The Rutuli were members of a legendary Italian tribe. According to Vergil, they were led by Turnus, a young Italian prince to whom the hand of Lavinia had been promised by King Latinus. When the Trojans arrived in Italy, Latinus decided to give his daughter to Aeneas because of instructions he had received from the gods to marry his daughter to a foreigner. Turnus was outraged and therefore led his people as well as several other Italian tribes against the Trojans in war. The conflict ended when Aeneas defeated Turnus in single combat and therefore gained the right to marry Lavinia.
In Roman mythology, King Turnus of the Rutuli[?] was an ancient king killed by Aeneas.
Latinus, the wise king of the Latins, hosted Aeneas' army of exiled Trojans and let them reorganize their life in Latium.
His daughter Lavinia had been promised to Turnus, king of the Rutuli[?], but Latinus preferred to offer her to Aeneas; Turnus consequently declared war on Aeneas (at the urging of Hera).
He is hospitably received by Latinus, king of Latium, is betrothed to his daughter Lavinia, and founds a city called after her, Lavinium.
Turnus, king of Rutuli, a rejected suitor, takes up arms against him and Latinus, but is defeated and slain by Aeneas on the river Numicius.
1.2), Aeneas, after reigning a few years over Latium, is slain by the Rutuli; after the battle, his body cannot be found, and he is supposed to have been carried up to heaven.
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