Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameCoel Hen
Birthabt 350, Rheged, Britannia
Deathabt 420, Britannia
OccupationKing Of The Britons
FatherCunedda I
Spouses
Birthabt 360, Welsh Britannia
Death388, Colchester, Essex, Britannia
FatherCadfan ap Cynan (~310-~390)
Marriageabt 380, Rheged, Wales
ChildrenCeneu ap Coel (~382-)
Gwawl verch Coel (~388-)
Notes for Coel Hen
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coel_Hen
Great King of North Britain
An altogether more historical character was Coel Hen, a Welsh name which actually means 'Coel the Old'. He appears in a number of Old Welsh pedigrees – notably the Bonedd Gwyr y Gogledd – at the head of several post-Roman Brythonic Royal families of the Hen Ogledd, the "Old North" covering modern Northern England and Southern Scotland, including those ruling Rheged, Elmet and possibly York, Bryneich, the other kingdoms in the Pennines and possibly the Gododdin territory extending well into Scotland. He is also considered to be the father-in-law of Cunedda, founder of the Kingdom of Gwynedd in North Wales, by his daughter Gwawl. The so-called Arthur stone names him as an ancestor of Artognou, a post-Roman ruler at Tintagel. King Coel was born to Cunedda I. His siblings were Ceredig, Edurn, Meirionydd, Dunoding, Rhufoniog, and Dogfeling. His children were Garmonion, Cunedda II Menrudd, and Gwawl.
Projections back from dated individuals suggest that Coel Hen lived around AD 350–420, during the time when the Romans withdrew their forces from Britain. This has led historians, such as John Morris, to suggest that he may have been the last of the Roman Duces Brittanniarum who commanded the Roman army in Northern Britain. He may have taken over the northern capital at Eburacum to rule over what had been the northern province of Roman Britain. Upon Coel Hen's death, his lands would have been split between his sons, Garmonion and Cunedda II, and later his grandsons, Dunwal Moelmut, Cunedda III, and Gwrwst Ledlwn, thus creating the many old northern kingdoms of Britain. WF Skene recorded traditions of his death whilst campaigning in the Kyle district of what was later called Ayrshire , which was subsequently named after him.[5]
Welsh sources also give this man the alternative name of Coel Godhebog, meaning 'Coel the Magnificent' or 'Coel the Defender', but David Nash Ford considers this name may have been transferred from Cole of Colchester. From the 15th century to the 18th century, the two were certainly much confused. There are a number of other lesser known Coels mentioned in various Old Welsh sources too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coel_Hen
Great King of North Britain
An altogether more historical character was Coel Hen, a Welsh name which actually means 'Coel the Old'. He appears in a number of Old Welsh pedigrees – notably the Bonedd Gwyr y Gogledd – at the head of several post-Roman Brythonic Royal families of the Hen Ogledd, the "Old North" covering modern Northern England and Southern Scotland, including those ruling Rheged, Elmet and possibly York, Bryneich, the other kingdoms in the Pennines and possibly the Gododdin territory extending well into Scotland. He is also considered to be the father-in-law of Cunedda, founder of the Kingdom of Gwynedd in North Wales, by his daughter Gwawl. The so-called Arthur stone names him as an ancestor of Artognou, a post-Roman ruler at Tintagel. King Coel was born to Cunedda I. His siblings were Ceredig, Edurn, Meirionydd, Dunoding, Rhufoniog, and Dogfeling. His children were Garmonion, Cunedda II Menrudd, and Gwawl.
Projections back from dated individuals suggest that Coel Hen lived around AD 350–420, during the time when the Romans withdrew their forces from Britain. This has led historians, such as John Morris, to suggest that he may have been the last of the Roman Duces Brittanniarum who commanded the Roman army in Northern Britain. He may have taken over the northern capital at Eburacum to rule over what had been the northern province of Roman Britain. Upon Coel Hen's death, his lands would have been split between his sons, Garmonion and Cunedda II, and later his grandsons, Dunwal Moelmut, Cunedda III, and Gwrwst Ledlwn, thus creating the many old northern kingdoms of Britain. WF Skene recorded traditions of his death whilst campaigning in the Kyle district of what was later called Ayrshire , which was subsequently named after him.[5]
Welsh sources also give this man the alternative name of Coel Godhebog, meaning 'Coel the Magnificent' or 'Coel the Defender', but David Nash Ford considers this name may have been transferred from Cole of Colchester. From the 15th century to the 18th century, the two were certainly much confused. There are a number of other lesser known Coels mentioned in various Old Welsh sources too.