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  • Name ap TEGFAN Coil Hen 
    Birth Abt 0340  Hen Oglydd, Ancient Britain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 0420  Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Ancient Britain Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Disambiguation
      Coel Hen is not to be confused with Duke (King) Coel II of Kaercolvin-1 Colchester (c. 200) who was married to Strada verch Cadvan The Fair of Cambria, (pic #2) or Coel I Of_Britain-13, son of Maurius (pic #1 near bottom). [1]

      There are 3 Coels::

      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.
      Coel II Kaercolvin-1 of Colchester, spouse of Strada The Fair, reigned in the AD 200sand was the father of Helen, the mother of Constantine the Great;Later Myth
      Coel III reigned in the AD 400s.
      The following WikiTree Profiles require review and distinction:

      Coel ap Meurig, b 080 Camulod
      Coellus Britain ap Meurig, b. 100
      Coel (Siluria) Cyllin born 0125
      Coel I de Bretagne, b. 0130
      Coilus (Kaercolvin) Cambria, b. 0218
      Coel of Camulod born 218
      Coel Hen ap Tegfan, born -0340
      Coel ap Gweirydd 66, b. 1000. Boyer: Cannot be traced beyond father.
      Coel Godebog 63 = Coel Hen.
      Coel Hen 63 (Coel Hen) 281 -- Merfyn Frych's pedigree back to Coel via Ceneu
      351 Trahearn ap Tangwel's pedigree back to Coel via Ceneu.

      Biography
      Projections back from dated individuals suggest that Coel Hen lived around AD 350–420, during the time of the Roman departure from Britain. [2]

      Coel's frequent appearance in legend and literature suggests that such a person actually existed. However, 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 11th century, History of the Kings of Britain. [3]

      Because no reliable contemporary facts are known about him, narrative is discussed under Research Notes.

      Research Notes: By Source
      Harleian Genealogies
      Early Welsh tradition knew of a Coel Hen (Coel the Old), a circa 4th century leader in Roman or Sub-Roman Britain and the progenitor of several kingly lines in the Hen Ogledd ("the Old North"), the Brittonic-speaking part of what is now northern England and southern Scotland. [4]

      Coel Hen appears in the Harleian genealogies and the later pedigrees known as the Bonedd Gwŷr y Gogledd (The Descent of the Men of the North) at the head of several post-Roman royal families of the Hen Ogledd ("Old North").[5]

      Bromwich notes that the Coel Hen line, collectively called the Coeling, included such noted figures as Urien, king of Rheged; Gwallog, perhaps king of Elmet; the brothers Gwrgi and Peredur; and Clydno Eiddin, king of Eidyn or Edinburgh. [5][2]

      Koch states that Coel Hen was also considered to be the father-in-law of Cunedda, founder of Gwynedd in North Wales, by his daughter Gwawl.[6]

      The poem Y Gododdin mentions some enmity between the "Sons of Godebog", possibly a reference to the Coiling, and the heroes who fought for the Gododdin at the Battle of Catraeth.[7][2]

      Judging by the genealogical references, Coel Hen must have controlled a large part of the Hen Ogledd. As an ancestor figure, he compares to Dyfnwal Hen, who is likewise attributed with founding kingly lines in the Hen Ogledd. Ayrshire folklore states that Coel and his entire army perished in the Battle of Coilsfield. Bromwich notes that according to Welsh tradition the region of Kyle was named for Coel, and a mound at Coylton in Ayrshire was regarded as his tomb. [8]

      While historian John Morris in his book The Age of Arthur [9] suggested that Coel may have been the last of the Roman Duces Brittanniarum (Dukes of the Britons) who commanded the Roman army in northern Britain, and split his lands among his heirs after his death, Lacy states that Morris's book has been widely criticized by scholars in the field. [10]

      Colchester legend (12th century) and Saint Helen
      By the 12th century, Coel had become attached to the "Colchester legend", which claimed Coel was a ruler of Colchester in Essex and the father of Saint Helena, and therefore the grandfather of Constantine the Great. [4]

