypt
  
• MilitaryService: He served as a soldier in Scythia and Egypt, before remembering a prophecy that his descendants would rule Ireland. He set off to the west, getting as far as Iberia where he fought several battles before dying, never seeing Ireland himself.
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Ireland, Braganza, Spain, Galicia, Andalusia, Murcia, Castile and Portugal
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Danaan
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  In Irish origin myths, Míl Espáine or Míl Espáne (later Latinized as Milesius; also Miled/Miledh) is the mythical ancestor of the final inhabitants of Ireland, the "sons of Míl" or Milesians, who represent the vast majority of the Irish Gaels. His father was Bile, son of Breogan.
  
  His name is described by Mark Williams as an "etymological fiction" translated from the Latin Miles Hispaniae, meaning "Soldier of Hispania," which is attested in a passage (§ 13) in the 9th-century pseudo-historical work "Historia Brittonum" ("The History of the Britons") by Nennius. According to the "Lebor Gabala Erenn" or the "Book of Invasions," where this tale records his real name is Galam which is equivalent to Columba and its derivatives such as Malcolm and Callum. The work offers an account of how Ireland was successively taken by settlers from Spain, among them Partholom, Nimeth and the "three sons of a Hispanic soldier" ("tres filii militis Hispaniae"). As A.G. van Hamel has suggested, the status of Iberia as the land of origin can be traced back to Isidore of Seville, who in the introduction to his history of the Goths, Vandals and Suebi had elevated Spain to the "mother of all races." A further explanation may lie in the mistake made by some classical geographers in locating Ireland closely opposite Iberia. For instance, the "Lebar Gabála" (§ 100) recounts that from Bregon's Tower, the Milesian Íth was able to see right across the sea to Ireland. In galician history, that tower is the Torre de Hercules, Hercule Tower, in A Coruña, Galicia.
  
  He served as a soldier in Scythia and Egypt, before remembering a prophecy that his descendants would rule Ireland. He set off to the west, getting as far as Iberia where he fought several battles before dying, never seeing Ireland himself.
  
  His wife Scota and his uncle Íth, who had spied Ireland from a tower, sailed to Ireland where Íth was killed by the Tuatha Dé Danann. When his body was brought back to Iberia, Míl's eight sons and Íth's nine brothers invaded Ireland and defeated the Tuatha Dé Danann.
  
  He figures prominently in the mythological genealogies of John O'Hart.
  
  Milesius died in Spain before he could reach the Isle of Destiny. His wife Scota went to Ireland with their eight sons. On account of some terrible storms (attributed to the magic of the Tuatha Dé Danann who already lived in Ireland) most of Milesius' sons died when they tried to land.
  
