Gurgustius
Gurgustius (Template:Langx) 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 his own son Sisillius I, and then Jago, who was Gurgustius' nephew (or possibly his grandson). Geoffrey has nothing to say of him beyond this.[2]
Relation to Jago
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Later tradition
The Book of Baglan (1600–1607) gives Gurgustius' name as Gorwst, and states that his second son, Antonius, was Duke of Cornwall.[5]
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References
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- ↑ 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.
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