      The legend originated from a folk etymology indicating that Colchester was named for Coel (supposedly from "Coel" and "castrum", producing "fortress of Coel"). However, the city was actually known as Colneceaster until the n was dropped in around the 10th century; its name likely comes from the local River Colne.[11]

      Local tradition came to suggest that Coel was responsible for some of the ancient buildings in Colchester; a public conduit in the High Street was named "King Coel's Pump", the Balkerne Gate in the Roman town walls was known as "King Coel's Castle" and the remains of the Temple of Claudius over which Colchester Castle was built were called "King Coel's Palace".[12]

      Geoffrey of Monmouth (12th Century)
      In the mid-twelfth century, two works appeared which added to the legend: Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae. (History of the Kings of Britain) [3] and Henry of Huntingdon's HIstoria Anglorum (History of England). [13]

      In both of these works, King Coel of Colchester became the father of Empress Saint Helena, and therefore the grandfather of Constantine the Great. Diana Greenway [14] notes that the passages are clearly related, even using some of the same words, but it is not clear which version was first.

      In Geoffrey of Monmouth's work, Coel is a King of the Britons following the reign of King Asclepiodotus. Upset with Asclepiodotus's handling of the Diocletianic Persecution, Coel begins a rebellion in his duchy of Caer Colun (Colchester). Meeting Asclepiodotus in battle, Coel kills him, taking the kingship of Britain upon himself. Pleased that Britain has a new king, Rome sends senator Constantius Chlorus to negotiate with him. Coel agrees to pay tribute and submit to Roman laws as long as he is allowed to retain the kingship, but dies one month later. Constantius marries Coel's daughter, Helena, and crowns himself as Coel's successor. Helena subsequently gives birth to a son who becomes the Emperor Constantine the Great, giving a British pedigree to the Roman imperial line. [4]

      Note therefore that Coel is not the ancestor of Constantius Chlorus. In reality, the mythical Helen ferch Coel did not exist, and is not the factual St. Helen, Empress of Rome.

      Rees, 1834
      Rees writes in the context of his study of saints, in this case Cadfrawd, a Saint and Bishop. "Cadfrawd, the son of Cadfan, appears in a generation immediately succeeding that of Lleurwg; and upon reference to the Cambrian Biography, it is seen that this person was 'a Saint and bishop who lived about the beginning of the third century.' It would appear that the editor of that work employed as his authority the Silurian catalogueof Saints, and that he calculated the dates accordingly." [15]

      In Table III, Rees shows Brian Fendigaid the father of Caradog, the father of Eudaf, the father of Cynan, the father of Cadfan and Caradog, with Cadfan then the father of Stradwen, wife of Coel, they being the parents of Ceneu and Grawl, wife of Edeyrn, Ceneu and Grawl beingtheparents of Cunedda Wledig. [16] Rees further observes that Cadfan, the father of Stradwen, (which is only another name for Ystrafael), must be considered the first person or founder of his family, and the time in which he lived will depend upon the known date of his descendant Liew ab Cynfarch, who was contemporary with Arthur. Cadfael and Ystrafael will thsube placed in the first part of the FOURTH century; and Coel Godeburg will be coeval with Constanting the Great, instead of being his grandfatherf, as reported in the legends. The pedigree of Cynan Meiriadog must connence with his grandfather Caradog, ands the notion that he was a descendant of the great Caracxtacus must be set aside. The general period in which he lived may be known from his connecion with the emperor Maximus, the date of whose usurpation is AD 383. [17]

      In the period 300 to 400, besides Cadfrawd, already mentioned, are included Gwerydd and Iestyn, brothers, and Cadgyfarch and Gwrmael, sons, of Cadfrawd; all of whom are said to have been Saints, but their feast-days are unknown, and no churches have been dedicated to them [18]

      Coel Godeburg was a chieftain who flourished in the former part of this century. He married Ystrafael or Stradwen, the sister of Cadfrawd, by whom he ha a son, Ceneeu, whose name appears in the catalogues of Saints, and a daughter, Grawl, who married Edeyrn, the father of Cunedda Wledig. [18]

      Table IV-1 (pictured) is Rees, page 103.

