\b0 Son of \b \cf4 \ATXht10126 Anchises\ATXht1032 \b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 and\b \cf4 \ATXht1032 \ATXht2 Aphrodite\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , he was, along with \b \cf4 \ATXht10807 Hector\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , the main Trojan hero, protected by his mother and \b \cf4 \ATXht5 Poseidon\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . After the destruction of \b \cf4 \ATXht12019 Troy\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 he took the \b \cf4 \ATXht11613 Penates\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 of the city and the \b \cf4 \ATXht11601 Palladium\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 with him and led his people to\b \cf4 \ATXht216 Latium\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 , where he was warmly welcomed by King Latinus, whose daughter, Lavinia, he married.
He ruled over the Latins and Trojans until he was killed fighting the Rutuli and Etruscans. Legend has it that he was taken to heaven.\par