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

Gurgustius
Gurgustius from the Genealogical Chronicle of the Kings of England to Edward IV (c. 1461)
King of Britain
Reignc. 788BCE
PredecessorRivallo
SuccessorSisillius I
Issue
FatherRivallo

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]

References

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  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.
Legendary titles
Preceded by King of Britain Succeeded by