Tasciovanus King of Britain, King of the Catuvellauni ^{1 2}

   Other names for Tasciovanus were Tenefan King of Britain, Teneufan King of the Batuvellauni, Tenuantius King of Britain and Trahayant King of the Catuvellauni.

  Research Notes:

Numismatic evidence.

Became King of the Catuvellauni around 20 B.C., ruling from Verulamium (St. Albans)

From Wikipedia - Tasciovanus :

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

History
Tasciovanus is known only through numismatic evidence. He appears to have become king of the Catuvellauni ca. 20 BC, ruling from Verlamion (the site of modern-day St Albans ). He is believed to have moved the tribal capital to that site from an earlier settlement, near modern-day Wheathampstead .[citation needed ] For a brief period ca. 15-10 BC he issued coins from Camulodunum (Colchester), apparently supplanting Addedomarus of the Trinovantes . After this he once again issued his coins from Verulamium, now bearing the title Ricon, Brythonic for "great/divine king". Some of his coins bear other abbrieviated names such as "DIAS", "SEGO" and "ANDOCO": these are generally considered to be the names of co-rulers or subordinate kings, but may instead be mint-marks. He died ca. AD 9, succeeded by his son Cunobelinus , who ruled primarily from Camulodunum. Another son, Epaticcus , expanded his territory westwards into the lands of the Atrebates .[1]

Medieval traditions
A genealogy preserved in the medieval Welsh manuscript Harleian 3859 contains three generations which read "Caratauc map Cinbelin map Teuhant". This is the equivalent of "Caratacus , son of Cunobelinus, son of Tasciovanus", putting the three historical figures in the correct order, although the wrong historical context, the degree of linguistic change suggesting a long period of oral transmission. The remainder of the genealogy contains the names of a sequence of Roman emperors, and two Welsh mythological figures, Guidgen (Gwydion ) and Lou (Lleu ).[2]


He appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth 's Historia Regum Britanniae (1136) as the legendary king Tenvantius, son of Lud . When his father died, he and his older brother Androgeus were still minors, so the kingship of Britain was given to their uncle Cassibelanus . Tenvantius was made Duke of Cornwall , and participated in his uncle's defence of Britain against Julius Caesar . Androgeus went to Rome with Caesar, so when Cassibelanus died, Tenvantius succeeded him as king. He was in turn succeeded by his son Kimbelinus , who had been brought up at the court of Augustus Caesar .[3]


In Middle Welsh versions of Geoffrey's Historia his name appears as Teneufan and Trahayant.[4]

  Noted events in his life were:

• Acceded: 1st Chief of the Catuvellauni.

Tasciovanus married Anna of Arimathea. (Anna of Arimathea was born in Arimathea, Palestine.)