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Catigern
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<p>Catigern is a figure of <a href="/facts/Wales/xa3W6PHH">Welsh</a> tradition, said to be a son of <a href="/facts/Vortigern/4lAIFDrD">Vortigern</a>, the tyrannical <a href="/facts/King_of_the_Britons/pA69vGnT">King of the Britons</a>, and the brother of <a href="/facts/Vortimer/C16FK1Kx">Vortimer</a>. A figure of this name also appears in the Welsh genealogies, though he is given different parentage. Catigern is nearly exclusively known for a tradition in which he fell in battle with the <a href="/facts/Saxons/mqm06m4r">Saxons</a>. </p>