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Boudica verch Mandubratius of the Iceni
- Preferred Name: Boudica verch Mandubratius of the Iceni[1] [2] [3]
- Alternate Name: Boadicea Victoria verch Mandubratius
- Gender: F
- Burial: 61 in Camden Town, Middlesex, England at LATI: N1.5457 LONG: E0.1403
- Death: 61 in Flintshire, Wales at LATI: N3.2502 LONG: E3.1373 with note: (Removed incorrect reference to UK)
- MilitaryService: Boudica led the Iceni and the neighbouring Trinovantes in a large-scale revolt against the RomansBET 60 AND 61
- Residence: the Iceni inhabited what is now the English county of Norfolk and parts of Cambridgeshire, Suffolk and Lincolnshire.
- Birth: 26 in Iceni Tribal Lands, Britannia at LATI: N2.4379 LONG: E1.6496
- FSID: LLQD-J7T
- Notes:
=== Life Sketch ===
Britain has produced many fierce, noble warriors down the ages who have fought to keep Britain free, but there was one formidable lady in history whose name will never be forgotten – Queen Boudica or Boadicea as she is more commonly called.
At the time of the Roman conquest of southern Britain Queen Boudica ruled the Iceni tribe of East Anglia alongside her husband King Prasutagus.
Boudica was a striking looking woman. – “She was very tall, the glance of her eye most fierce, her voice harsh. A great mass of the reddest hair fell down to her hips. Her appearance was terrifying.” – Definitely a lady to be noticed!
The trouble started when Prasutagus, hoping to curry favour with the Romans, made the Roman Emperor Nero co-heir with his daughters to his considerable kingdom and wealth. He hoped by this ploy, to keep his kingdom and household free from attack.
But no! Unfortunately, the Roman Governor of Britain at that time was Suetonius Paulinus who had other ideas on the subject of lands and property. After Prasutagus’s death his lands and household were plundered by the Roman officers and their slaves.
Not content with taking all the property and lands, Suetonius had Prasutagus’ widow Boudica publicly flogged, and her daughters were raped by Roman slaves!
Other Iceni chiefs suffered in a like manner and their families were treated like slaves.
Not surprisingly these outrages provoked the Iceni, Trinobantes and other tribes to rebel against the Romans.
The Britons at first had great successes. They captured the hated Roman settlement of Camulodunum (Colchester) and the Roman division there was routed, the Imperial agent fleeing to Gaul.
Boudica and her allies gave no quarter in their victories and when Londinium (London) and Verulamium (St. Albans) were stormed, the defenders fled, and the towns were sacked and burned! The revolting Britons even desecrated the Roman cemeteries, mutilating statues and breaking tombstones. Some of these mutilated statues can be seen today in Colchester Museum.
Finally, Suetonius, who had made a tactical withdrawal (fled) with his troops into relative safety of the Roman military zone, decided to challenge Boudica. He assembled an army of 10,000 regulars and auxiliaries, the backbone of which was made up from the 14th Legion.
The Roman historian Tacitus in his ‘Annals of Rome’ gives a very vivid account of the final battle, which was fought in the Midlands of England, possibly at place called Mancetter near Nuneaton, in AD61.
Boudica and her daughters drove round in her chariot to all her tribes before the battle, exhorting them to be brave. She cried that she was descended from mighty men, but she was fighting as an ordinary person for her lost freedom, her bruised body and outraged daughters. Perhaps as taunt to the men in her ranks, it is said that she asked them to consider: ‘Win the battle or perish that is what I, a woman will do; you men can live on in slavery if that’s what you want.’
The Britons attacked crowding in on the Roman defensive line. The order was given and a volley of several thousand heavy Roman javelins was thrown into the advancing Britons, followed quickly by a second volley. The lightly armed Britons must have suffered massive casualties within the first minutes of the battle. The Romans moved in for the kill, attacking in tight formation, stabbing with their short swords.
The Britons now had little chance, with so many of them involved in the battle it is likely that their massed ranks worked against them by restricting their movements, so they were unable to use their long swords effectively. To ensure success the Roman cavalry was released which promptly encircled the enemy and began their slaughter from the rear. Seemingly mad with blood lust, Tacitus records that 80,000 Britons; men, women and children, were killed. The Roman losses amounted to 400 dead with a slightly larger number wounded.
Boudica was not killed in the battle but took poison rather than be taken alive by the Romans.
Boudica has secured a special place of her own in British folk history remembered for her courage; The Warrior Queen who fought the might of Rome. And in a way she did get her revenge, as in 1902 a bronze statue of her riding high in her chariot, designed by Thomas Thorneycroft, was placed on the Thames embankment next to the Houses of Parliament in the old Roman capital of Britain, Londinium – The ultimate in Girl Power!
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Preferred Parents:
Father: Mandubratius ap Androgeus King of the Iceni, b. um 0003 in Britain d. in England
Mother: Anna Enygeus ‘the Prophetess’ bint Joseph of Arimathea, b. um 0007 in Jerusalem, Judah, Palestine, Israel d. 22 DEC 76 in Glastonbury, Somerset, England
Family 1: Prasutagus of Iceni, b. 31 OCT 10 in England d. 17 JUL 61 in England
- m. ABT 38 in Iceni Tribal Lands, Norfolk, England
- Julia Victoria ferch Prasutagus of the Iceni, b. 47 in Venta Icenorum, Saint Edmund, Norfolk, England d. ABT 120 in Venta Icenorum, Norfolk, England
- Cartismandau de lceni, b. 54 in Italy d. 125 in England
Sources:
- Title: Cyllin aka Coellyn Kyllin ap Cardog of Britain 1st King of Ewyas King Saint of Siluria, 40 - 99
Author: Cyllin aka Coellyn Kyllin ap Cardog of Britain 1st King of Ewyas King Saint of Siluria, 40 - 99
Publication: Name: https://www.myheritage.com/names/cyllin_siluria;
Note: Cyllin aka Coellyn Kyllin ap Cardog of Britain 1st King of Ewyas King Saint of Siluria, 40 - 99
Cyllin aka Coellyn Kyllin ap Cardog of Britain 1st King of Ewyas King Saint of Siluria was born in 40, in birth place, to Prasutagus Druied Britain Iceni Icenians and Queen Boadicea ( Victoria Britain) Icenians (born Liediaith).
Prasutagus was born in 10, in Inces Tribe, Ancient, England, Britain, Venta now Casiter Saint Edmund, Norfolk, England.
Queen was born in 20, in Icenians, Norfolk, Suffolk, England.
Cyllin married Julia ( Victoria) " Princess" of the Icenians( Icenierna) Verch Siluria (born Prasutagus).
Julia was born in 45, in VentaIa Icenorum now Casiter Saint Edmund, Norfolk, England.
He had one son: Coel I Cole Coilus Old King 0f Britain King.
Cyllin passed away in 99, at age 59 in death place.
Page: family relationship
- Title: Boudica
Author: Wikipedia
Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudica?oldformat=true;
- Title: Boudicca Queen of Britain
Author: Britannica
Publication: Name: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Boudicca;
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