# King Smoit — Jurgen character guide

> King Smoit in Jurgen by James Branch Cabell.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Smoit, King Smoit of Glathion, Smoit of Glathion

**First appearance:** 0020-xvi-divers-imbroglios-of-king-smoit

## Snapshot

A ghostly king of Glathion with a confessed taste for wife-murder and a sudden claim of grandfatherhood, he recruits Jurgen for a delicate family errand.

## Who they are

Smoit haunts the White Turret alongside Sylvia Tereu, his ninth wife, whom he freely admits to having assassinated in a moment of unprovoked excitement. Boisterous, unrepentant, and disarmingly frank about his scandalous marriages, he reveals that Jurgen is his grandson through the lovely Steinvor, wife of Ludwig. His arrival forces Jurgen to reckon with a newly discovered royal bloodline and a family obligation he never anticipated.

## In the story

### [XVI: Divers Imbroglios of King Smoit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xvi-divers-imbroglios-of-king-smoit)

Ghost of Jurgen's grandfather; reveals he murdered his ninth wife and asks Jurgen to haunt the White Turret.

### [XVII: About a Cock That Crowed Too Soon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xvii-about-a-cock-that-crowed-too-soon)

Mentioned as Sylvia's husband who had eight other wives and murdered her in a fit of jealousy.

### [Why Coth Was Contradicted](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xxxvi-why-coth-was-contradicted)

Mentioned as Coth's father, but not present in the chapter.

### [XLII: Twelve That Are Fretted Hourly](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xlii-twelve-that-are-fretted-hourly)

Mentioned as Jurgen's grandfather, used to illustrate Jurgen's marital woes.

### [XLIX: Of the Compromise with Koshchei](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/jurgen_se/chapters/xlix-of-the-compromise-with-koshchei)

Mentioned by Jurgen as another instance where he was told he was dreaming.

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