48th Generation  

185405685633024. Gwair Ap Dwywg,² son of Dwywg Ap Llywarch.

Gwair married someone

His child was:

92702842816512        i.  Tegid Ap Gwair ²

185405685633056. Cadwallon II Ap Cadfan King of Gwynedd,² son of Cadfan Ap Iago King of Gwynedd, was born in 591² and died between 634 and 635 in Denise's Burn, Yorkshire.²

General Notes: [Master File.ftw]

14 OCT 633 King Penda of Mercia employed him to kill Edwin ofNorthumbria at Hatfield Moor
Cadwallon set up in York & began a reign of terror
Killed by Oswald, exiled son of Aethilfrith of Northumbria

Cadwallon married Helen Of Mercia ²Helen was born in 594 in Mercia, England.²

The child from this marriage was:

92702842816528        i.  Cadwaladr 'Fendigaid' King of Gwynedd ² (born in 615 - died between 664 and 682)

185405685633057. Helen Of Mercia ² was born in 594 in Mercia, England.²

Helen married Cadwallon II Ap Cadfan King of Gwynedd ²Cadwallon was born in 591² and died between 634 and 635 in Denise's Burn, Yorkshire.²

249039993503744. Ferreolus Tonatius III,² son of Consul Tonantius Ferreolus ² and Papianille,² was born in 410 in Narbonne² and died in 476² at age 66.

Ferreolus married Industrie ²

The child from this marriage was:

124519996751872       i.  Tonatius Ferreolus Praetorian Perfect of Gaul ² (born in 440)

249039993503745. Industrie .²

Industrie married Ferreolus Tonatius III ²Ferreolus was born in 410 in Narbonne² and died in 476² at age 66.

249039993503752. Childeric I King of the Franks,² son of Pharamond King of the Franks ² and Argotta Queen of Franks,² was born in 415² and died in 468² at age 53.

Childeric married Basinna Queen of the Franks ²Basinna was born in 422² and died in 470² at age 48.

The child from this marriage was:

124519996751876       i.  Adelbert Prince of the S. Franks ² (born in 440)

249039993503753. Basinna Queen of the Franks ² was born in 422² and died in 470² at age 48.

Basinna married Childeric I King of the Franks ²Childeric was born in 415² and died in 468² at age 53.

249039993505348. Zucchilo of the Lombards,² son of Claffo King of Lombards, was born in 475.²

Zucchilo married someone

His child was:

124519996752674       i.  Wacchon King Of Lombardy ² (born in 500 in Lombardy, Italy - died in 554)

249039993505350. King of the Gepidae Elemundo ² was born in 480.²

King married someone

His child was:

124519996752675       i.  Austricuse Ostrogotha De Gepides ² (born in 500)

249046980231168. Anabertus,² son of Vaubertus.

Anabertus married someone

His child was:

124523490115584       i.  Richemeres Duke of Franconia ² (born about 538)

272040627867648. Domnall macMuirchertaig King of Ireland,^2,154 son of Muirchertach macErcae O'Neill King of Ireland.

Domnall married someone

His child was:

136020313933824       i.  Aed Uaridnach O'Neill King of Ireland ^2,154

272040680488960. Egil Vendikraka Aunsson,² son of Aun The Aged Jorgundsson, was born in 530 in Sweden.²

Egil married someone

His child was:

136020340244480       i.  Ottar Egilsson ² (born in 551 in Sweden)

272040680493132. Flavius* Valentinian Emperor,² son of Constantia* Emperor ² and Aelia Galla Placidia,² was born on 3 Jul 419 in Ravenna² and died on 16 Mar 455 in Rome at age 35.

