Rigrawst

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Queen Rigrawst was one of the

Breconshire) in South Wales.[1][2][3]

Family

Born 468

Sevira,[4] daughter of the Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus[5] who visited Wales in 383AD and according to legend his wife Saint Elen.[6][7]
She is reputed to have been the mother of at least twenty children who themselves became saints.[8]

References

  1. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press
    , 2004.
  2. ^ Wade-Evans, A. W. "The Brychan documents". (Y Cymmrodor 19, 1906) pages18–50.
  3. ^ Family Card – Person Sheet (Rigrawst).
  4. ^ Brian Daniel Starr, The Life of Saint Brychan: King of Brycheiniog and Family (Google eBook) (Brian Daniel Starr, 2008) page 59.
  5. ^ She is thus a descendant of Constantine the Great and Saint Helen.
  6. ^ Rachel Bromwich, Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Welsh Triads. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, Third Edition, 2006. 441–444.
  7. ^ According to the legend she is also a descendant of Joseph of Arimathea, although this is unlikely.
  8. ^ Brian Daniel Starr, The Life of Saint Brychan: King of Brycheiniog and Family (Google eBook) (Brian Daniel Starr, 2008) page 59.