      Ceneu, the son of Coel, probably spewnt his life in the service of religion, for whicfh reason he has been called a Saint; but no churches have been consecrated to his memory; Llangeneu in Becknockshire being assigned to ceney, a daufghter or granddaughter of Brychan. [19]

      In right of hismother, Gwawl, Cunedda was also entitled to the headship of the lan of Coel Godebog in the south; Ceneu and Mor, the proper representatives of that tribe, being ecclesiastics. Soon after the departure of Maximus to the contient, a people, called Gwyddyl Ffichti, or Isish Picts, to distinguish them from the Picts of the north, landed on t4he western coasts of Britain, and occupied the whole of North Wales, as well as the dimetian counties of South Wales. At a later time, t4he northern Picts made one of their irruptions into the country of their more civilized neighbours,; and Cunedda, being unable to resist them, was forced to seek an asylum to the southward. The proability is that he retired to his maternal kindred. He was t4he father of a numerous family; and his sons, being reducedc to the conditionof advneturers, undertook the enterprise of delivereing Wales from the Irish mauraders.

      Bartrum and Boyer
      Peter Bartrum [20] has identified Coel Hen as at least the legendary ancestor of Merfyn Frych, the earliest undisputed ancestor of the line. Carl Boyer gives the following line of descent, but notes that it may have been grafted on to Merfyn's ancestry: [21] Dating at 30 year intervals has been added back from Merfyn Frych.

      Coel Hen or Coel Godeburg (430)
      Ceneu (460)
      Gwrwst Ledlwm (490)
      Meirchion gul (520)
      Elidir lydanwyn (550)
      Llywarch Hen (580)
      Dwg (610)
      Gwair (640)
      Tegid (670)
      Alewn (700)
      Sandde (730)
      Elidir (760)
      Gwriad (790)
      Merfyn Frych (820)
      Carl Boyer, following Bartrum, estimates that Coel Hen, also known as Coel Godeborg, and who was the "Old King Cole" of nursery rhyme fame, lived in about the year 370, which would be consistent with a birth in 340. [22]

      Boyer notes that Coel Hen married Ystradwel ferch Gadeon, and that Gadeon was either Gadeon ab Eudaf hen or Gadeon ap Cynan ab Eudaf Hen., [22]

      Boyer provides the names of two children, who are listed by Bartrum: [22]

      Ceneu, born c. 400 [23]
      Gwawl, a daughter, who married Cunedda Wledig
      David Nash Ford
      Coel Hen, King of Northern Britain lived from about c.350 to c.420. His name appeared variously: (Welsh: Coel; Latin: Coelius; English: Cole) [24]

      "Coel Hen or Coel the Old is known to most of us through the famous nursery rhyme:" [24]

      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.

      "He is also a familiar figure in ancient Welsh genealogies, for most of the Celtic British monarchies claimed descent from him in one form or another. He appears to have lived around the turn from the 4th to the 5th century, the time when the Roman officials returned to Italy, leaving Britain and her people to fend for themselves. Coel's particular association with the north of Britain has led to the suggestion that he may actually have been the last of the Roman Duces Brittanniarum with his headquarters at York. He certainly imposed his power over a great swathe of the country, and can be considered the first King in Northern Britain." [24]

      "There is an old story told in the north about Coel's last campaign. What is now Scotland was originally inhabited by the Pictish race. It was during Coel's time that immigrant Irishmen from the Scotti tribe began to settle the Western coast around Argyle. Coel, fearing that the two peoples would unite against the British, sent raiding parties across his northern border to stir up discord between them. The plan, however, backfired for the Picts and the Scots were not taken in. Coel merely succeeded in pushing the two even closer together, and they began to attack the British Kingdom of Strathclyde. Coel declared all out war and moved north to expel the invaders. The Picts and Scots fled to the hills ahead of Coel's army, who eventually set up camp at what became Coylton alongside the Water of Coyle (Ayrshire). For a long time, the British were triumphant, while the Scots and Picts starved. Desperate for some relief, however, the enemy advanced an all-or-nothing attack on Coel's stronghold. Coel and his men were taken by surprise, overrun and scattered to the winds. It is said that Coel wandered the unknown countryside until he eventually got caught in a bog at Coilsfield (in Tarbolton, Ayrshire) and drowned. Coel was first buried in a mound there before being removed to the church at Coylton. The year was about AD 420. After his death, Coel's Northern Kingdom was divided between two of his sons, Ceneu and Gorbanian". [24]