General Notes: Reigned 425-55, b. at Ravenna, 3 July, 419; d. at Rome, 16 March, 455;son of Constantius III and Galla Placidia, daughter of Theodosius,succeeded Emperor Honorius. In 437 he married his cousin Eudoxia atConstantinople. During his reign the Western Empire hastened to decay.Britain was abandoned in 446, Ætius failed to hold Gaul against theFranks, Burgundians, and Huns, while Africa was lost in 439 byBoniface, who was defeated by the Vandals under Huneric, later marriedto Valetinian's daughter Eudoxia. On 17 July, 425, all schismaticswere ordered to leave Rome; in the same year the immunity of theclergy from civil jurisdiction was reaffirmed, though Valentinianabrogated this privilege later in 452; on 8 April, 4236, the Jews wereforbidden to disinherit their children who became Christians.Valentinian was a strong adversary of the Manichaeans and in 445declared them guilty of sacrilege, forbade them to reside in cities,and pronounced them incapable of performing any judicial acts. Whenappealed to by Leo I in the dispute with St. Hilary of Poitiersconcerning the latter's metropolitan rights, he addressed aconstitution to Ætius, Governor of Gaul, strongly supporting Leo. Init he emphasized the papal supremacy, founded on the position of St.Peter as head of the episcopacy, and pointed out the necessity of onesupreme head for the spiritual kingdom, and ordered the civilauthorities to bring to Rome any bishop who refused to come there whencalled by the pope. In 447 he issued an edict to prevent the violationof sepulchres. He was at Rome, with his wife and mother, in February,450, for the celebration of the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, andafter consultation with Pope Leo took active steps for the calling ofa general Council, which met at Chalcedon in October, 451. Valentinianpresented Xystus III with 2000 lbs. of silver to construct atabernacle in the Lateran basilica, and in addition with a largegolden ornament representing Christ and his Apostles, for theConfessio of St. Peter. As he grew older Valentinian displayed avindictive, feeble, hesitating character; his training seems to havebeen purposely neglected by his mother, the real ruler. On theapproach of Attila he fled from Ravenna, his imperial residence, toRome, which was saved later, as is known by Pope St. Leo. After hismother's death (450), he gave way to his passions. In 454 he causedÆtius and his friends to be murdered; at last he was assassinatedwhile attending the chariot races in the Via Labicana, Rome, near thetomb of St. Helena, at the instigation, it is said, of a Romansenator, Petronius Maximus, whose wife he had wronged

Valentinian III was born in AD 419, the son of Constantius III andAelia Galla Placidia, who was the half-sister of Honorius.

With Honorius having no children of his own, he proclaimed ValentinianIII his heir (AD 421 or shortly after).
Though in AD 423, when Placidia fled from the court of Honorius due tohis advances toward her, she took the young Valentinian III and herdaughter with her. They took refuge at the court of Theodosius II atConstantinople.

Honorius died later in AD 423 and, with the heir apparent absent, histhrone was usurped by John, a civil servant who was manoeuvered intoposition by Castinus, the powerful 'Master of Soldiers' of the west,who was an enemy of Placidia.

Theodosius II, opposed to the usurper, now belatedly recognizedConstantius III (who had died in AD 421) as Augustus, in order tochampion the cause of Valentinian III.
The young Valentinian III, in preparation for his taking the westernthrone, was elevated to the rank of Caesar in Thessalonica in AD 424.
A military expedition was then organized by the eastern emperor toconquer the western capital Ravenna and depose John.
Placidia and her children sailed on the very fleet which set out toItaly.

The two generals Ardaburius and Aspar succeeded in conquering Ravennaand John was captured, sentenced to death by Placidia in Aquileia andexecuted in May or June AD 425.

Valentinian III was hailed Augustus in Rome in AD 425 at the age ofsix. Placidia became the regent of the western empire.

Valentinian III, like other emperors of that period (for exampleHonorius and Theodosius II) was a ruler, who left the governing of hisempire to others. At first, during his childhood, he should have hismother Placidia to take care of government and later rule lay much inthe hands of his military chief Aetius. While others governedValentinian III chose far more to have a good time. He enjoyedphysical activity, was said to have been a good runner, and a skilledhorseman and archer. Further he liked the company of astrologers andmagicians.
And though his wife, Licinia Eudoxia, whom he married in AD 437, wasfamed for her ravishingly good looks, he is said to have repeatedlyhad affairs with married women.

The first crisis in Valentinian III's reign was soon to come, whengeneral Aetius arrived with his relief force of Huns only to find thatemperor John, whom he sought to save, had already been executed.
Naturally the arrival of a man at the head of such a large army was athreat to the new government. And so Placidia made a deal with Aetiusto regain control of this dangerous situation.
And so Flavius Aetius was made 'Master of Horse' and sent to Gaul,whilst his army of Huns was paid a large bribe to simply return home.
In Gaul Aetius should achieve remarkable successes against the Franksand Visigoths during AD 427-8. Though this should only make Placidia'syet more suspicions towards him. For she evidently feared he sought tousurp the throne. In spite of this, Aetius' successes forced her topromote him to 'Master of Soldiers' in AD 429.

