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St. Helena ("of the Cross") of the Cross was born in 248 in Colchester, Bythnia, Britain. She died in 337, at age ~89, in Rome, Italy.

Helen (Helena) of the Cross, called also "Britannica", born in 248, died in 328. The arms of Colchester were "a cross with three crowns." She was the first wife of Constantius I. Chlorus (Falvius Valerius Constantius), governor of Dalmatia, appointed Caesar to rule Gaul and Britain March 1, 293. He was the son of Eutropious, a Dardanian nobleman descended from the Gordiani, and his wife, Claudia,daughter of Claudius II. (Marcus Aurelius Flavius Claudius Gothicus), a virtuous and worthy Roman Emperor (268-270), who was a soldier, statesman, and a distinguished officer. Born in Illyria 214, hewas trained in the hard school of warfare on the Danube frontier, and died of the Plague in 270, aged 55, whereupon his brother Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus became Emperor. Constantius I becameEmperor of Rome in May 305, and in right of his wife, King of England. He was born in 242 and died at Eboracum (present day York, England) on July 25, 306. He married (2) Theodora, daughter of Maximinus, Roman Emperor. The son of Helen and Constantius I. was Constantine the Great.

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Concerning the much disputed point as to where Helena was born and who her parents were, the principal and vital evidence regarding her birth is to be found in the "Colchester Chronicle," preserved inthat city. According to that document she was born in Colchester about 242 A.D., four years after her father became King. This testimony is universally confirmed by British historians, as well as many others, too.

Helen in childhood was known by several names; the British name was Tiboen, and her surname was Lueddog. The noble name of Flavia was given to her upon her marriage to Constantius, the descendant of Vespasian, who derived it from the Emperor through his great-uncle, Claudius Gothicus. The title of Augusta was added when Helena became Empress, and by some historians she is called Flavia Julia Helena Augusta. Toward the close of her life, she was called "The Prosperous" and "The Powerful." To crown her virtue and piety the religious of after ages awarded to her the veneration of a saint.

There have been may erroneous ideas afloat, in the pass­ing years, regarding Helena as having been the only child of her parents, undoubtedly caused by the fact that she and her husband succeeded to the throne of her father, King Coel. Her beauty surpassed the beauty of any British maiden, we read in Owain's Chronicle; she held brightness of wit; eloquent speech; fascinating manners, and in knowledge of the liberal arts she surpassed all women. She was very proficient in music. Spenser in his "Faerie Queene" thus celebrates the Island Princess:
"Fayre Helena, the fairest living wighs
Who in all Godly themes and goodly praise
Did far excell, but was most famous hight
For skill in musicke of all is her daises
As well in curious instruments as cunninge laies."

She was deeply read in Hebrew, Greek and Latin.

Her marriage to Constantius, then only at the dawn of his rising fortunes, was brought about in a very interesting way.

Flavia Maximiana Theodora Aurilia was born about 270 in Sirmium, Pannonia, Italy. She died.

Flavia Maximiana Theodora
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Flavia Maximiana Theodora (known as Theodora) was the step-daughter of Maximian. Her parents were Afanius Hannibalianus and Eutropia, later wife of Maximian. Theodora's father was consul in 292, and praetorian prefect under Diocletian. In 293, Theodora married Flavius Valerius Julius Constantius (later known as Constantius Chlorus), after he had divorced from his first wife, Helena, to strengthenhis political position.

The couple had six children:

Flavius Dalmatius;
Julius Constantius, father of Roman Emperor Julian;
Hannibalianus (must have died before the imperial purges that occurred in 337 because he is not listed among its victims);
Anastasia;
Flavia Julia Constantia, wife of Roman Emperor Licinius;
Eutropia, mother of Nepotianus.

Gwladys Verch Lleuver ("Verch Lleuver") Mawr was born in 177 in Trevan, Llanilid, Glamorganshire, Wales. She died in 222, at age ~45.

Gwladys Verch Lleuver ("Verch Lleuver") Mawr was born in 177 in Trevan, Llanilid, Glamorganshire, Wales.

Claudia Crispina was born about 224 in Sirmium, Pannonia, Italy. She died.

Bruttia Crispina was born about 210. She died.

Maximus Galerius Daia was born about 280 in Rome, Italy. He died.

Decurion of Colchester Coel ("King of Colchester Coel II") Godhebog Old King Cole was born in 218 in Colchester, Bythnia, Britain. He died.

Coel (Old King Cole), who reigned from ca AD 306-309. Known in other histories as Coel Hen Godhebog, Coel founded the city of Colchester that still bears his name (Kaercolim).

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Romano-British ruler of Eboracum
founder of the city of Colchester in Essex, England. "Colchester" means "Cole's castle." king of the Britons following the reign of King Asclepiodotus. Yet another possibility is that Cole is the Celtic deity Camulus, god of war.

