Gorlois of Tintagel, Duke of Cornwall

• Preferred Name: Gorlois of Tintagel, Duke of Cornwall
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: GHYY-N14
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Duke of Cornwall with note: Data Standardization.
  
• Death: ABT 490
  
• MilitaryService: Battle of Kaerconan - defeating HengistABT 488
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Duke of Carlisle
  
• Occupation: Governor of Cerniw
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Duke (Penhynaf) of Tintagel
  
• Residence: Tintagel Castle in Cornwall, England at LATI: N0.2512 LONG: E5.0668
  
• Birth: 452 in Tintagel, Cornwall, England at LATI: N0.6629 LONG: E4.7509
  
• MilitaryService: Gorlois helps Uther defeat Octa (ap Hengist) and his cousin Ossa at YorkABT 489
  
• MilitaryService: killed at St. Dimilioc during a siege on his camp490
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  In Arthurian legend, Gorlois (Welsh: Gwrlais) of Tintagel, Duke of Cornwall, is the first husband of Igraine, whose second husband is Uther Pendragon. Gorlois's name first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136). A vassal of Ambrosius Aurelianus, his arrival at the Battle of Kaerconan ensures the defeat of Hengist. In Wace's Roman de Brut, when Hengist's son Octa and his cousin Ossa rebel, Gorlois helps Uther defeat them at York.
  
  After he succeeds his brother, Ambrosius, Uther holds a feast for his nobles, and seeing Igraine, falls in love with her. Sensing Uther's interest, Igraine asks her husband to take her back home to Cornwall. He placed her at the more defensible Tintagel Castle, while he prepared to defend his territory from Dimilioc. Incensed at their departing without leave, Uther lays siege to Gorlois' castles to little effect. He consults his friend Ulfin who tells him that the lady can hardly look favorably on someone who makes war on her husband, and suggests the king seek advice from Merlin in gaining access to Tintagel. Merlin devises an enchantment that disguises Uther in the form of Gorlois. In this form he approaches his love and they sleep together, conceiving Arthur. Unbeknownst to either of them, the real Gorlois has been killed that very night in battle against Uther's troops. Eventually Igraine is persuaded to marry Uther.
  
  Gorlois is the father of :
  . Morgan le Fay,
  . Morgause, and
  . Elaine of Garlot.
  Later treatments, such as the Vulgate Cycle and Thomas Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur. expand on this outline by having Gorlois's daughters married off to vassals of Uther: Elaine to King Nentres of Garlot, Morgause to King Lot of Orkney, and (after she has received an education in a convent) Morgan to King Urien. Arthur is spared any knowledge of his half-sisters after he is whisked away by Merlin to be raised by Sir Ector
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  Gorlois, 'Duke' of Tintagel
  (Born c.AD 452)
  (Welsh: Gwrlais; Latin: Worlesius; English: Wallace)
  
  According to Geoffrey of Monmouth's 'History of the Kings of Britain,' Gorlois is the Duke of Cornwall in roughly the mid-fifth century. He was the master of Tintagel Castle (Din-Tagell) and the husband of the ravishingly beautiful Ygerna (Igraine, in other texts), whose charms were an irresistible temptation to King Uther. Gorlois was slain in combat at St. Dennis (Dimilioc), unsuccessfully defending his lands and wife against Uther's forces.
  
  Gorlois (Gwrlais in Welsh) may have been a governor of Cerniw (Cornwall), the western portion of Dumnonia, under King Erbin. His historicity is confirmed by the evidence of place-names such as Carhurles (Caer-Wrlais) and Treworlas (Tre-Wrlais). Late pedigrees, attributed to Iolo Goch, suggest he was a descendant of Gerdan, a younger son of King Solor of Glywysing (Glamorgan). It may either be through coincidence or confusion that Gorlois' ancestry is partially identical to that of the similarly named Glywys, King of Glywysing.
  