      Morris, 1878
      Ford writes, "This Coel should not be confused with the legendary Coel Godhebog "the Magnificent", Lord of Colchester, whose daughter, St. Helen, supposedly married the Emperor Constantius Chlorus two centuries earlier." [24]

      However, Morris' entry in "Celtic Remains" states: "Coel Godhewbog, or Coel Hen, priodawr o'r Godledd, the son of Tegfan ap DSeheufraint, ws a Prince in North Britain, father of Cenauy, from descended several great warriors, Padarn Beisrudd, Pabo Post Prydain, YUrien Reged, Llywarch Hen, etc. These two Coels are confounded together by some of the poets, eetc, who ha e misled Geo. Owen Harry and severeal other writers. See Hanes 24 Brenhin. [25]

      Research Notes: By Topic and Question
      What Variations are there on his Name?
      His name varies with the language in which it appears: [4]

      Coil (Old Welsh). He also appears as Coil Guotepauc (Cole the Protector) in Old Welsh.
      Coel (Welsh). In the transition from Old Welsh, Coil Guotepauc becomes Coel Godebog (Cole the Protector). However, Charles-Edwards [7] notes that some of the Harleian genealogies list Godebog as Coel's father. He also appears as Coel Hen (Coel the Old).
      Coillus (Latin). In his Historia Regum Britanniae, Geoffrey of Monmouth shows the name both as Coel and Coillus.
      Cole (English) appears in some modern authors.
      Boyer states that Coel Hen or Coel Gudebog was the "Old King Cole" in nursery rhyme fame, and lived about 370 of the Common Era. Cite error 2; Invalid tag; refs with no content must have a name

      Pedigrees
      Monarchs by Holinshed
      Monarchs by Holinshed
      National CV of Britain: Huntingdon and Monmouth's Mythical Pedigree
      National CV of Britain: Huntingdon and Monmouth's Mythical Pedigree
      Tegfan/Teuhant, Latin: Tasciovanus shown as grandfather of Coyl Hen Guotepauc — Coel Hen (the Old) in two lineage charts (Kings of Bryneich in the Harleian MS.3859 & Kings of South Rheged in the Achau Brenhinoedd a Thywysogion Cymru), father's name differs.

      Kings of Bryneich in the Harleian MS.3859
      Ritigirn — Rhydeyrn
      Iumetel — Rhifedel
      Grat — Gratian
      Urban — Urban
      Telpuil — Telpwyll
      Teuhant— Deheuwaint/Tegfan or Tasciovanus, duplicate generations
      Tecmant
      Coyl Hen Guotepauc — Coel Hen (the Old)
      Kings of South Rheged in the Achau Brenhinoedd a Thywysogion Cymru
      Rydeyrn —Rhydeyrn
      Rriuedel —Rhifedel
      Gradd —Gratian
      Vrban —Urban
      Tyddbwyll —Telpwyll
      Deheuwaint — Deheuwaint/Tegfan or Tasciovanus, duplicate generations
      Tegvan
      Koel Godebawg — Coel Hen (the Old)[26]
      pedigree: Kings of Bryneich in Harleian MS.3859[1]
      Ancestor of Gwenllian ferch Rhys
      Carl Boyer has reported the pedigree of Gwenllian, wife of Morien ap Morgeneu as: Gwenllian ferch Rhys ap Marchan ap Cynwrig ap Cynddelw Gam ab Elgudy ap Gwrysnad ap Dwywg Lyth ap tegog ap Dwyfnerth ap Madog Madogion ap Mechydd ap Sandde ap llywarch Hen ap Elidir Lydanwyh ap Meirchion Gul ap Gwrwst Ledlum ap Ceneu ap Coel Hen.[27]

      The profile is the profile of one of the ancestors of Gwenllian, as reported by Boyer. Boyer provided no further information about any of these ancestors of Gwenllian.

