VENISSA (Silures tribe) Given by Claudius during his british campaign in 43 AD.
She was also known as Genvissa and Venus Julia. Venissa was the daughter of Claudius I and Agrippina the Younger. (Wurts, 1945)
She married ARVIRAGUS, a Druid king of the Britons. Arviragus was the eleventh son of Cymbeline (also Cynvelin and Cunobeline) who was the son of Tenuantius who was the son of Lud who was the son of Beli Mawr who's daughter married Bran ap Llyr. Arviragus eventually succeeded his brother Guiderius as king of Britain in AD 44 and he died in AD 74. (Wurts, 1945)
Some sources say she married GWEIRYDD, King of Britain. Gweirydd ruled AD 44 - 74 as a tribute-paying king of Claudius, whose daughter he married. He was the son of Cynfelyn King of the Trinovantes and Genvissa, Queen of the Silures.
Child: – Marius also known as Meric/Meurig (Wurts, 1945)
Venissa was the half sister of little Octavia, the wife of the Emperor Nero, who conferred the title of Augusta upon her.