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Gorlois (Earl of Cornwall)

Gorlois, Earl of Cornwall, arrived during the battle as a reinforcement

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Gorlois, Earl of Cornwall, arrived during the battle as a reinforcement (Roman de Brut, Roman de Brut > Aurelius, Hengist's Fall, and Stonehenge)

Roman de Brut

  • attestation: Gorlois, Earl of Cornwall, arrived during the battle as a reinforcement (Roman de Brut > Aurelius, Hengist's Fall, and Stonehenge)

    "Gorlois, Earl of Cornwall, came hastening like a paladin to the battle"

  • attribution: Gorlois was compared to a paladin in his haste to join the battle (Roman de Brut > Aurelius, Hengist's Fall, and Stonehenge)

    "came hastening like a paladin to the battle"

Appears in: Beings, Entities in Roman de Brut, Arthurian Tradition