Figure
Coel Hen
Legendary post-Roman king of north Britain
- Consort of wife of Coel Hen
- Traditionally 360 CE – 420 CE
A life on the record,
dated by its sources.
Roles, not beliefs
Overview
From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.
Family
The family of Coel Hen
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 9
Kinship in an account 8
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- parent of (child) Ceneus mercenary ( -450)
- parent of (child) Cwyllog 6th-century Welsh saint
- parent of (child) Garbanion ap Coel Hen sovereign (392-445)
- parent of (child) Gwawl ferch Coel Hen 388 - est. 459
- parent of (child) Gwenafwy Welsh pre-congregational saint
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parent of (child) Helena Augusta saint, first wife of Roman emperor Constantius Chlorus, and mother of Emperor Constantine the Great (250-330) - parent of (child) Peithien 6th c. Welsh saint
- partner of (spouse) wife of Coel Hen
Family 1
What this means
A documented human family relationship. Not a succession mechanism, and not religious transmission.
Does not imply a right to an office · transmission of a teaching
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Texts
In the texts
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Sources
Sources and evidence
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9 statements on this record
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- 7 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 1 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
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