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Anguish (Angwish, perhaps
a form of the Irish name Oengus)
A king of Ireland and the
father of Iseult. He seems to have fought against Arthur on the side of
the rebel kings at the beginning of Arthur's reign. King Mark of Cornwall
owed him allegiance and Anguish collected annual tribute through the
enforcement of the Morholt, his brother and renowned warrior. Anguish
later may have became a companion of the Round Table and may also be the
same warrior as Agwisance.
He is generally considered a
king of Ireland, but it is more likely in my opinion that he was one of
the Irish warrior chieftains that captured and set up residence in the
western edges of Wales and Cornwall. |