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Coel

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Coel [W, trust]. A 6th-century British (i.e. Welsh) king of Aeron (Ayrshire, Scotland) who is mentioned by Taliesin. He has two agnomens, Hen [old] and Odebog [adulterous (?), hawkwood (?)]. By long-standing popular assertion he is the original for the Old King Cole of the nursery rhyme. In popular etymology he is the eponymous founder of Colchester. Pious medieval legend asserts that he is the father of Elen (2), purported Welsh-born St Helen, mother of Constantine, 3rd-century Christian emperor.

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Coel

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Coel (King Cole of the nursery rhyme) was duke of Colchester who (according to Geoffrey of Monmouth's History) became king of Britain for a short time.

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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Coel." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Coel." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Coel.html

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Coel." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-Coel.html

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