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Sevira (a Vulgar Latin spelling of the Classical Latin name Severa) was a purported daughter of the Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus and wife of Vortigern. She was mentioned on the fragmentary, mid-ninth century C.E. Latin inscription of the Pillar of Eliseg in the ancient commote of Yale, near Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire, Wales.
Maximus might have been the patron of Vortigern, who could rise in power under his brief reign from 383 until his death in 388. Welsh sources give Maximus two wives, a number of sons and at least one other daughter.
Sevira was a purported daughter of the Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus and wife of Vortigern mentioned on the fragmentary, mid-ninth century C.E. Latin inscription of the Pillar of Eliseg near Valle Crucis Abbey, Denbighshire, Wales.
Feb 6, 2023 · Daughter of Magnus Maximus, Western Roman Emperor. Wife of Vortigern, King of the Britons. Mother of Caderyn Fendigaid ap Gwrtheyrn, Brenin Powys; St. Anna . verch Gwythern; Brydw ap Gwrtheyrn; Pasgen ap Gwrtheyrn; Vortimer Fendigaid ap Gwrtheyrn, High King of Britain and 2 others.
Mar 27, 2021 · Severa was the daughter of Maximus the king. Concenn, Pascent, Maun, Annjan, and Britu were the sons of Vortigern by Severa. From these spare details a legendary life of Severa may be constructed.
Equally, this might very well have been the source for the tale of incest in which Vortigern married his own daughter. The pillar is also the only source for Sevira, Vortigern's (first) wife. We may credit this story, though it is chronologically difficult but not impossible.
He was also a rich land-owner, married to a daughter (Sevira) of the late usurper Magnus Maximus. By the year 425 he became the most powerful man in Britain, though he ruled with a Council of representatives (proto-princes) from the Civitates and other emerging centres of regional power.
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