Coel King of Colchester I

• Preferred Name: Coel King of Colchester I^{[1] [2]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• FSID: LZBX-36H
  
• Death: 262 in Colchester, Essex, England, United Kingdom at LATI: N1.8889 LONG: E0.9024 with note: I standardized this.
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Colchester
  
• Birth: 204 in Wales, United Kingdom at LATI: N2.3302 LONG: E3.7664 with note: I put this in standardized form.
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of Britain
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Coel of Colchester became attached to the "Colchester legend" by the 12th century, 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.
  
  Around the same time, a further development of this legend that King Coel of Colchester was the father of Empress 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. 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. 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; Antonia Harbus suggests it came instead from oral tradition.
  
  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. 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. 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.
  
  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".
  
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  COEL III COEDHEBAWG
  LIXº Rei da Grã-Bretanha (285-295).
  
  === Name COEL II "COILUS" Lord of Colcheste ===
  Name COEL II "COILUS" Lord of Colchester "GODHEBOG" "the Magnificent" King

• m. 220 in England

1. Title: Legacy NFS Source: COEL II "COILUS" "GODHEBOG" "the Magnificent" King of Britain "Gaul" - birth-name: COEL II "COILUS" "GODHEBOG" "the Magnificent" King of Britain "Gaul"
   Author: Public Member Trees, Ancestry.com, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;, www.ancestry.com, null, Page number: Database online.
   Note: birth-name: COEL II "COILUS" "GODHEBOG" "the Magnificent" King of Britain "Gaul" aka-name: COEL COILUS GODHEBOG Magnificent Gaul Camulod birth: 0225; birth: 0225; death: 0262; Y, Somme, Picardie, France death: 0262; Y, Somme, Picardie, France birth: 0232; death: from 0262 to 0305; Essex, England
   Page: Migrated from user-supplied source citation: urn:familysearch:source:3247285388
   
2. Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
   Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/24899588;