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Selected Families and Individuals
Notes
Prince Coel
He was the son of Cyllin. The name Coel implies the same meaning as the English name 'Faith' does now. Coel was educated in Rome. (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911)
Child: — Lleuver Mawr. (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911)
St. CYLLIN\Linus King of Siluria
Also known as St. Cyllin and Linus, was the son of Caradoc. (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911)
Children: — Coel — Owen
Cyllin, King of Siluria was sainted by the early Church of Britain. He, first of the Cymry, gave infants names, which previously were not given except to adults, and then from something characteristic in the bodies, jobs, minds, or manners. Linus and his sister Claudia (Eurgan) visited St. Paul in his cell (2 Timothy iv. 21). For some years after the death of St. Peter in AD 66 and St. Paul in AD 68. both Linus and Clement led their respective schools of Christians at Rome. Eventually Linus departed and joined his royal kindred in Glamorgan. (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911)
Caradoc King of Siluria
Also known as Caractacus, Caratacus, Caradawg "Strong Arm". He was the son of Bran. Caradoc was born at Trevan, Llanilid/Glamorganshire. His main residence was at Abergwaredigion, "the Meeting-Place of the Saved/Released Ones". (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911)
Children: — Cyllinus/Linus (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911) — Eurgan/Claudia (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911) — Cynon — Cawrdav
Tacitus, describing the stand made by the Silurians under Caradoc ap Bran at Caer Caradoc, near Knighton, county Radnor, states: "The intrepid countenances of their whole army and the spirit which animated them, struck the Roman commander, Ostorius, with astonishment...The chieftains of the various tribes were seen busy in every direction. They raced along the ranks of their army. They exhorted their warriors, they roused the timid, they inured the valient, and by promises inflamed the ardour of all...Caractacus was seen alternately in every part of his army. He galloped along the lines, exclaiming aloud: 'This day, my comrades, this very day, decides the fate of all Britain!' " Caradoc was expecting Gwyn to arrive with reinforcements, but they missed each other and while General Gwyn was conquering Caerwent, Caradoc was captured by Argwedd Voeddig, Queen Cartismandua of the north of England - a.k.a Brynack of the Britons and Brigante, the wife of Gwyn. In chains, Caradoc was handed a captive to the Roman General Ostorius Scapula. Caradoc and his son Cyllin/Linus, and his daughter Eurgain/Claudia of Caesar's household, were afterwards placed in Rome in the care of Pomponia Graecenia, wife of the Roman Regent, General Plautus who had been commander in the invasion of AD 43. Pomponia was later charged at Rome with having "embraced a foreign superstition". (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911)
Caratacus' kingdom covered the Atrebates of Hampshire and probably the Dobunni of Gloucestershire. At the time of the Roman invasion of Britain during the reign of Claudius, he led the native resistance against Aulus Plautis (AD 43-47) and after being defeated, withdrew into south Wales. He was finally defeated by Ostorius Scapula in AD 50, somewhere in the Welsh marshes, in the territory of the Ordovices. He himself fled to the Brigantes, whose queen, Cartimandua, delivered him to the Romans. He and his family were featured in a victory parade of Claudius, who granted them pardon and life. (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911)
A quote attributed to Caradoc is: "Oppression persisted in brings on death". (Wurts, 1942)
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Bran, The Blessed, King of Siluria
Also known as Bren, Cynvelin and Cunobelinus. He was the son of Llyr and Penarddun. Some sources say he died c. AD 42 and others indicate he was 'old' in AD 60. (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911)
Bran married a sister of Casswallan, who was his mother's brother. Casswallon was a British king in AD 62 and was made Commander in Chief of all British forces at the time of Caesar's first invasion, BC 55. He was forced to pay tribute and died in BC 48. (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911)
Children: — Caradoc (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911) — Adminius, banished in 40 AD (Morgan, 1911) — Togodumnus (Morgan, 1911)
Bran resigned his 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 for Christianity and was baptized by Apostle Paul, as was his son Caradoc and the latter's two sons Cyllinus and Cynon. Henceforth he was known as the "Blessed Sovereign". He was the first to bring the faith of Christ to the Cymry. He is also attributed as introducing the use of vellum into Britain. (Wurts, 1942)
Bran/Cunobelinus was the ruler of a large area of southeastern Britain from about AD 1 to 42. He is Cymbeline in Shakespeare's play of the same name, though the plot bears no relationship to the events of his career. He succeeded his father as chief of the Catuvellauni, a tribe centered north of what is now London. Either shortly before or after his accession, he conquered the territory of the Trinovantes, in modern Essex. He made Camulodunum/Colchester his capital and the seat of his mint. His power and influence were so widely felt in Britain that the Roman biographer Suetonius called him "Britannorum rex." In about 40 AD Cunobelius banished his son Adminius, who fled to Rome and persuaded the emperor Caligula/Gaius Caesar to invade Britain. The expedition was assembled, but it never left the continent. After Cunobelinus' death, his two other sons, Caratacus and Togodumnus, displayed hostility toward Rome and gave Claudius an excuse to impose Roman rule on the island. (Morgan, 1911)
Quote attributed to Bren: "Let him who is a chief be a bridge." (Wurts, 1942)
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Adminius
Banished in 40 AD (Morgan, 1911)
Llyr Llediaith
Also known as Lear II and Tasciovanus, he was the son of Ceri. Llediaith means 'the act of speaking Welsh with a foreign accent'. (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911)
Llyr married PENARDDUN, daughter of Beli who was the son of Mynogan/Manogan. Beli was a Druid king of Britain in BC 132 and who died in BC 72. Penarddun married Eurosswydd and had Nissyan and Evnissyen. She was the sister of Caswallon/Cassibilane/Cassiovelaunus and Lud. (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911; Mabinogion)
Children: — Bran/Cynvelin/Cunobelinus (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911; Mabinogion) — Manawydan (Mabinogion) — Branwen/Bronwen (Morgan, 1911; Mabinogion) — Granwen (Mabinogion)
Dunraven castle was the home of Llyr and was situated on a hill which was called Twyn Rhyvan or 'The Hill of Rome'. Llyr was educated in Rome by Augustus Caesar, though he probably lived in one of the royal seats of Siluria, Dunraven Castle in Glamorgan.
Llyr's grandson, Caradoc, spoke Latin so fluently and eloquently at Rome, before the Imperial throne in the camp of Mars, to Claudius Caesar, the Empress Agrippina, the Roman Court and other nobility, he was pardoned for resisting the Roman Army. More often than not, in the Roman provinces of Spain, France, and Britain, Celtic chieftains continued to rule over their tribes and territory. These warlords might have Latin names, live in Roman villas, and fight alongside legionary armies, but they were still Celts. Celtic warlords accepted the material luxuries, military sophistication, Christian religion and Latin literature of the Romans, but underneath it all, they remained in control of their own land and kept Celtic tribal loyalties and customs. (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911)
An historical quote attributed to Llyr: "No folly but ends in misery." (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911)
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Penarddun
Llyr married PENARDDUN, daughter of Beli who was the son of Mynogan/Manogan. Beli was a Druid king of Britain in BC 132 and who died in BC 72. Penarddun married Eurosswydd and had Nissyan and Evnissyen. She was the sister of Caswallon/Cassibilane/Cassiovelaunus and Lud. (Wurts, 1942; Morgan, 1911; Mabinogion)
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