In the same year AD 429 the Vandal leader Geiseric crossed from Spainto north Africa with his people. There he declared himself anindependent king, free from Rome or any allegiance to Valentinian III,and set out to conquer Rome's African domains.

In AD 431 Geiseric's Vandals moving east heavily defeated the Romansin north Africa.

Meanwhile back in Europe Placidia hoped for her main army supporter,Bonifatius (Boniface), to rid her of Aetius. Bonifatius had returnedfrom Africa to Italy in AD 429 and ever since war between him andAetius had been brewing. The two finally clashed in AD 432. Bonifatiuswas defeated, wounded and later died.

Aetius went on to drive the Germans back behind the Upper Danube, putdown revolts in Gaul and in AD 437 he smashed the Burgundians as theysought to invade Gaul. Considering the military difficulties of thetime and the shortage of soldiers in the Roman army, these victorieswere outstanding achievements.

Yet the deterioration in north Africa continued. In AD 439 Geisericconquered Carthage and in AD 441 once again heavily defeated a Romanforce sent against him.

With the western empire suffering from an ever more desperate shortageof military manpower things only got worse.
Then, in AD 450, the eastern emperor Marcian cancelled the annualsubsidy to the Huns.
Was this inevitably to encourage Hun aggression, then Justa GrataHonoria, the sister of Valentinian III, played a vital part in the waythings should unfold.
For Valentinian III sought to arrange a marriage for her, a marriageto an elderly dignitary of which Honoria disapproved.
Hence she now took the drastic step of sending her signet ring toAttila, king of the Huns, urging him to come to her rescue.

Attila interpreted this as an offer of marriage and demanded no lessthan half the western empire as his dowry. Naturally this wasrejected, which caused Attila to lead his terrifying Huns into Gaul.
In AD 451 on the Catalaunian Plains (Châlons) Aetius, together withthe Visigoths, met Attila's Huns who were reinforced by many Germantribes.
The battle saw the death of the Visigoth king Theodoric I, but Attilawas decisively beaten. Though instead of withdrawing into back intoGermany, Attila in AD 452 moved into Italy, with Aetius unable to stophim.

The Huns captured and sacked Mediolanum (Milan), destroyed Aquileiaand then marched on Rome. Aetius, without the Visigoths, could notpossibly take on an army the size of Attila's and was forced to standby as this happened.
But as Rome lay helpless to the menacing Huns, pope Leo I somehowpersuaded Attila to turn back and leave the ancient city unscathed.

Attila withdrew and in AD 453 died. His empire fell apart almost atonce, the Hun menace to the empire disappearing as fast at it hadarisen.

In AD 453 Aetius son was betrothed to the Valentinian III's daughterPlacidia. Aetius thereafter was granted his fourth consulship in AD454. He stood at the height of his power, having effectively ruled thewestern empire at the head of the military for two decades.
However, at court he had influential and deadly enemies, foremostamong them, the former praetorian and city prefect Petronius Maximusand the emperor's chamberlain Heraclius.
Having been threatened by Aetius they conspired with Valentinian III,who himself felt very intimidated by Aetius to murder him.
In September AD 454, while Aetius was delivering a financial account,Valentinian III and Heraclius attacked him in the throne room andstabbed him to death.

But with the powerful Aetius no longer in control, the court wasgripped by intrigues.
With the death of Aetius, the powerful Petronius Maximus now hoped totake his place, but Heraclius prevented that, managing to persuadeValentinian III that this would be a dangerous appointment.
Angry, Maximus sought revenge. And so he found two Scythians (orHuns), called Optila and Thraustila, who whose loyalty still demandedvengeance for the murder of their master Aetius.

On 16 March AD 455, Optila and Thraustila were among the guards of theimperial entourage as the emperor practised archery on the CampusMartius at Rome. Everyone was taken by surprise as Thraustila steppedforward and murdered Heraclius and Optila struck the head ofValentinian III, causing wounds from which he died.

Flavius* married someone

His child was:

136020340246566       i.  Valentine II Roman Emperor ²

272040680493134. Emperor Theodosius .²

Emperor married someone

His child was:

136020340246567       i.  Eudoxia ² (born in 540)

272040681668608. Domangart macFergusso King of Dalraida,^2,154 son of Fergus MacErc King of Dalraida.

Domangart married someone

His child was:

136020340834304       i.  Gabhran macDomangart King of Dalraida ^2,154