Queen Rigrawst was one of the queens consort of King Brychan Brycheiniog, the legendary 5th-century king of Brycheiniog (Breconshire) in South Wales.Thornton, David E. "Brychan Brycheiniog (fl. c. 500)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004.Wade-Evans, A. W. "The Brychan documents". (Y Cymmrodor 19, 1906) pages18–50. Family Card – Person Sheet (Rigrawst).
Family Born 468 AD, she was the daughter of Gwrtheyrn ap Gwidol the High King of Britain and Sevira,Brian Daniel Starr, The Life of Saint Brychan: King of Brycheiniog and Family (Google eBook) (Brian Daniel Starr, 2008) page 59. daughter of the Roman Emperor Magnus MaximusShe is thus a descendant of Constantine the Great and Saint Helen. who visited Wales in 383AD and according to legend his wife Saint Elen.Rachel Bromwich, Trioedd Ynys Prydein: The Welsh Triads. Cardiff: University of Wales Press, Third Edition, 2006. 441–444.According to the legend she is also a descendant of Joseph of Arimathea, although this is unlikely. She is reputed to have been the mother of at least twenty children who themselves became saints.Brian Daniel Starr, The Life of Saint Brychan: King of Brycheiniog and Family (Google eBook) (Brian Daniel Starr, 2008) page 59.
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