- The
kingdom of
Powys covered the
eastern part of
central Wales.
Regions included Builth and Gwerthrynion. It is
important to note it was
occupied by the...
-
Vortigern (/ˈvɔːrtɪdʒɜːrn/; Old Welsh: Guorthigirn, Guorthegern; Welsh: Gwrtheyrn; Old English: Wyrtgeorn; Old Breton: Gurdiern, Gurthiern; Irish: Foirtchern;...
-
their name from
Mathrafal Castle. They
effectively replaced the
House of
Gwertherion, who had been
ruling the
Kingdom of
Powys since late
Roman Britain, through...
- the
sister or
daughter of
Cyngen ap Cadell, the King of
Powys of the
Gwertherion dynasty, and
founded the
House of Aberffraw,
named after his prin****l...
- (Chester).
Throughout the
Early Middle Ages,
Powys was
ruled by the
Gwertherion dynasty, a
family claiming descent jointly from the
marriage of Vortigern...
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Elisedd ap
Gwylog (died c. 755), also
known as Elise, was king of
Powys in
eastern Wales, son of
Gwylog ap Beli.
Little has been
preserved in the historical...
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Selyf ap
Cynan or
Selyf Sarffgadau (died 616)
appears in Old
Welsh genealogies as an
early 7th-century King of Powys, the son of
Cynan Garwyn. His name...
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Catigern (Welsh:
Cadeyrn Fendigaid) is a
figure of
Welsh tradition, said to be a son of Vortigern, the
tyrannical King of the Britons, and the brother...
- Nest
ferch Cadell was the
daughter of
Cadell ap Brochfael, an 8th-century King of Powys, the wife of
Merfyn Frych, King of Gwynedd. On the
death of her...
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Rhyddfedd Frych,
sometimes called Rhyddfedd ap Categern, may have been a late 5th-century
Welsh ruler. At
least one
historian has
suggested that he may...
