In Geoffry's ''History'' and elswhere, Arthur's future queen Guinevere was raised as Cador's ward. His son Constantine was given the Kingship Of Britain by Arthur as the latter lay ailing on the field of Camlann .
In the ''Brut Tysilio'' the translator adds the information that Cador was son of Gorlois , presumably by Igraine . This would make him Arthur's maternal half-brother. The same appears in Richard Hardyng's ''Chronicle'' where Cador is called Arthur's brother "of his mother's syde." Different views appear in Layamon 's ''Brut'' where Cador appears first as a leader who takes charge of Uther 's host when they are attacked by Gorlois while Uther is secretly lying beside Igraine in Tintagel . Furthermore, because he becomes duke of Cornwall after Gorlois' death, this may imply the two were brothers, meaning Cador was not a blood relative of the king. Most works, such as the English ''Alliterative Morte Arthure'' and Sir Thomas Malory 's '' Le Morte D'Arthur '', however, are content to call Cador Arthur's "cousin".
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