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Tecfan Tasciovanus ap Lludd, King of Catuvellauni
- Preferred Name: Tecfan Tasciovanus ap Lludd, King of Catuvellauni[1] [2] [3]
- Gender: M
- Life+Sketch: with note: Description: https://familytrees.genopro.com/Azrael/3237609/TenefanTasciovanus-I4169.htm
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: Duke of Cornwall
- Birth: ABT 35 BC in Great Britain at LATI: N2.4379 LONG: E1.6496
- Death: ABT 9 in Great Britain at LATI: N2.4379 LONG: E1.6496
- Residence: VerlamionBET 20 BC AND 9 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, England at LATI: N1.7521 LONG: E0.3395 with note: Verlamion', or Verlamio, was a settlement in Iron Age Britain. It was the centre of Tasciovanus' power and a major center of the Catuvellauni from about 20 BC until shortly after the Roman invasion of AD 43. Its location was on Prae Hill, 2 km to the west of modern St Albans.
- Burial: in Rome, Roma, Lazio, Italy at LATI: N1.9051 LONG: E2.4971
- http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: King of the CatuvellauniBET 38 BC AND 18 BC
- FSID: 94RN-9MM
- MilitaryService: participated in his uncle, Cassivellaunus, defence of Britain against Julius Caesar.
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Tasciovanus (died c. 9 AD) was a historical king of the Catuvellauni tribe before the Roman conquest of Britain.
Tasciovanus is known only through numismatic evidence. He appears to have become king of the Catuvellauni c. 20 BC, ruling from Verlamion (the site of modern-day St Albans). He is believed to have moved the tribal capital to that site from an earlier settlement, near modern-day Wheathampstead. For a brief period c. 15–10 BC, he issued coins from Camulodunum (Colchester), apparently supplanting Addedomarus of the Trinovantes. After this, he once again issued his coins from Verlamion, now bearing the legend RICON, for *Rigonos, Common Brittonic for "great/divine /legitimate king". Some of his coins bear other abbreviated names such as "DIAS", "SEGO" and "ANDOCO": these are generally considered to be the names of co-rulers or subordinate kings, but may instead be mint-marks. He died c. AD 9, succeeded by his son Cunobeline, who ruled primarily from Camulodunum. Another son, Epaticcus, expanded his territory westwards into the lands of the Atrebates.
A genealogy preserved in the medieval Welsh manuscript Harleian 3859 (see Harleian genealogies) contains three generations which read "Caratauc map Cinbelin map Teuhant". This is the equivalent of "Caratacus, son of Cunobelinus, son of Tasciovanus", putting the three historical figures in the correct order, although the wrong historical context, the degree of linguistic change suggesting a long period of oral transmission. The remainder of the genealogy contains the names of a sequence of Roman emperors, and two Welsh mythological figures, Guidgen (Gwydion) and Lou (Lleu).
He appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae (1136) as the legendary king Tenvantius, son of Lud. When his father died, he and his older brother Androgeus were still minors, so the kingship of Britain was given to their uncle Cassibelanus. Tenvantius was made Duke of Cornwall and participated in his uncle's defence of Britain against Julius Caesar. Androgeus went to Rome with Caesar, so when Cassibelanus died, Tenvantius succeeded him as king. He was in turn succeeded by his son Kimbelinus (Cunobeline), who had been brought up at the court of Augustus.
In Middle Welsh versions of Geoffrey's Historia, his name appears as Teneufan and Trahayant.
Under the name of Tenewan ap Lludd (Geoffrey of Monmouth's Tenvantius Welshified), he is claimed as a paternal ancestor in the Mostyn Ms. 117 by the Mathrafal Dynasty (The Lleision Tribal Princes) and therefore subsequently the Kings of Rhwng Gwy Y Hafren (The Iorwerthion Tribal Princes) also.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasciovanus
Was King of Britain from 48 B.C.-26 B.C.
=== King of Britons ===
King of Britons
=== Tenuantius (Theomantius), a king of Bri ===
Tenuantius (Theomantius), a king of Britain in 48 B.C., died in 26 B.C. A gentle but firm ruler, he refused to pay the tribute Rome exacted from his uncle Caswallon when overcome by Julius Caesar. ("The Genealogy of Homer Beers James", V1, JANDA Consultants, © 1993 Homer James)
=== Need more info ===
Based on information found in www.conrad-family.com
=== !Theomantius (or Tenancius) succeeded hi ===
!Theomantius (or Tenancius) succeeded his uncle Cassibilan, B.C. 48, d. b.c. 26. His sons were Cunobelin and Arviragus. ["Your Family Tree" p. 64.]
Preferred Parents:
Father: Lludd II Llaw Ereint ap Beli Mawr, King of Britain, b. um 0063 v. Chr. in of Wales
Mother: Vrouw van Lludd, b. 68 BC in Wales
Family 1: Verica Cassandra des Arvernes, b. ABT 50 BC in of Wales
- Cymbeline King of the Catuvellauni, b. 25 BC in England d. 41 in A, Fyn, Denmark
- Cunobelinus 'Cynfelyn' ap Tecfan, King of the Catuvellauni, b. um 0020 v. Chr. in Llanillid, Glamorgan, Wales d. 40 in Colchester, Kingdom of Essex, Briton
Sources:
- Title: Ancestry Family Trees
Author: Ancestry Family Tree
- Title: Tasciovanus of the Catuvella
Author: Philip de Jersey (1996), Celtic Coinage in Britain, Shire Archaeology; John Creighton (2000), Coins and power in Late Iron Age Britain, Cambridge University Press Harleian Genealogies 16; The Heirs of Caratacus - Cunobelinus and his relatives in medieval Welsh genealogies Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historia Regum Britanniae 3.20, 4.1-11 Acton Griscom (1929), The Historiae Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tasciovanus;
- Title: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
Publication: Name: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/9289/records/25957472;
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