  EBK: Gorlois, so-called Duke of Cornwall (or Tintagel). (2017). Earlybritishkingdoms.com. Retrieved 17 May 2017, from http://earlybritishkingdoms.com/bios/gorlois.html
  
  Possible children:
  Cinis of GWENT + ====> [ 219 ,,qD,&]
  Decion (Governor) of GWENT
  Cadell (Governor/Civitas) of GWENT
  Catleu (Governor) of GWENT
  Lledan (Governor/Duke) of GWENT
  Serwan (Governor?) of GWENT
  Cawrdaf (Governor?) of GWENT
  Cathen (Governor/Duke) of GWENT
  Neiton (Governor/Duke) of GWENT
  Run (Governor/Duke) of GWENT
  Owain `Finddu' (King) of GWENT (& Glamorgan & Gower)
  OR: Owain Finddu `Black Lips' ap MACSEN + [ 231 ,,x,&]
  Mor ap OWAIN (Governor) of GWENT (378?? - ?)
  Solor ap MOR (King) of GWENT (398? - ?)or: Gerdan (Solor's son)
  Pandwlff Fawr ap SOLOR `the Great' (418? - ?)
  Solor ap PANDWLFF (436? - ?
  
  === WURT'S MAGNA CHARTA (GS NUMBER 944 D22W) ===
  WURT'S MAGNA CHARTA (GS NUMBER 944 D22W) P.1153;
  
  === Note:
  Gorlois ......................... ===
  Note:
  Gorlois ..............................................................
  According to Geoffrey of Monmouth's ...History of the Kings of Britain,... Gorlois is the Duke of Cornwall in roughly the mid-fifth century. He is the master of Tintagel Castle (Din-Tagell) and is the husband of the ravishing Ygerna (Igraine, in other texts), whose charms were an irresistable temptation to King Uther. Gorlois was slain in combat at St. Dennis (Dimilioc), unsuccessfully defending his lands and wife against Uther's forces.
  
  Gorlois (Gwrlais in Welsh) may have been a governor of Cerniw (Cornwall), the western portion of Dumnonia, under King Erbin. His historicity is confirmed by the evidence of place-names such as Carhurles (Caer-Wrlais) and Treworlas (Tre-Wrlais). Late pedigrees, attributed to Iolo Goch, suggest he was a descendant of Gerdan, a younger son of King Solor of Cernyw (Glywysing). It may either be through coincidence or confusion that Gorlois' ancestry stems from Cernyw (Glywysing), while he lived in Cerniw (Cornwall).
  
  === J Williams: Llyfr Baglan P. 80, 250 ===
  J Williams: Llyfr Baglan P. 80, 250
  
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  According to Geoffrey of Monmouth's "History of the Kings of Britain," Gorlois is the Duke of Cornwall in roughly the mid-fifth century. He is the master of Tintagel Castle (Din-Tagell) and is the husband of the ravishing Ygerna (Igraine, in other texts), whose charms were an irresistable temptation to King Uther. Gorlois was slain in combat at St. Dennis (Dimilioc), unsuccessfully defending his lands and wife against Uther's forces.
  
  Gorlois (Gwrlais in Welsh) may have been a governor of Cerniw (Cornwall), the western portion of Dumnonia, under King Erbin. His historicity is confirmed by the evidence of place-names such as Carhurles (Caer-Wrlais) and Treworlas (Tre-Wrlais). Late pedigrees, attributed to Iolo Goch, suggest he was a descendant of Gerdan, a younger son of King Solor of Cernyw (Glywysing). It may either be through coincidence or confusion that Gorlois' ancestry stems from Cernyw (Glywysing), while he lived in Cerniw (Cornwall).
  
  From www.britannia.com/history/biographies/gorlois.html

• m. 483 in Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, England

1. Élaine fetch Gorlois de Tintagel, b. 460 in Rennes, Bretagne (Région), France     d. ABT 550 in Rennes, Bretagne (Région), France
2. Morgan le Fay verch Gorlois, b. 485 in Cornwall, England     d. ABT 580 in Uffington Camp, Berkshire, England