  -- Wikiwand: Míl Espáine
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  Milesius married Scota Tephi Princess of Egypt, daughter of Nectonibus, Pharoah of Egypt and Scota was born in Egypt and died in Clahane Townland, Annagh Parish, Troughanacmy Barony, Kerry, Munster, Ireland.
  Name came from fighting a 1000 battles. King of Spain for many years & sent his sons to Ireland during a famine in Spain, to find a new home for his people. Est. to have come to Ireland around 1000 BC. He invaded & conquerored Ireland in 1599 BC.
  Father of all the descendents of Ireland.
  founder of the Milesian Dynasty in Ireland; the history of Ireland and it's naming are part of this heritage
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  Book of McKee pg 384 states "Milesius...having secured and extended by many victories the conquests of his predecessors, he made peace with his enemies...He left part of the colony to guard his new kingdom, and embarked with the remainder for Scythia, where he was honorably received by Riffloir, then king...Milsius became by his courtly manners so great a favorite with the king that he appointed him his first minister, and general and chief over his troops...he gave him his daughter Seaug in marriage...the death of wife in 2722 A.M., added to some difference he had with the king, caused him to leave Scythia. He embarked with his two children and little troop of faithful Gadelians for Egypt. There the king Pharaoh-Nectonebus gave him the command of his army in a war in which he was engaged with the Ethiopians. Milesius acquitted himself of that commission as usual, with honor, and Scota the King's daughter was given him in marriage."
  An Historical Account of The Clanna Rory, from the chronology of the Rabbi Naason
  b. 2690 A.M.1,2
  http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dearbornboutwell/fam888.html
  https://www.geni.com/people/Milesius-King-of-Ireland/6000000003148535007
  The legend of Irish Milesians is one of the strangest stories connected with the origins of these islanders. Where did they come from? Is it possible that the early ancestors of modern Irish people had Spanish roots?
  The legend of the Milesians begins in the Holy Land, during the period when the Tower of Babel still existed. Their story was described in many books since early medieval times. But the most problematic issue about this group is connected with the original name of the Milesians, which comes from the name of Míl Espáine (Soldier of Hispania), a mythical ancestor of the Irish. His name was Latinized to Milesius, what gave the term ''sons of Míl'' or the Milesians.
  The Legend of a Spanish Soldier
  The story of the tribe called Milesians is found in the medieval Irish Christian text Lebor Gabála Érenn . This text is seen by some researchers as related to real Celtic beliefs, but others suggest that it is a fictional tale created by Christian monks. In the Irish language, they are known as “ gairthear Mílidh Easpáinne .” The first Milesians were said to be led by a mysterious man, whose roots may shed light on the true origins of the Irish people.
  Apart from the previously mentioned text, the man appears in the semi-historical work Historia Brittonum (The History of the Britons), which was written in the 9th century probably by a man named Nennius, who was a Welsh monk. He described a story of a man whose father was Bile, son of Breogan. The grandfather of the man is now known as the “Soldier of Hispania” who, according to legends, discovered the city called Brigantinum (now La Coruña) in Galicia. The Irish legend explains that Míl Espáine took the people from his homeland and went to Ireland. The people who arrived there with him then became the fathers of the Irish Gaels.
  Statue of Breogán statue in La Coruña.
  Statue of Breogán statue in La Coruña . ( Basilio from gl /CC BY SA 3.0 )
  The story of Milesius is also related to Egypt. Legends say that he served as a soldier in Egypt and Scythia. He allegedly traveled through Europe and became a famous warrior known in many parts of the world.
  Moreover, according to some resources, it seems that he could have been the husband of the legendary Scota - making this story even more incredible. It is unknown if he really made it to Ireland.
  A depiction of Scota on a ship from the 1400s.
  A depiction of Scota on a ship from the 1400s. ( Public Domain )
  This part of the story creates more questions. Some resources suggest that Milesius died in Iberia, and Scota went to Ireland with a company of their eight sons. Another story says that when one of Milesius’ uncles, Ith, was killed by the Tuatha De Danann, the invaders decided to take his body back to Iberia. Soon after the burial ceremony, Milesius also died, so his wife and sons went to Ireland without him. Due to the terrible storms created by the magic of Tuatha Dé Danann many of the brave soldier’s sons supposedly died, but others may have become the fathers of Irish people. In the end, Milesius is known as a head of the Irish ancestors - one whose rule started the impressive culture.
  Ten Famous and Infamous Omens in the Ancient World
  Remnants of ancient necropolis excavated in Black Sea city in Turkey
  Searching for the Truth
  According to the 16th century scholar, Thomas F. O’Flaherty, the invasion of the Milesians took place around 1,000 BC. He wrote that it was in the time of the reign of Solomon, but this explanation seems to be based more on imagination related to biblical stories than fact.
  However, it is known that the Celts had penetrated lands over the Rhine, including many areas such as the Pyrenees, Iberian Peninsula, England, Scotland, Ireland, etc. This happened long before the books about their history were created. Nonetheless, ways of understating time and ancient chronology in the 16th century was different than it is now, so O'Flaherty’s suggestion cannot be fully ignored.
  Representation of a Milesian Tomb, opened near the Cimmerian Bosporus - Clarke Edward Daniel- 1810. (Public Domain )
  Moreover, according to A. M. Sullivan:
  “The earliest settlement or colonization of Ireland, of which there is tolerably precise and satisfactory information, was that by the sons of Miledh or Milesius, from whom the Irish are occasionally styled Milesians. There are abundant evidences that at least two or three "waves" of colonization had long previously reached the island; but it is not very clear whence they came. Those first settlers are severally known in history as the Partholanians, the Nemedians, the Firbolgs, and the Tuatha de Danaans. These latter, the Tuatha de Danaans, who immediately preceded the Milesians, possessed a civilization and a knowledge of "arts and sciences" which, limited as we may be sure it was, greatly amazed the earlier settlers (whom they had subjected) by the results it produced. To the Firbolgs (the earlier settlers) the wonderful things done by the conquering newcomers, and the wonderful knowledge they displayed, could only be the results of supernatural power. Accordingly, they set down the Tuatha de Danaans as "magicians," an idea which the Milesians, as we shall presently see, also adopted.”
  