      Was he the Old King Cole of Nursery Rhyme?
      Coel Hen is believed to be the subject of the familiar nursery rhyme:

      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.
      However, in the Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes, Opie and Opie note that ""Because there is said to have been a Prince Cole in the third century A.D.... it does not follow that the song 'Old (or Good) King Cole' dates back to that period, even in the unlikely event of it referring to this chieftain." [28]

      Development of the Legend
      By the 12th century, Coel had become attached to the "Colchester legend", which claimed he was a ruler of Colchester in Essex and the father of Saint Helena, and therefore the grandfather of Constantine the Great. The legend originated from a folk etymology indicating that Colchester was named for Coel (supposedly from "Coel" and "castrum", producing "fortress of Coel"). However, the city was actually known as Colneceaster until the n was dropped in around the 10th century; its name likely comes from the local River Colne.[10][11]

      Around the same time, a further development of this legend that King Coel of Colchester was the father of Saint Helena, and therefore the grandfather of Constantine the Great, appeared in Henry of Huntingdon's Historia Anglorum and Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae.[12][13][14] The passages are clearly related, even using some of the same words, but it is not clear which version was first. Henry appears to have written the relevant part of the Historia Anglorum before he knew about Geoffrey's work, leading J. S. P. Tatlock and other scholars to conclude that Geoffrey borrowed the passage from Henry, rather than the other way around.[15][16] The source of the claim is unknown, but may have predated both Henry and Geoffrey. Diana Greenway proposes it came from a lost hagiography of Helena;[15] Antonia Harbus suggests it came instead from oral tradition.[17]

      Geoffrey's largely legendary Historia Regum Britanniae expands upon Henry's brief mention, listing Coel as a King of the Britons following the reign of King Asclepiodotus.[18] In the Historia, Coel grows upset with Asclepiodotus's handling of the Diocletianic Persecution and begins a rebellion in his duchy of Caer Colun (Colchester). He meets Asclepiodotus in battle and kills him, thus taking the kingship of Britain upon himself. Rome, apparently, is pleased that Britain has a new king, and sends senator Constantius Chlorus to negotiate with him. Afraid of the Romans, Coel meets Constantius and agrees to pay tribute and submit to Roman laws as long as he is allowed to retain the kingship. Constantius agrees to these terms, but Coel dies one month later.[18] Constantius marries Coel's daughter, Helena, and crowns himself as Coel's successor. Helena subsequently gives birth to a son who becomes the Emperor Constantine the Great, giving a British pedigree to the Roman imperial line.[19]

      Research Notes: Wife and Children
      Whom did he marry?
      Did he marry Seradvan?

      Did he marry Meric?

      Did he have children?
      Legendary Issue identified by Boyer

      Boyer identifies two children, both of them listed by Bartrum, but derived from legend:

      Ceneu, born 382
      Gwawl, who married Cunedda Wledig. born 388.
      Other issue linked on WikiTree

