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Gurgustius () was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He came to power in 788BC.

Key facts

Royalty.name
Gurgustius
Royalty.image
Gurgustius (MS Roll 1066).jpg
Royalty.caption
Gurgustius from the Genealogical Chronicle of the Kings of England to Edward IV (c. 1461)
Royalty.succession
King of Britain
Royalty.reign
c. 788BCE
Royalty.predecessor
Rivallo
Royalty.successor
Sisillius I
Royalty.father
Rivallo

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Relation to Jago
  • Later tradition
  • References

Gurgustius () was a legendary king of the Britons as accounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth. He came to power in 788BC.

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.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Gurgustius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.