Gurgustius

Gurgustius from the Genealogical Chronicle of the Kings of England to Edward IV (c. 1461)

Gurgustius (Welsh: Gwrwst) was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He came to power in 788BC.[1]

He was the son of King Rivallo and was succeeded by Sisillius I, and then Jago, who was Gurgustius' nephew. Geoffrey has nothing to say of him beyond this.[2]

The Book of Baglan (1600–1607) gives Gurgustius' name as Gorwst, and states that his second son, Antonius, was Duke of Cornwall.[3]

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CorineusBrutusInnogen
GwendolenLocrinusEstrildisKamberAlbanactus
MaddanHabren
MempriciusMalin
Ebraucus
Brutus GreenshieldNineteen other sonsThirty daughters
Leil
Rud Hud Hudibras
Bladud
Leir
GonorillaReganCordeilla
MarganusCunedagius
Rivallo
Gurgustiusunknown
SisilliusJago
Kimarcus
GorboducJudon
FerrexPorrex

References

  1. ^ Monarchie Nobelesse website, Bretons
  2. ^ Geoffrey of Monmouth: The History of the Kings of Britain : an Edition and Translation of De Gestis Britonum (Historia Regum Britanniae), Boydell & Brewer, 1 Jan 2007, p.44.
  3. ^ Williams, John (1910). "The Genelogie of Camber". In Bradney, Joseph Alfred (ed.). Llyfr Baglan, or, The Book of Baglan. London: Mitchell Hughes and Clarke. p. 246.
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