  === Míl Espáne King of Spain part 2 ===
  Heber and Heremon reigned jointly one year only, when, upon a difference between their ambitious wives, they quarrelled and fought a battle at Ardeath or Geshill (Geashill, near Tullamore in the King's County), where Heber was slain by Heremon; and, soon after, Amergin, who claimed an equal share in the government, was, in another battle fought between them, likewise slain by Heremon. Thus, Heremon became sole Monarch, and made a new division of the land amongst his comrades and friends, viz. : the south part, now called Munster, he gave to his brother Heber's four sons, Er, Orba, Feron, and Fergna; the north part, now Ulster, he gave to Ir's only son Heber Donn; the east part or Coigeadh, Galian, now called Leinster, be gave to Criomthann-sciath-bheil, one of his commanders; and the west part, now called Connaught, Heremon gave to Un-Mac-Oigge, another of his commanders ; allotting a part of Munster to Lughaidh (the son of Ithe, the first Milesian discoverer of Ireland), amongst his brother Heber's sons.
  From these three brothers, Heber, Ir, and Heremon (Amergin dying without issue), are descended all the Milesian Irish of Ireland and Scotland, viz. : from Heber, the eldest brother, the provincial Kings of.Munster (of whom thirty-eight were sole Monarchs of Ireland), and most of the nobility and gentry of Munster, and many noble families in Scotland, are descended.
  From Ir, the second brother, all the provincial Kings of Ulster (of whom twenty-six were sole Monarchs of Ireland), and all the ancient nobility and gentry of Ulster, and many noble families in Leinster, Munster, and Connaught, derive their pedigrees; and, in Scotland, the Clan-na-Rory — the descendants of an eminent man, named Ruadhri or Roderick, who was Monarch of Ireland for seventy years (viz., from Before Christ 288 to 218).
  From Heremon, the youngst of the three brothers, were descended one hundred and fourteen sole Monarchs of Ireland: the provincial Kings and Hermonian nobility and gentry of Leinster, Concaught, Meath, Orgiall, Tirowen, Tirconnell, and Clan-na-boy; the Kings of Dalriada; all the Kings of Scotland from Fergus Mor MacEarea, down to the Stuarts; and the Kings and Queens of England from Henry the Second down to tile present time.
  The issue of Ithe is not accounted among the Milesian Irish or Clau-na-Milé, as not being descended from Milesius, but from his uncle Ithe; of whose posterity there were also some Monarchs of Ireland (see Roll of the Irish Monarchs, infra), and many provincial or half provincial Kings of Munster : that country upon its first division being allocated to the sons of Heber and to Lughaidh, son of Ithe, whose posterity continued there accordingly.
  This invasion, conquest, or plantation of Ireland by the Milesian or Scottish Nation took place in the Year of the World three thousand Ova hundred, or the next year after Solomon began the foundation of the Temple of Jerusalem, and one thousand six hundred and ninety-nine years before the Nativity of our Saviour Jesus Christ; which, according to the Irish computation of Time, occurred Anno Mundi five thousand one hundred and ninety-nine : therein agreeing with the Septuagint, Roman Martyrologies, Eusebius, Orosius, and other ancient authors; which computation the ancient Irish chroniclers exactly observed in their Books of the Reigns of the Monarcbs of Ireland, and other Antiquities of that Kingdom ; out of which the Roll of the Monarchs of Ireland, from the beginning of the Milesian Monarchy to their submission to King Henry the Second of England, a Prince of their own Blood, is exactly collected.
  [As the Milesian invasion of Ireland took place the next year after the laying of the foundation of the Temple of Jerusalem by Solomon, King of Israel, we may infer that Solomon was contemporary with Milesius of Spain ; and that the Pharaoh King of Egypt, who (1 Kings iii. 1,) gave his daughter in marriage to Solomon, was the Pharaoh who conferred on Milesius of Spain the hand of another daughter Scota.]
  Milesius of Spain bore three Lions in his shield and standard, for the following reasons; namely, that, in his travels in his younger days into foreign countries, passing through Africa, he, by bis cunning and valour, killed in one morning three Lions; and that, in memory of so noble and valiant an exploit, he always after bore three Lions on his shield, which his two surviving sons Heber and Heremon, and his grandson Heber Donn, son of Ir, after their conquest of Ireland, divided amongst them, as well as they did the country: each of them. bearing a Lion in his shield and banner, but of different colours; which the Chiefs of their posterity continue to this day: some with additions and differences; others plain and entire as they had it from their ancestors.
  
