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Venissa |
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- «b»http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps04/ps04_419.htm«/b»
According to Wurts, in his " Magna Charta ," Claudius had a daughter, Venissa (Venus Julia), but there is no record as to which of Claudius' wives was her mother. This connection has not been confirmed elsewhere and is highly questionable.
«b»http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genissa
Venissa«/b» («b»Genissa«/b», «b»Genvissa«/b», «b»Genuissa«/b»), according to «u»Geoffrey of Monmouth «/u»'s twelfth century «u»«i»Historia Regum Britanniae «/u»«/i», was a daughter of the «u»Roman Emperor «/u» «u»Claudius «/u», whom he gave in marriage to the British king «u»Arvirargus «/u» 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 «u»Gloucester «/u», supposedly named after Claudius, in her honour. When Arvirargus fell out with Rome and «u»Vespasian «/u» was sent to enforce a reconciliation, Venissa acted as mediator between them.«u»[1]
«/u»«b»References
«u»^«/u»«/b» «u»Geoffrey of Monmouth «/u», «u»«i»Historia Regum Britanniae «/u»«/i» «u»4.15-16 <http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/History_of_the_Kings_of_Britain/Book_4>«/u»
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Glenn Cook Family |
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