Rigrawst Explained

Queen Rigrawst was one of the queens consort of King Brychan Brycheiniog, the legendary 5th-century king of Brycheiniog (Breconshire) in South Wales.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Family

Born 468 AD, she was the daughter of Gwrtheyrn ap Gwidol the High King of Britain and 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. Thornton, David E. "Brychan Brycheiniog (fl. c. 500)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004.
2. Wade-Evans, A. W. "The Brychan documents". (Y Cymmrodor 19, 1906) pages18–50.
3. http://homepages.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy2/ps31/ps31_368.htm 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.