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  Dionotus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae, a fictional account of the rulers of Britain, Dionotus was a legendary King of the Britons during the campaigns in Gaul led by Emperor Magnus Maximus.
Maximus died in Rome soon after and Dionotus became the official king of the Britons.
Geoffery may have created this character from the historical figure of Marcus, a short lived Roman usurper whose limited historical exploits are seemingly mirrored by Dionotus'.
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 Science Fair Projects - Dionotus
Dionotus was a legendary king of the Britons during the campaigns in Gaul led by Emperor Magnus Maximus, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth.
Dionotus, being extremely noble and powerful, accepted the request and sent out seventy-two thousand women to Gaul to help populate Brittany.
Geoffery may have created this character from the historical figure of Marcus, a short lived usurper emperor in Britain whose limited historical exploits are seemingly mirrored by 'Dionotus'.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Dionotus   (479 words)

  
 *Ø*  Wilson's Almanac free daily ezine | Ursula, saint or bear-goddess? | Ursa Major constellation pagan legend ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
King Dionotus of Cornwall, and had taken a vow of chastity, but, against her wishes, was betrothed to a pagan prince.
Ursula was warned by a dream to demand as a condition of marriage, his conversion to Christianity, and a delay of three years, during which time her companions were to be 11,000 virgins collected from her own kingdom and that of her suitor.
Cynan Meiriadog, demanded wives for the settlers from King Dionotus (ruled from 389-402 CE – in other words, too late for this tale to be plausible), whereupon Dionotus sent his daughter Ursula, who was to marry Cynan, with 11,000 noble maidens and 60,000 common women.
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 Caradocus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He left Britain in the hands of Caradocus, who became the king unofficially.
He ruled Britain for a number of years until he died and was succeeded by his brother, Dionotus.
This page was last modified 05:40, 9 July 2006.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caradocus   (208 words)

  
 Ireland Information Guide , Irish, Counties, Facts, Statistics, Tourism, Culture, How
He is said to have usurped the throne from the rightful king, Dionotus, after word came of Maximus's death.
During the campaigns of Maximus in Rome and Germany, Gracianus was sent to Britain to defeat Wanius and Melga, the kings of the Picts and Huns respectively.
Gracianus seized the crown of Britain from king Dionotus and began a reign of terror throughout the island.
www.irelandinformationguide.com /Gracianus_Municeps   (205 words)

  
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In this version, the Roman Senator Maximian - Magnus Celemens Maximus, "Maxen Wledig" - having conquered Armorica (Brittany), set up a province there, under a prince called Conan Meriadec (Cynan Meiriadog).
Conan appealed to the king of Cornwall, curiously named Dionotus, to send out women as wives for his settlers.
Dionotus responded very handsomely by dispatching his own daughter Ursula, with 11,000 maidens of noble bith and 60,000 young women of meaner sort.
www.ranchiursulines.org /ursula.htm   (948 words)

  
 St. Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins
The literary origin of this romance is not easy to determine.
The latter decided to bring women from Great Britain to marry them to his subjects, to which end he appealed to Dionotus, King of Cornwall, who sent him his daughter Ursula, accompanied by 11,000 noble virgins and 60,000 other young women.
As the fleet which carried them sailed towards Armorica, a violent storm destroyed some of the ships and drove the rest of them to barbarian islands in Germany, where the virgins were slain by the Huns and the Picts.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/u/ursula_and_eleven_thousand_virgins,saint.html   (1901 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - Magnus Maximus
Maximus was defeated, captured and executed by Theodosius I, along with his son.
Valentinian II was restored to the emperorship of Rome while Dionotus, the brother of Caradocus, became king of the Britons.
Family fact sheet of Magnus Maximus, based on the Welsh legends about him
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He came down on top of the Temple of Apollo in the town of Trinovantum and was dashed into countless fragments.
When he saw the messenger come from Conanus, Dionotus agreed to meet his wishes.
He therefore assembled from the various provinces eleven thousand daughters of noblemen, with sixty thousand others born to the lower orders, and commanded them all to come together in the city of London....
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 The Vanguard, October -- Includes some Baseball Highlights
She is said to have been a member of the following of Saint Ursula and is believed to have been martyred by the invading Huns.
The Huns brutally murdered Ursula, the daughter of a British king, King Dionotus of Cornwall, along with eleven thousand others (from Britain?) in Cologne.
Cordula's relics are in a shrine in the Johanniterkirche in Cologne.
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 3 Eng.
But Conan, after gained power, lingering in that land with a great band of his Britons, ejected the Gauls from all places and settled only Britons there as inhabitants.
And among these was said to have been St. Ursula, the daughter of King Dionotus of Cornwall, who had been betrothed to Conan.
When news of Maximus’ death was heard in Britain, Gratianus, an island-born man, seized the tyranny in a moment.
www.philological.bham.ac.uk /polverg/3eng.html   (7490 words)

  
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 Cordula's Web. St. Cordula Day. Cordula's Web Editors
She is portrayed as a maiden holding a ship.
Ursula, the daughter of a Christian king of Britain, King Dionotus of Cornwall, set on to a pelerinage to Rome.
She sailed up the rhine with a following of 10 virgins in 11 ships.
www.cordula.ws /quotes/stcordula.html   (1624 words)

  
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 URSULA, ST - Online Information article about URSULA, ST
Gratian had called in to his aid against Maximian.
In this version St Ursula is a daughter of Dionotus, king of See also:
Hermann alludesmore than once to the Historia Britonum, and even to King See also:
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