"Gorlois" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: The name first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (c. 1136). Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Gorlois
  1. (mythology) The husband of Igraine prior to Uther Pendragon, in Arthurian legend. Wikipedia link: Gorlois Categories (topical): Individuals, Mythology
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