Welsh King Aedd Mawr, "Edward The Great"
Aedd Mawr, "King Edward The Great"
appears to have lived ca. 1300 BC, the time of Boaz and Ruth
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Brydain , warrior, settled the British Isles early and according to tradition gave his name to the islands; now corrupted to Britain
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Annyn Tro
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Selys Hen
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Cymryw
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Brwt
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Ithon
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Gweyrydd
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Peredur
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Llyfeinydd
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Teuged
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Llarian
London was considerable, having been founded BC 1020, or earlier as some hold, at least 270 years before the founding of Rome
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Ithel
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Enir Fardd
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Calchwynydd
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Llywarch
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Idwal
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Rhun
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Bleddyn
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Morgan
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Berwyn
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Ceraint Feddw
An irreclaimable drunkard, deposed by his subjects for setting fire just before harvest to the cornfields of Siluria, now County Monmouthshire, England
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Brywlais
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Alafon
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Anyn
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Dingad
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Greidol
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Ceraint
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Meirion
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Arch
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Caid
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Ceri
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Baran, "Caswallon", King
King at time of the Roman invasion; as the antagonist of Caesar, he successfully repulsed the armies of the ablest general of antiquity, the conquerors of Europe, Asia and Africa. He continued to reign after the invasion for seven years
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Llyr "King Lear"
educated in Rome by Augustus Caesar; among the "wise sayings" recorded by Welsh Bards we find this attributed to Llyr, "No folly but ends in misery"
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Bran, King of Siluria, Commander of the British Fleet
In 36 AD, resigned the crown to his son Caradoc and became Arch-Druid of the college of Siluria, where he remained some years until called upon to be a hostage for his son. During his seven years in Rome he became the first "Royal" convert to Christianity, and was baptized by the Apostle Paul, as was his son Caradoc and the latter's two sons, Cyllinus and Cynon. Henceforth he is known as Bran the Blessed Sovereign. He was the first to bring the faith of Christ to the Cymry. His recorded proverb is: "There is no good apart from God". He also introduced the use of vellum to Britain
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Caradoc, "Caractacus", King of Siluria (Co. Monmouthshire, England)
b. Trevan, Llanilid, (now Co. Glamorganshire, England) - d. Co. Glamorganshire, England
His valiant services to his country have been told in connection with the attempted invasions of the island. The Bards record his wise saying: "Oppression persisted in brings on death"
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St. Cyllin, King of Siluria
Granted Sainthood by the early church of Britain. He, first of the Cymry, gave infants names; before, names were not given except to adults, and then from something characteristic in their bodies, minds or manners. His brother Linus the Martyr, his sister Claudia and her husband Rufus Pudens aided the Apostle Paul in the Christian Church in Rome, as recorded in II Timothy 4:21; Romans 16:13.
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Prince Coel, of Siluria
d. after 120 AD
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Lleuver Mawr, "Lucius The Great", King of Siluria
bapt. at Winchester, by his father's first cousin, St. Timothy - d. 181 AD
170 AD, succeeded to the throne of Britain thus becoming the first Christian King of the World. He founded the first church in Llandaff and changed the established religion of Britain from Druidism to Christianity
Timothy suffered martyrdom, age 90, on 22 Aug. 139
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Gladys m. Cadvan of Cambria, Prince of Wales
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Strada, "The Fair", King of Colchester m. Coel
d. after 232
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Helen, of the Cross m. Constantius I, Emperor of Rome, in right of his wife, King of Britain ( b. 242; d. 306)
b. 248 - d. 328
The arms of Colchester were "a Cross with three crowns"
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Constantine, "The Great"
b. 265 - d. 306
Of British birth and education, he is known as "The First" Christian Emperor. With a British army he set out to put down the persecution of Christians forever. The greatest of all the Roman Emperors, he annexed Britain to the Roman Empire and founded Constantinople. In 325 he assembled the Council, which he attended in person, at Nicea in Bithynia, Asia Minor, which formulated the Nicene Creed. The following edict of Constantine clearly sets forth the standards of his life" "We call God to witness, the Savior of all men, that in assuming the government we are influenced solely by these two considerations, the uniting of the empire in one faith, and the restoration of peace to a world rent in pieces by the insanity of religious persecution". He had three sons, Constantine II, Constantious II and Constans I. His eldest son, Constantine II, was the father of Uther Pendragon, who became King of Britain in 498. The latter's son, King Arthur, one of nine worthies, succeeded his father in the year 516 at the age of 15, repulsed the invading Saxons and died 21 May 542. He is most popularly known in connection with his fabulous Knights of the Round Table. In a sumptuous tomb at Glastonbury, he rests beside his wife, Guinevere.
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