Coellus (Britain) ap Meurig I (abt. 100 - abt. 170)

Born about 0100 in Colchester, Essex, England

Ancestors

Died about 0170 at about age 70 in Colchester, Essex, England

Disambiguation

The following WikiTree Profiles require review and distinction:

1. Coel ap Meurig, b 080 Camulod
2. Coellus Britain ap Meurig, b. 100
3. Coel (Siluria) Cyllin born 0125
4. [[De Bretagne-149|Coel I de Bretagne, b. 0130
5. [[Kaercolvin-1|Coilus (Kaercolvin) Cambria, b. 0218
6. Coel of Camulod born 218
7. Coel Hen ap Tegfan, born -0340

Biography

Mother: Julia?

Some genealogies show Julia as the mother of the following children. Since there is no record that she married or had children, and most likely died with her mother, the following have been disconnected as her children:

1. Coel ap Meurig
2. Coellus (Britain) ap Meurig
3. Gladys (Britain) Maurius
4. Eurgen (Meric) Britain

• see Wikipedia: Brut y Brenhinedd; Bromwhich (2014);[1] and Koch(2006).[2]

CAUTION: The earliest version of the Welsh, Brut Tysylio, dates to the 13th century. The story (and it's variations) are based on Geoffrey of Monmouth's unreliable, " History of the Kings of Britain."

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Excerpt from The National CV of Britain: (added to help clarify which Coel is which. amb)

The 3 Coels:

1. Coel I - Coellus in Holinshed ([see pic #1 above Monarchs, table column 3, entry 5]); Coel I was of western British ancestry according to R W Morgan (Pic #2 above or see Royal family tree on the web page of National CV of Britain), the eastern branch of the royal family apparently lacking a male heir; but he was simply the son of Marius according to Tysilio, Holinshed & Enderbie, and De Wavrin.
2. Coel II Kaercolvin-1 of Colchester, spouse of Strada The Fair, reigned in the AD 200s and was the father of Helen, the mother of Constantine the Great;
3. Coel III reigned in the AD 400s.
   

When King Marius was dead, Coillus (Coel I), his son, who was a very courteous man graceful, wise, brave, and hardy, reigned after him; he knew all the Roman laws, for he had learned them in his youth at Rome, where he had been brought up, and he greatly loved the Romans, because he had received from them the knowledge of many a fine art and science. [Source: De Wavrin, p135]
Coel I was the Old King Cole of nursery rhyme fame.

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Biography

After the death of the good King Arviragus, reigned his son Maurius [Marius], who had been brought up at Rome among the relatives of his mother Genois [Genvissa]. ^[1]

Coel I:
Coillus Coel the sonne of Marius was after his fathers deceasse made king of Britaine, in the yeare of our Lord 125... When Coill had reigned the space of 54 yeares, he departed this life at Yorke, leaving after him a sonne named Lucius. [Source: Holinshed, Vol I, p511]^[2]

Name

Name: COLIUS King of Britain

Name: Coel "Old King Coel" (Coilus) King Of /BRITAIN/

Birth

Date: 85

Place: Coel Castra, Essex, Colchester, England

Date: ABT 60

Place: Britain

Place: Powys County, Wales

Place: Siluria, Britain

Place: Eboracum, now York, England

Marriage and Issue

Coel, son of Marius, of Britain married:

1. Claudia,
   1. daughter Emerita m. Eurgen/Ywaine/Owain/Eugein, son of Afallach/Affalach/Aballac and Athilda. ^[3]
2. Marcelina
3. Lucille, daughter of Lucius Artorius Castus, Roman prefect:
   1. son Lucius.^[4]

Death

Date: 150 - 170

Place: Colchester, Essex, England

Place: Carlisle, Scotland

Sources

1. ↑ John de Wavrin, 1864, A Collection of the Chronicles and ancient Histories of Great Britain, now called England, translated by Will. Hardy: From Albina to A, Part 688 (Google eBook)
2. ↑ The National CV of Britain, 3.2 Rulers AD. accessed 2014-04-26, amb
3. ↑ David Hughes, The British Chronicles Vol. II, pp. 396, 399-400. added 2014-05-25, amb
4. ↑ Hughes, The British Chronicles, p. 422

• The Holinshed Project, Oxford Must log in to see the page image Early English Books Online

• Wikipedia entry for Coel Hen

• Royal Line, The: Albert F Schmuhl: March, 1929 NYC, NY - Rev. March 1980. Genealogical lineages may not always be from father to son, especially Houses of Kings

Acknowledgements

• Created through the import of master 11_12.ged on 21 October 2010.