Helen (St. Helena of the Cross) of Britain 
Helen (St. Helena of the Cross) of was born in 0248 in Bythnia, Britain. Helen (St. Helena of the Cross) of's father was King of Colchester (Camulud) Coel and her mother was Strada "the Fair". Her maternal grandparents were Cadvan of Cambria and Gladys verch Lleuver Mawr. She was an only child. She died at the age of 88 in 0336.General Notes
Helen (Helena) of the Cross, called also "Britannica", born in 248, died in 328. The arms of Colchester were "a cross with three crowns." She was the first wife of Constantius I. Chlorus (Falvius Valerius Constantius), governor of Dalmatia, appointed Caesar to rule Gaul and Britain March 1, 293. He was the son of Eutropious, a Dardanian nobleman descended from the Gordiani, and his wife, Claudia, daughter of Claudius II. (Marcus Aurelius Flavius Claudius Gothicus), a virtuous and worthy Roman Emperor (268-270), who was a soldier, statesman, and a distinguished officer. Born in Illyria 214, he was trained in the hard school of warfare on the Danube frontier, and died of the Plague in 270, aged 55, whereupon his brother Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus became Emperor. Constantius I became Emperor of Rome in May 305, and in right of his wife, King of England. He was born in 242 and died at Eboracum (present day York, England) on July 25, 306. He married (2) Theodora, daughter of Maximinus, Roman Emperor. The son of Helen and Constantius I. was Constantine the Great.
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- b.~ 0220
- b.0248 in Bythnia, Britain d.0336
- b.~ 0180
- b.~ 0225
- b.< 0100 in abt. 85 at Trevan, Llanilid, Glamorganshire, Wales
- b.~ 0127 in Trevan, Llanilid, Glamorganshire, Wales d.0170
- b.~ 0147 in Trevan, Llanilid, Glamorganshire, Wales d.0181
- b.~ 0181
- b. in ABT 50 in North Britain d.0125
- b.~ 0100 in North Britain
- b. in abt 48
- b.~ 0145 in North Britain
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They had a son and a daughter, named Constantine the Great (Flavius Valerius and Constantia.
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Children
Constantine the Great (Flavius Valerius Aurelius
Constantine the Great (Flavius Valerius was born in Naissus in Moesia. He died in May 0336 in Constantinople, Turkey. He was buried in Church of the Holy Apostles, Constantinople, Turkey.
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