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AENEAS
HUSBAND:
AENEAS. King of LATIUM. [CHART A1][CHART A5].
Son of ANCHESES, Prince of TROY, and FETJUIR.
He married CREUSA of Troy.
In 1181 B.C. Troy was destroyed by the Greeks after a long siege... Aeneas escaped from Troy, with his son Ascanius (Escanius), and came by boat to Italy.
They founded Lavinium two years after the First Trojan War -- that is, in 1179.
He became King of Italy in 1178 B.C.
He was honorably received by King Latinus, but Turnus, King of the Rutuli, became jealous of him and attacked him. In the battle between them Aeneas was victorious. Turnus was killed and Aeneas seized both the kingdom of Italy and Lavinia, who was the daughter of Latinus. He married CREUSA of Troy.
AENEAS King of LATIUM died about 1175 B.C.
WIFE:
CREUSA of Troy.
Daughter of PRIAM and HECUBA.
CHILDREN of AENEAS and CREUSA:
- IULUS ASCANIUS, King of Alba Longa. He was the founder of Alba Longa (Latium on the western shore of Lago di Albano), the city near which Rome was founded in 753 BC. Ascanius was the progenitor of the Julian family, to which family Caius Julius Caesar (100-44 BC) belonged. When Aeneas' last day came, Ascanius was elected King. He founded the town of Alba on the bank of the Tiber. He died about 1137 B.C.
SOURCES:
- [S1]. From Dust We Came... http://kykinfolks.tripod.com/fromdust/fromdust.htm.
- [S2]. Hoeh, Herman. Compendium of World History. Volume 1. http://cgca.net/coglinks/wcglit/hoehcompendium/hhc1toc.htm
- [S3]. Lineage of the Saints. By Brian D. Starr. Published by Brian Starr, 2007. ISBN 1419674579, 9781419674570. 200 pages. Digitized by Google Books. http://books.google.com/books?id=JghSwDMI-9MC&pg=PA86&lpg=PA86&dq=LLYR+Llediaith+ap+Baran&source=bl&ots=UC0qVhMboM&sig=BNlnywTwXbXiNm5GTDrOKnsA454&hl=en&ei=G5TDScanFs7onQfC6fiOAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=9&ct=result#PPA84,M1. Pg.84