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Sovereign Lord of the Celtic Britons Beli the Great Mawr Heli

Male 110 BC -


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  1. 1.  Sovereign Lord of the Celtic Britons Beli the Great Mawr Heli was born 110 BC; died , 72 BC.

    Notes:

    • General Notes
    ◦ 150 BC
    Beli Mawr was a semi-legendary British king who was probably an historical ruler, though any facts have become so distorted by myth that it is impossible to be certain about the truth concerning him. Beli Mawr derived his name from that of Bel, one of the principal Celtic deities, the god of the sun and of the light. 

    Beli Mawr (Beli the Great) was an ancestor deity in Welsh mythology. He was the consort of Dôn and the father of Caswallawn, Arianrhod, Lludd and Llefelys. Several royal lines in medieval Wales traced their ancestry to him.

    He is usually, though not universally, considered to have derived from the Celtic god Belenus. Historical linguistics suggests that the name Beli may be derived from Bolgios, a name attested as the leader of a Gaulish attack on Macedon in the 3rd century BC. It is related to the Irish "Beltane", modern Gaelic "bealtuinn" (May-day), which comes from Irish "béalteine", reflecting the diphthonging of the initial vowel from Early Irish "beltene", or "belltaine", Proto-Celtic *belo-te(p)niâ (according to Stokes), and means "bright-fire". The Gaulish god-names "Belenos" (*Bright one) and "Belisama" (probably the same divinity, originally from *belo-nos = our shining one) are also from the same source, as was Shakespeare's "Cym-beline".

    However, it should be noted that in Medieval Welsh tradition, Beli Mawr is often given the patronymic ap Manogan and his father was noted as Manogen Druid Eneid. This appears to derive from a textual garbling of the name of a real historical figure, Adminius, son of Cunobelinus; after being transmitted through the Roman authors Suetonius and Orosius, this name became Bellinus filius Minocanni in the medieval Welsh text Historia Brittonum. Thus, although Beli became a separate personage in medieval pseudohistory from Cunobelinus (Cymbeline), he was generally presented as a king reigning in the period immediately before the Roman invasion; his "son" Caswallawn is the historical Cassivellaunus.

    Beli also appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniæ as Heli.
    (Wikipedia)

    He was an only child...

    Beli — Prophetess Don Anna Verch Mathonwy. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. *King of the Britons Lludd Nodens Llaw of the Silver Hand Eiri Lud of Beli  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 100 BC, London, England; died , 18 BC Siluria, Britain.
    2. 3. Amalech ap Beli  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 4. Casswallan ap Beli Cassibellan  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 5. Llefelys ap Beli  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 6. Gilfaethwy ap Beli  Descendancy chart to this point
    6. 7. Gwydion ap Beli  Descendancy chart to this point
    7. 8. Govannon ap Beli  Descendancy chart to this point
    8. 9. Amaethon ap Beli  Descendancy chart to this point
    9. 10. Arianrhod verch Beli  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  *King of the Britons Lludd Nodens Llaw of the Silver Hand Eiri Lud of Beli Descendancy chart to this point (1.Beli1) was born Abt 100 BC, London, England; died , 18 BC Siluria, Britain.

    Notes:

    • He defended Britain against Julius Cesear.

    Died:
    Siluria, Britain

    Lludd — Princess Anna of Cornwall - N.N of Britain. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 11. * Tenuantius Tasciovanus Tenacius ap Lludd King of Catuvellauni Duke of Cornwall  Descendancy chart to this point was born , BC 60; died , BC 26-9.
    2. 12. Afallach ap Llud Androgeus  Descendancy chart to this point was born , Abt 35 BC.

  2. 3.  Amalech ap Beli Descendancy chart to this point (1.Beli1)

  3. 4.  Casswallan ap Beli Cassibellan Descendancy chart to this point (1.Beli1)

  4. 5.  Llefelys ap Beli Descendancy chart to this point (1.Beli1)

  5. 6.  Gilfaethwy ap Beli Descendancy chart to this point (1.Beli1)

  6. 7.  Gwydion ap Beli Descendancy chart to this point (1.Beli1)

  7. 8.  Govannon ap Beli Descendancy chart to this point (1.Beli1)

  8. 9.  Amaethon ap Beli Descendancy chart to this point (1.Beli1)

  9. 10.  Arianrhod verch Beli Descendancy chart to this point (1.Beli1)


Generation: 3

  1. 11.  * Tenuantius Tasciovanus Tenacius ap Lludd King of Catuvellauni Duke of Cornwall Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lludd2, 1.Beli1) was born , BC 60; died , BC 26-9.

    Notes:

    a historical king of the Catuvellauni tribe before the Roman conquest of Britain.

    Tenuantius — Tenefan Ap Lludd. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 13. Cunobelin Cunobelinus or Kymbelinus King of the Britons  Descendancy chart to this point was born , BC 40 Llanillid, Glamorgan, Wales; died , BC 17, Colchester, Essex, England.

  2. 12.  Afallach ap Llud Androgeus Descendancy chart to this point (2.Lludd2, 1.Beli1) was born , Abt 35 BC.


Generation: 4

  1. 13.  Cunobelin Cunobelinus or Kymbelinus King of the Britons Descendancy chart to this point (11.Tenuantius3, 2.Lludd2, 1.Beli1) was born , BC 40 Llanillid, Glamorgan, Wales; died , BC 17, Colchester, Essex, England.

    Notes:

    a king in pre-Roman Britain from the late first century BC until the 40s AD. He is mentioned in passing by the classical historians Suetonius and Dio Cassius, and many coins bearing his inscription have been found.
    a powerful warrior who was raised in the courts of Augustus.
    Geoffrey's story was incorporated into Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles in 1577,[13] where it was found by William Shakespeare and used as the basis of his romance, Cymbeline

    Cunobelin — . Unknown [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 14. Awiragus Arviragus Britain  Descendancy chart to this point was born CE 10, Avalon; died CE 60-74.
    2. 15. Guiderius  Descendancy chart to this point