Érimón
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Érimón (Modern ), commonly Anglicised as Heremon, son of Míl Espáine (and great-grandson of Breoghan, king of Celtic Galicia), according to medieval Irish legends and historical traditions, was one of the chieftains who took part in the Milesian invasion of Ireland, which conquered the island from the Tuatha Dé Danann, and one of the first Milesian High Kings.
Key facts
- Monarch.name
- Érimón
- Monarch.title
- High King of Ireland
- Monarch.image
- Lion of Heremon.png
- Monarch.caption
- The Red Lion of Heremon.The Stem of the Irish Nation - Irish Pedigrees
- Monarch.reign
- c. 1700–1684 BC
- Monarch.coronation
- Hill of Tara
- Monarch.predecessor
- Mac Cuill, Mac Cecht and Mac Gréine
- Monarch.successor
- Éber Finn
- Monarch.house
- Milesian
- Monarch.birth_date
- unknown
- Monarch.birth_place
- Iberia
- Monarch.death_date
- c. 1684 BC
- Monarch.death_place
- Ireland
- Monarch.father
- Míl Espáine
- Monarch.mother
- Scota
- Monarch.religion
- Celtic polytheism
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Érimón (Modern ), commonly Anglicised as Heremon, son of Míl Espáine (and great-grandson of Breoghan, king of Celtic Galicia), according to medieval Irish legends and historical traditions, was one of the chieftains who took part in the Milesian invasion of Ireland, which conquered the island from the Tuatha Dé Danann, and one of the first Milesian High Kings.
==Background== Before coming to Ireland, he and his older brother Éber Donn were joint rulers of Spain. His great-uncle Íth made a peaceful expedition to Ireland, which he had seen from the top of a tower built by his father Breogan, but was killed by the three kings of the Tuatha Dé Danann, Mac Cuill, Mac Cecht and Mac Gréine, and in revenge the Milesians invaded in force, with Érimón and Éber Donn in command. They defeated the Tuatha Dé Danann in the Battle of Tailtiu. Éber Donn had been killed, and the High Kingship was divided between Érimón in the north and his younger brother Éber Finn in the south.