She married Constantius Chorus, who would later became co-Regent of the Western part of the Roman Empire, but in order for that to happen, he had to divorce Helena and marry Theodora, the step-daughter of the Emperor Maximinianus, but her son remained faithful to her, and following the death of Constantius Chlorus, Constantine succeeded him and summoned his mother to the imperial court and conferred on her the title of Augusta. Helena was the mother of Constantine the Great, and she was born around 248 AD in Drepanum, which is located in modern day Turkey.
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