  Part II of Irish Pedigrees, or The origin and stem of the Irish nation, by John O'Hart, published 1892, pages 44-55
  
  Spouses
  
  1Scota Tephi
  
  Father Necho II (Wehemibre) King of Egypt (~660bc-~595bc)
  
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  Children Heremon (Éremón) (-1684bc)
  
  === Míl Espáne King of Spain part 1 ===
  
  NameMíl Espáne King of Spain
  
  FatherBilé King of Galicia
  
  Misc. Notes
  
  Milesius, in his youth and in his father's life-time, went into Scythia, where he was kindly received by the king of that country, who gave him his daughter in marriage, and appointed him General of his forces. In this capacity Milesius defeated the king's enemies, gained much fame, and the love of all the king's subjects. His growing greatness and popularity excited against him the jealousy of the king; who, fearing the worst, resolved on privately dispatching Milesius our of the way, for, openly, he dare not attempt it. Admonished of the king's intentions in his regard, Milesius slew him; and thereupon quitted Scythia and retired into Egypt with a fleet of sixty sail. Pharaoh Nectonibus, then king of Egypt, being informed of his arrival and of his great valour, wisdom, and conduct in arms, made him General of all his forces against the king of Ethiopia then invading his country. Here, as in Scythia, Milesius was victorious; he forced the enemy to submit to the conqueror's own terms of peace. By these exploits Milesius found great favour with Pharaoh, who gave him, being then a widower, his daughter Scota in marriage; and kept him eight years afterwards in Egypt.
  During the sojourn of Milesius in Egypt, he employed the most ingenious and able persons among his people to be instructed in the several trades, arts, and sciences used in Egypt; in order to have them taught to the rest of his people on his return to Spain.
  [The original name of Milesius of Spain was, as already mentioned, "Galamh" (gall : Irish, a stranger; amh, a negative affix), which means, no stranger: meaning that he was no stranger in Egypt, where he was called "Milethea Spaine," which was afterwards contracted to "Miló Spaine" (meaning the Spanish Hero), and finally to "Milesiius" (mileadh: Irish, a hero; Lat. miles, a soldier).]
  At length Milesius took leave of his father-in-law, and steered towards Spain; where he arrived to the great joy and comfort of his people; who were much harasssed by the rebellion of the natives and by the intrusion of other foreign nations that forced in after his father's death, and during his own long absence from Spain. With these and those he often met; and, in fifty-four battles, victoriously fought, he routed, destroyed, and totally extirpated them out of the country, which he settled in peace and quietness.
  In his reign a great dearth and famine occurred in Spain, of twenty-six years' continuance, occasioned, as well by reason of the former troubles which hindered the people from cultivating, and manuring the ground, as for want of rain to moisten the earth - but Milesius superstitiously believed the famine to have fallen upon him and his people as a judgment and punishment from their gods, for their negligence in seeking out the country destined for their final abode, so long before foretold by Cachear their Druid or magician, as already mentioned — the time limited by the prophecy for the accomplishment thereof being now nearly, if not fully, expired. To expiate his fault and to comply with the will of his gods, Milesius, with the general approbation of his people, sent his uncle Ithe, with his son Lughaidh [Luy], and one hundred and fifty stout men to bring them an account of those western islands ; who, accordingly, arriving at the island since then called Ireland, and landing in that part of it now called Munster, left his son with fifty of his men to guard the ship, and with the rest travelled about the island. Informed, among other things, that the three sons of Cearmad, called Mac-Cuill, MacCeacht, and MacGreine, did then and for thirty years before rule and govern the island, each for one year, in his turn ; and that the country was called after the names of their three queens — Eire, Fodhla, and Banbha, respectively: one year called "Eire," the next "Fodhla," and the next "Banbha," as their husbands reigned in their regular turns ; by which names the island is ever since indifferently called, but most commonly "Eire," because that MacCuill, the husband of Eire, ruled and governed the country in his turn the year that the Clan-na-Milé (or the sons of Milesius) arrived in and conquered Ireland. And being further informed that the three brothers were then at their palace at Aileach Neid, in the north part of the country, engaged in the settlement of some disputes concerning their family jewels, Ithe directed his course thither ; sending orders to his son to sail about with his ship and the rest of his men, and meet him there.
  When Ithe arrived where. the (Danan) brothers were, be was honourably received and entertained by them ; and, finding him to be a mail of great wisdom. and knowledge, they referred their disputes to him for decision. That decision having met their entire satisfaction, Ithe exhorted them to mutual love, peace, and forbearance ; adding much in praise of their delightful, pleasant, and fruitful country; and then took his leave, to return to his ship, and go back to Spain.
