“Helen (Helena) of the Cross, also called "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 (Flavius Valerius Constantius), governor of Dalmatia, appointed Ceasar to rule Gaul and Britain March 1, 293. He was the son of Eutropius, a Dardanian nobleman descended from 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 in 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 Quintillius 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 Yorkshire, England) on 25 JUL 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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