Augusel

Family: Albania · Role: sovereign of the Scots · First appears: Book IX 7–10

At York in Book IX, Augusel was one of three brothers of royal blood with Lot and Urian. Arthur restored him to the sovereignty over the Scots—“he restored to Augusel the sovereignty over the Scots”—while restoring Urian and Lot to their own ancestral governments. Augusel declared his support for Arthur’s cause, pledged two thousand horsemen besides infantry, and departed with Hoel and the other kings and noblemen to carry out Arthur’s military orders.

At Suesia in Book X, Arthur placed Augusel in command of the army’s right wing, with Cador commanding the left. At the port of Rutupi in Book XI, Augusel fell in battle alongside Walgan and many others: “For the same day fell Augusel, king of Albania, and Walgan, the king's nephew, with innumerable others.” Eventus, the son of his brother Urian, succeeded him as king of Albania.

Relationship record

Life events

• Arthur restored Augusel, Urian, and Lot to their ancestral governments and offices.(Book IX 7–10 · 📍 York)
  • With: Arthur Lot Urian
  • “Being willing therefore to bestow on these, as he did on others, the rights of their ancestors, he restored to Augusel the sovereignty over the Scots; his brother Urian he honoured with the sceptre of Mureif; and Lot, who in time of Aurelius Ambrosius had married his sister, by whom he had two sons, Walgan and Modred, he re-established in the consulship of Londonesia, and the other provinces belonging to him.”
• Augusel commits two thousand horsemen, besides infantry, to King Arthur's army.(Book IX 17–20)
  • With: Arthur
  • “And I for my share will add to the army two thousand horse, besides foot.”
• Hoel and Augusel depart to fulfill King Arthur's military orders.(Book IX 17–20)
  • With: Hoel Arthur
  • “With this answer the ambassadors departed; and at the same time also departed all the kings and noblemen, to perform with all expedition the orders that had been given them.”
• Arthur deploys his forces into battle divisions and assigns commanders throughout the army.(Book X 5–7 · 📍 Suesia)
  • With: Arthur Morvid Cador Guerinus Boso Aschillius Lot Hoel Walgan Caius Bedver Holdin Guitard Vigenis Jonathal Cursalem Urbgennius
  • “There he divided his men into several bodies, commanding one legion, over which Morvid, consul of Gloucester, was appointed general”
• Augusel and Walgan fell in battle alongside innumerable others.(Book XI 1–3 · 📍 port of Rutupi)
  • With: Walgan
  • “For the same day fell Augusel, king of Albania, and Walgan, the king's nephew, with innumerable others.”
• Eventus succeeded Augusel as king of Albania.(Book XI 1–3)
  • With: Eventus
  • “Augusel was succeeded in his kingdom by Eventus, his brother Urian's son”