Individual Details

Coel "the Old" HEN King of Northern Britain

(Ca 340 - Ca 420)

Early Welsh tradition knew of a Coel Hen (Coel the Old), a leader in Roman or Sub-Roman Britain and the progenitor of several kingly lines in theHen Ogledd ("the Old North"), the Brythonic-speaking part of northern England and southern Scotland. Later medieval legend told of a Coel, apparently derived from Coel Hen, who was the father of Saint Helena and the grandfather of Roman Emperor Constantine the Great.

Events

BirthCa 340
DeathCa 420Coilsfield, Tarbolton, England

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