Digueillus Explained

Digueillus (also Cligueillus or Eligueillus;) 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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.monarchie-noblesse.net/angleterre/bretons/bretons.htm Monarchie Nobelesse website, Bretons
  2. https://sacred-texts.com/neu/eng/gem/gem04.htm Sacred Texts website, Histories of the Kings of Britain (Book III), by Geoffry of Monmouth, tr. by Sebastian Evans, (1904)

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