  No sooner was he gone than the brothers; began to reflect on the high commendations which Ithe gave of the Island ; and, suspecting his design of bringing others to invade it, resolved to prevent them, and therefore pursued him with a strong party, overtook him, fought and routed his men and wounded himself to death (before his son or the rest of his men left on ship-board could come to his rescue) at a place called, from that fight and his name, Magh Ithe or "The plain of Ithe" (an extensive plain in the barony of Raphoe, county Donegal) ; whence his son, having found him in that condition, brought his dead and mangled body back into Spain, and there exposed it to public view, thereby to excite his friends and relations to avenge his murder.
  And here I think it not amiss to notify what the Irish chroniclers, observe upon this matter, viz.— that all the invaders and planters of Ireland, namely, Partholan, Neimhedh, the Firbolgs, Tuatha-de-Danans, and Clan-na-Milé, where originally Scythians, of the line of Japbet, who had the language called Bearla-Tobbai or Gaoidhilg [Gaelic] common amongst them all ; and consequently not to be wondered at, that Ithe and the Tuatha-de-Danans understood one another without an Interpreter — both speaking the same language, though perhaps with some difference in the accent.
  The exposing of the dead body of Ithe had the desired effect; for, thereupon, Milesius made great preparations in order to invade Ireland — as well to avenge his uncle's death, as also in obedience to the will of his gods, signified by the prophecy of Cachear, aforesaid. But, before he could effect that object, he died, leaving the care, and charge of that expedition upon his eight legitimate sons by his two wives before mentioned.
  Milesius was a very valiant champion, a great warrior, and fortunate and prosperous in all his undertakings: witness his name of "Milesius," given him from the many battles (some say a thousand, which the word "Milé" signifies in Irish as well as in Latin) which he victoriously fought and won, as well in Spain, as in all the other countries and kingdoms be traversed in his younger days.
  The eight brothers were neither forgetful nor negligent in the execution of their father's command; but, soon after his deatb, with a numerous fleet well manned and equipped, set forth from Breoghan's Tower or Brigantia (now Corunna) in Galicia, in Spain, and sailed prosperously to the coasts of Ireland or lnis-Fail, where they met many difficulties and various chances before they could land: occasioned by the diabolical arts, sorceries, and enchantments used by the Tuatha-de-Danans, to obstruct their landing; for, by their magic art, they enchanted the island so as to appear to the Milesians or Clan-na-Milé in the form of a Hog, and no way to come at it (whence the island, among the many other names it had before, was called "Muc-Inis or "The Hog Island"); and withal raised so great a storm, that the Milesian fleet was thereby totally dispersed and many of them cast away, wherein five of the eight brothers, sons of Milesius, lost their lives. That part of the fleet commanded by Heber, Heremon, and Amergin (the three surviving, brothers), and Heber Donn, son of Ir (one of the brothers lost in the storm), overcame all opposition, landed safe, fought and routed the three Tuatha-de Danan Kings at Slieve-Mis, and thence pursued and overtook them at Tailten, where another bloody battle was fought; wherein the three (Tuatha-de-Danan) Kings and their Queens were slain, and their army utterly routed and destroyed: so that they could never after give any opposition to the Clan-na-Milé in their new conquest; who, having thus sufficiently avenged the death of their great uncle Ithe, gained the possession of the country foretold them by Cachear, some ages past, as already mentioned.
  Heber and Heremon, the chief leading men remaining of the eight brothers, sons of Milesius aforesaid, divided the kingdom between them (allotting a proportion of land to their brother Amergin, who was their Arch-priest, Druid, or magician; and to their nephew Heber Donn, and to the rest of their chief commanders), and became jointly the first of one hundred and eighty-three Kings or sole Monarchs of the Gaelic, Milesian, or Scottish Race, that ruled and governed Ireland, successively, for two thousand eight hundred and eighty-five years from the first year of their reign), Anno Mundi three thousand five hundred, to their submission to the Crown of England in the person of King Henry the Second; who, being also of the Milesian Race by Maude, his mother, was lineally descended from Fergus Mor MacEarca, first King of Scotland, who was descended from the said Heremon — so that the succession may be truly said to continue in the Milesian Blood from before Christ one thousand six hundred and ninety-nine years down to the present time.

1. Éber Finn ap Míl Espáine, 1st High King of Ireland, b. ABT 1350 BC in Galicia, Spain     d. 1286 BC in Eire now Ireland
2. Fial nic Milesius, b. BEF 1699 BC in Egypt     d. in Na Dumhacha, At Sea
3. Ir Mac Milesius, b. ABT 1340 BC in Braganza, Iberia, Spain     d. 1287 BC in At Sea
4. Érimón mac Míl Espáine 2nd High King of Ireland, b. ABT 1348 BC in Braganza, Iberia, Spain     d. 1272 BC in Rath Beothaight, Argat Ross, Ireland

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