      Trahaern, date unknown
      Garbonian, born 390
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      ↑ The National CV
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      ↑ 3.0 3.1 Geoffrey of Monmouth. Historia Regum Brittaniae (History of the Kings of Britain.) Book 5 Chapter 6. Wikisource. Accessed 6/24/2019 jhd
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      ↑ 5.0 5.1 Bromwich, Rachel (2006). Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Triads of the Island of Britain. University of Wales Press. ISBN 0-7083-1386-8. pages 256–257. Cited Cited by Wikipedia: Coel_Hen Accessed 6/24/2019 jhd
      ↑ Koch, John T. (2006). Celtic Culture: A Historical Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 1-85109-440-7. Page 458. Cited by Wikipedia: Coel_Hen Accessed 6/24/2019 jhd
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      ↑ Morris, John (1973). The Age of Arthur. Weidenfeld & Nicolson. page 54. Cited by Wikipedia: Coel_Hen Accessed 6/24/2019 jhd
      ↑ N. J. Lacy, A history of Arthurian scholarship Arthurian studies, 65 (Boydell & Brewer Ltd, 2006), pp. 9–10. Cited by Wikipedia: Coel_Hen Accessed 6/24/2019 jhd
      ↑ Nicolaisen, Gelling & Richard, p. 76, and Harbus 2002, pp. 64–65. Cited by Wikipedia: Coel_Hen Accessed 6/24/2019 jhd
      ↑ Bensusan-Butt, John (2009). Essex in the Age of Enlightenment. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1445210544, page 5. Cited by Wikipedia: Coel_Hen Accessed 6/24/2019 jhd
      ↑ Henry of Huntingdon (1996). Greenway, Diana (ed.). Historia Anglorum: The History of the English People. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-822224-6. Book I, ch. 37. Cited by Wikipedia: Coel_Hen Accessed 6/24/2019 jhd
      ↑ Greenway, pp. 60–61. Cited by Wikipedia: Coel_Hen Accessed 6/24/2019 jhd
      ↑ Rees, 92-93
      ↑ Rees, 93
      ↑ Rees, 94
      ↑ 18.0 18.1 Rees, 102
      ↑ Rees, 104
      ↑ Peter C. Bartrum, Welsh Genealogies Ad 300-1400 cited by Boyer, English Ancestors, 126
      ↑ Carl Boyer 3rd. Medieval English Ancestors of Certain Americans. By the author: Santa Clarita, California, 2001. Merfyn Frych is #1 on page 126.
      ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Carl Boyer 3rd. Medieval Welsh Ancestors of Certain Americans. Generally follows Bartrum. By the author: Santa Clarita, California, 2004. Coel Hen is #1 on page 63.
      ↑ Wikitree Data Field, not otherwise sourced
      ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 24.3 24.4 David Nash Ford, Early British Kingdoms: Coel Hen's Ancestry. See also Early British Kingdoms.
      ↑ Morris. Celtic Remains. p. 95
      ↑ Ford, Early British Kingdoms: Coel Hen's Ancestry, 2014-05-23, amb
      ↑ Carl Boyer III, Medieval Welsh Ancestors of Certain Americans. By the author. Santa Clara, California, 2004. Page 10, #20
      ↑ Opie, I.; Opie, P. (1997). The Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes. Oxford University Press. Cited Cited by Wikipedia: Coel_Hen Accessed 6/24/2019 jhd
      Bibliography of Frequently Cited Texts

      Morris, Lewis, and Evans, Daniel Silvan. Celtic Remains , Contributor Cambrian Archaeological Association. Publisher: J. Parker, 1878. Original from Harvard University. Digitized Jul 27, 2007. Alpha Edition 2020.
      Rees, Rice.An essay on the Welsh Saints, or the Primitive Chieftains usually considered to have been the Founders of Churches of Wales. London: Longman, etc, 1836.
      Smart, Thomas Gregory. Genealogy of the Descendants of the Prichards formerly lords of Llanover, Monmouthshire, with an appendix of the pedigrees of the houses, with which that family intermarried (Google eBook). 1868. added 2014-08-03, amb
      See also:

      .englishmonarchs.co.uk
      www.britannia.com
      An essay on the Welsh Saints
      Wikipedia: Brut y Brenhinedd; Bromwhich (2014);[2] and Koch(2006).[3]
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    Father Ap DEHEUWAINT Tecfan,   b. Abt 0310, Rheged, Northumbria, North Britain Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 0357, Northumbria, North Britain Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
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    Family CADFAN Ystrafael ferch,   b. 0350, Roman Britannia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 0400, Roman Britannia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 50 years) 
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     1. COEL Gwals,   b. Abt 0388, Eburacum (York), Roman Britannia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 0459, Kingdom of Gwynedd Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
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