Fulgenius was a legendary king of the
Britons, mentioned in
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Geoffrey of Monmouth (; ; ) was a Catholic cleric from Monmouth, Wales, and one of the major figures in the development of British historiography and the popularity of tales of King Arthur. He is best known for his chronicle '' The History of ...
's pseudohistorical ''
Historia Regum Britanniae
(''The History of the Kings of Britain''), originally called (''On the Deeds of the Britons''), is a fictitious account of British history, written around 1136 by Geoffrey of Monmouth. It chronicles the lives of the List of legendary kings o ...
''. He came to power in 245BC.
He was the first of the three sons of
Cherin
Cherin was a legendary king of the Britons as recounted in Geoffrey of Monmouth's '' Historia Regum Britanniae''. He came to power in 251BC.
His father was King Porrex II and he was succeeded by his three sons in turn, Fulgenius
Fulgenius wa ...
to succeed his father,
Sacred Texts website, ''Histories of the Kings of Britain (Book III)'', by Geoffry of Monmouth, tr. by Sebastian Evans, (1904)
/ref> and was followed by his brothers, first Edadus
Edadus was a legendary king of the Britons as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his '' Historia Regum Britanniae''. He came to power in 239BC.
He was the second son of King Cherin
Cherin was a legendary king of the Britons as recounted i ...
then Andragius.
References
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Legendary British kings
2nd-century BC legendary monarchs