Old King Coel
 Old King Cole by Maxfield Parrish, 1909 |
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Ancestor to Blayneys?
Pedigree of three contenders, all, it seems, married a Ystradwell/Ystradwl/Ystradel/Tstradwal/Ystradwal/Ystrafael!!
Coel I Pedigree
1 C. Julius Caesar + Aurelia 2 Caius Julius Caesar b.100BC d.44BC + Cleopatra VII b.70BC d.30BC 2 Julia (Major) 2 Julia (Minor) d.54BC (2nd marriage to Pompey) +(1)Marcus Atius Balbus 3 Atia (Major) + Caius Octavius 4 Augustus (adopted heir of Julius Caesar) 4 Octavia d.11BC +(1)Claudius Marcellus +(2)Mark Antony 82-30 BC 5 Antonia the Younger (Minor) b.36BC d.37AD + Nero Claudius Drusus b.38BC d.9BC (son of Tiberius Claudius Nero and brother to Tiberius) 6 Germanicus Caesar 6 Livilla Julia 6 Tiberius "Claudius" Drusus Nero Germanicus (4th Roman Emporer) b.10BC r.41-54AD d.54AD (4th marriage was to Aprippina the Younger) +(1)Urgulanilla +(2)Aelia Paetina +(3)Valeria Messalina b.17AD d.48AD Either Messalina or an unknown mother to 7 Julia Venissa or Venus Julia (Genuissa/Genvissa) b.015 + King Arviragus Gwenivyth of Britain, of Siluria b.10 r.45 d.74 (son of Cyvelm d.074) 8 King Marius (Meric, Merius, Meurig) "of Britain" of Siluria b.045 r.74-d.125
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Coel III Pedigree
A third and possibly the most likely "Old King Coel" is claimed to be descended from Brân Fendigaid "the Blessed" & Anna or Enygeus of Arimathea (d/o Joseph of Arimathea). They begat: Beli, Penardun and Caradog ?=Caratacus. Beli begat: Avallach (Amalech) begat: Eudelen and Brithguein, ancestor of Cunedda Wledig. Eudelen begat: Eugein begat: Old King Cole 1880 painting |
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Alternative Coel I Pedigree
1 Llyr Llediaith (Lleddiarth) ap Caswallon ap Beli Mawr "Half-Speech" r.20-10BC d>10AD + Penarddun (Penardim) ferch Llud, Queen of the Britons, daughter of Llud Llaw Ereint "The Silver-Haired" ap Beli King of The Britons r.72-62 BC. 2 Brân Vendigaid "The Blessed" [63], b~20BC d>36AD In 36 AD Bran resigned the Silurian crown to Caradoc, to become Arch-Druid to the Silurians, converting to Christianity while a hostage in Rome. + Enygeus (Anna) of Arimathea
3 Caratacus (Strong-arm) (Caractacus, Caradoc), King of the
Catuvellauni 40-43 d.54. Alternate father as King Cunobelinus.
Became the leader of resistance to the Roman invasion but was
defeated at Medway in 43 by 40,000 Romans under Plautius, fleeing
to Wales he was again defeated near the River Severn and his wife
and daughter captured. He escaped and sought shelter with the
Brigantes tribe, but their Queen, Cartimandua and Argwedd Voeddig
betrayed him and handed him in chains to the Romans, who took him
and his family (including son Cyllin, and daughter Eurgain) and Brân
to Rome in 51AD, where they featured in a victory parade. Claudius then granted
them pardon after Caratacus gave his famous speech of defiance that earned him
the Senate's applause, a state pension and apartments in the Imperial Palace!
He took up his residence in the Palatium Britannicum, on the side of the Mons
Sacer, converted later by his granddaughter, Claudia Pudentia, into the first
Christian church at Rome.
Most histories assume he was not allowed to return to Britain, while others
state Caratacus was allowed home to rule as a puppet king, leaving family
behind in Rome as hostages.
+ Eurgain (or Cartismandua)
4 St Cyllin (Cyllinus), said to be the first of the Cymry to give infants names,
and to have visited St Paul in Prison and to be the father of Coel I (below)
As his full Latin name name was Cyllin Marius Siluria Britannica, it is
easy to see why his son Coel I has been ?mistakenly linked to King Marius.
Probably returned to Britain as the 1st King of Ewyas
+ ?Penardun, d/o Brân, who was a fellow prisoner in Rome.
5 Owain ap Cyllin b.125 (Rome), King of Ewyas
5 Coel I, raised in Rome but allowed to return to Britain as a puppet king.
6 Lleyn (Linus) the Martyr - aided St Paul (see II Timothy 4:21)
6 Guidgen (Cynon) (Gwyddien ap Caradog)
6 St Eurgain of Llan Ilid
+ Salog, Lord of Salisbury
7 Prince Linus, 1st Bishop of Rome [63]
6 Gladys (Gwladys) (married name - Claudia Rufina Britannica) - aided St Paul
(see II Timothy 4:21)
+ Rufus Pudens (possibly the half-brother of St Paul see Romans 16:13)
7 St. Pudentia
7 St. Prassides