Digueillus

Legendary king of the Britons

Digueillus (also Cligueillus or Eligueillus; Welsh: Llefelys) was a legendary king of the Brythons according to Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the son of King Capoir and succeeded by his son Heli. He came to power in 113BC.[1]

Geoffrey portrays him as a wise and modest ruler who cared greatly about the administration of justice among the Brythons.[2]

References

  1. ^ Monarchie Nobelesse website, Bretons
  2. ^ Sacred Texts website, Histories of the Kings of Britain (Book III), by Geoffry of Monmouth, tr. by Sebastian Evans, (1904)


Legendary titles
Preceded by
Capoir
King of Britain Succeeded by
Heli


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  • Prophetiae Merlini (c. 1135)
  • Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136)
  • Vita Merlini (c. 1150)
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