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Venissa Julia Brittanicus

Venissa Julia Brittanicus

Female 0050 - Yes, date unknown    Has more than 100 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Venissa Julia Brittanicus 
    Birth 0050 
    Gender Female 
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Siblings 2 Siblings 
    Person ID I15655  Geneagraphie | Voorouders HW
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2010 

    Father Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus,   b. 1 Aug 0010 V.C., Lugdunum Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Oct 0054 
    Mother Valeria Messalina,   b. 0023   d. 0048 (Age ~ 25 years) 
    Family ID F54911  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family King Arviragus Britain   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
    +1. King Meric Britain,   b. 0080   d. 125 (Age ~ 44 years)
    Family ID F5442  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2010 

  • Notes 
    • Venissa (Genissa, Genvissa, Genuissa), according to Geoffrey of Monmouth 's twelfth century Historia Regum Britanniae , was a daughter of the Roman Emperor Claudius , whom he gave in marriage to the British king Arvirargus once he had submitted to Rome.
      According to Geoffrey's account she was very beautiful, and so enchanted Arvirargus that he preferred her company to anyone else's. He founded Gloucester , supposedly named after Claudius, in her honour. When Arvirargus fell out with Rome and Vespasian was sent to enforce a reconciliation, Venissa acted as mediator between them.
      Venissa cannot be considered historical. She is not mentioned in authentic Roman history; her supposed husband Arvirargus is known only from a cryptic reference in a second century satirical poem by Juvenal ; and it is in any case inconceivable that a daughter, even an illegitimate daughter, of a Roman emperor could be given in marriage to a barbarian without attracting comment. Nonetheless, she and her husband, identified with the historical Caratacus , appear in many uncritical genealogies originating in the Tudor period



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