Geoffrey of Monmouth lists a King Cole in his Historia Regum Britanniae as a king of the Britons following the reign of King Asclepiodotus. The Welsh chronicles state further that his name was Coel Hen Godhebog, which would integrate the two possible names together. Monmouth states that Coel, upset with Asclepiodotus's handling of Diocletian's massacres, began a rebellion in the duchy of Kaelcolim(Colchester), of which he was duke. He met Asclepiodotus in battle and killed him, thus taking the kingship of Britain upon himself. Rome, apparently, was thrilled that Britain had a new king and sent a senator, Constantius Chlorus, to act as a diplomat to Coel. Afraid of the Romans, Coel met Constantius and agreed to pay tribute and submit to Roman laws as long as he was allowed to retain the kingship of Britain. Constantius agreed to these terms but one month later, Coel died. Constantius took Coel's daughter, Helena, and crowned himself as Coel's successor. Helen later gave birth to a sonwho became Emperor Constantine the Great.

Note that the Historia Regum Britanniae is not generally considered historically accurate.

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King of Britain
King Maric's son Coell Hen (Old King Colel) succeeded him in 125 AD.
Coell Hen's great grand daughter, Aiofe, married Fiacha Strabhtein, the 120th Monarch of Ireland. The parents and grandparents of Aiofe are unknown. (Gilbet M. Lakey)

OIJD KING COLE
Old King Cole
Was a merry old soul,
And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe,
And he called for his bowl,
And he called for his fiddlers three! And every fiddler, he had a fine
fiddle,
And a very fine fiddle had he. "Twee tweedle dee, twiddle dee, "
went the fiddlers.
Oh, there's none so rare As can compare
With King Cole and his fiddlers three.

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Other source birth About 350 died About 420

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# ID: I05452
# Name: King COEL 1 2
# Sex: M
# Birth: APR in Camulod, , , England
# Death: in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy
# Name: Coel COELCHESTER 3
# Name: Coel I of COLCHESTER 4 5
# Name: Coel HEN GODEBOG I 6
# Name: Coel COELCHESTER 7
# Name: Coel Godhebog Decurian of Colchester GODHEBOG 8
# Birth: 232 in Camulod, England 1
# Birth: 232 in Camulod,,,England
# Birth: 80 in Britian, King Of, Siluria
# Birth: ABT 80 in , Colchester, Dedham, Essex, England
# Birth: 232 in Camulod,,,England
# Birth: 125 in Coel Castra, Essex, Colchester
# Birth: 218 in Colchester, Bythnia, Britain
# Death: 262
# Death: 262
# Death: 170 in Britian, King Of, Siluria
# Death: 170
# Death: 170 in , Colchester, Dedham, Essex, England
# Death: 262 in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy



Father: King Meric Marius SAINT Cyllin of SILURIA b: 17 in BC, King, Britian
Mother: Julia Victoria verch PRASUTAGUS OF THE ICENI b: 61 in Venta, Norfolk, , England

Father: Cadvan DE CAMBRIA b: in Cambria, , , England
Mother: Gladys VERCH MAWR

Marriage 1 Strada CADWLLADR b: 220 in Cambria, Wales

Children

1. Has Children St Helena of the CROSS b: SEP 248 in Colchester, Essex, , England


Marriage 2 Strada The FAIR b: 225 in ,,Cumbria,England

* Married: 205

Children

1. Has Children Helen De La CROX b: 248 in Drepanum, Bithynia, Asia Minor
2. Has No Children Helen DE LA CROX b: 248 in Drepanum,Bithynia,Asia Minor,


Marriage 3 Ystradwl OF SILURIA b: BEF 100 in AD

Children

1. Has Children LUCIUS b: 28 MAY 137 in , of Colchester, Dedham, Essex, England


Marriage 4 Princess Gladys Ystradwel of SILURIA

Children

1. Has Children Lleiffer MAWR b: 28 MAY 137 in England


Marriage 5 STRADA b: 225 in Cumbria, England

Children

1. Has Children Flavia Julia HELENA b: 248 in Drepanum, Bithynia, Asia Minor. Decurion of Colchester Coel ("King of Colchester Coel II") Godhebog Old King Cole was born in 218.

Trahearn Ap Cadwalladr was born about 218 in Cambria, Wales. He died.

Strada Ferch ("The Fair") Cadwalladr The Fair was born about 220 in Cambria, Wales. She died.

Strada Ferch ("The Fair") Cadwalladr The Fair was born about 220.

Marcus Antonius II Gordianus Roman Emperor was born about 192 in Rome, Italy. He died on 12 April 238, at age ~46, in Naissus, Niø, Serbia.

Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus Africanus (around 192 - April 12, 238), known in English as Gordian II, was Roman emperor during the year of 238.

Gordian was the son of his namesake Marcus Antonius Gordianus, emperor Gordian I by an unknown mother. He had a sister, Antonia Gordiana, who was the mother of Gordian III. The official history of theRoman emperors provides the only account of Gordian's early career. Since his memory was cherished after his death, the information is questionable and remains unproven. According to this source, Gordian served as quaestor in Heliogabalus' reign and as praetor and consul suffect with Alexander Severus as emperor. In 237, Gordian went to the Africa Roman provinces under his father's command as a governor.

Early in 235, emperor Alexander Severus and his mother Julia Mamaea were assassinated by mutinous troops in Germania Inferior. The leader of the rebellion, Maximinus Thrax, became emperor, despite hispopular background and the disapproval of the Roman senate. Pushed by the local politicians, Gordian's father began a revolt against Maximinus in 238, and became Gordian I on March 22. Due to GordianI's advanced age of 80 years, the younger Gordian was attached to the imperial throne and acclaimed Gordian II. Father and son saw their pretensions ratified both by the senate and most of the otherprovinces, due to Maximinus' unpopularity.

The only focus of opposition, unfortunately for the Gordians, came from the neighbouring province of Numidia. Cappellianus, governor of Numidia and a loyal supporter of Maximinus Thrax, renewed his alliance with the former emperor and invaded the African province with several veteran legions. Gordian II gathered his troops and faced the enemies, but the battle was lost and he was killed during thefight. The news of his death induced Gordian I into suicide.

This first rebellion against Maximinus Thrax was unsuccessful but, by the end of 238, Gordian II's nephew would be recognised emperor by the whole Roman world as Gordian III.

Source: Wikipedia.

Flavius Dalmatius was born about 286 in Rome, Italy. He died.

Julius Constantius was born about 288 in Rome, Italy. He died.

Hannibalianus was born about 290 in Rome, Italy. He died.

Constantia was born about 292 in Rome, Italy. She died.

Anastasia was born about 294 in Rome, Italy. She died.

Eutropia was born about 296 in Rome, Italy. She died.

Flavia Maxima Fausta was born in 283 in Sirmium, Pannonia, Italy. She died in 326, at age ~43, in Constantinople, Turkey.

Fausta was the daughter of the Roman Emperor Maximianus. To seal the alliance between them for control of the Tetrarchy, Maximianus married her to Constantine the Great in AD 307.

It is suspected that Fausta was fiercely anti-Christian and plotting the Roman empire's return to paganism behind her husband's back. Although the real reasons are not clear, Constantine eventually put her to death along with Crispus, his eldest son by a previous marriage to Minervina, in 326 AD. Eusebius of Caesarea suspected step-mother and step-son to be lovers to each other.

Her sons became Roman Emperors Constantine II (reigned 337 - 340), Constantius II (reigned 337 - 361) and Constans (reigned 337 - 350).

Source: Wikipedia.

Coel Ap Cadwalladr was born about 216 in Cambria, Wales. He died.

Constantia was born about 273 in Rome, Italy. She died.

Daughter of Maximus Galerius Daia was born about 305 in Rome, Italy. She died.

Helen Constantia was born about 319 in Sirmium, Pannonia, Italy. She died.

Constans was born about 321 in Sirmium, Pannonia, Italy. He died.

Minervina was born about 273 in Constantinople, Turkey. She died.

Flavius Julius Crispus Maximian Caesar was born about 292 in Constantinople, Turkey. He died on 18 January 350, at age ~58, in Gaul.

Flavius Julius Constans (AD 320 - January 18, 350), was a Roman emperor who ruled from 337 to 350. Constans was the youngest son of Constantine I the Great and Fausta, Constantine's second wife.

From 337, he was a joint ruler with his brothers Constantius II and Constantine II. Constantine II attempted to take advantage of his youth and inexperience by invading Italy in 340, but Constans defeated Constantine II at Aquileia, where the older brother died.

The writer Julius Firmicus Maternus mentioned that Constans visited Britain in the early months of 343, but did not explain why. The speed of his trip, paired with the fact he crossed the English Channel during the dangerous winter months, suggests it was in response to a military emergency of some kind.

In 350, the general Magnentius declared himself emperor with the support of the troops on the Rhine frontier, and later the entire Western portion of the Roman Empire. Constans lacked any support beyond his immediate household, and was forced to flee for his life. Magnentius' supporters cornered him in a fortification in southeastern Gaul, where he was killed.

Source: Wikipedia. Flavius Julius Crispus Maximian Caesar was born about 300 in Sirmium, Pannonia, Italy.

Antonia Gordiana was born about 195 in Rome, Italy. She died.