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Brycheiniog
Founded as a Demetian offshoot, the small kingdom was
centered on Garth Madryn in the Brecon Beacons (Brecon is the English form of Brycheiniog).
Traditionally, Brychen himself was born in Ireland, son of King Anlach, and moved with his
parents to Wales. This ties in with the settling of the Irish Deisi in south-west Wales,
who formed the kingdom of Demetia. When Brychen was made king upon the death of this
father, the area of Garthmadrun was renamed Brycheiniog in his honour. |
c.391 |
Urb mac Aed |
Son of Aed Brosc. |
c.407 |
Cormac mac Urb |
|
c.420 |
Anlach mac Cormac |
Irish Demetae sub-king. |
c.450 - c.490 |
Brychen Brycheiniog (St.) |
Founder. Daughter married
Gwynlliw of Glywyssing. |
c.495 |
Rhain (Reginald) Dremrydd
(Red-Faced) |
First son. Uncle of Cadwg, King
of Gwynllg & Penychen. |
c.510 |
Rigenew ap Rhein |
|
c.540 |
Llywarch ap Rigenew |
|
c.580 |
Idwallon ap Llywarch |
|
c.620 |
Rhiwallon ap Idwallon |
Last male lineal descendant of
Brychen. |
c.640 - c.650 |
Ceindrych (Catherine) ferch
Rhiwallon |
Daughter. Second marriage to
Cloten of Dyfed. |
c.650 - c.720 |
Ceindrych marries her distant
cousin, the King of Dyfed, and for the space of three generations the two kingdoms are
united. During the mid-eighth century, the Royal House of Dyfed divides the territory and the
king's
younger brother (?) is granted Brycheiniog. |
c.715 |
Rhein ap Cadwgn ap Caten ap
Cloten |
King of
Dyfed & Brycheiniog. |
c.720 |
Awst ap Cadwgn |
Brother of Rhein. The kingdom
was passed on to him. |
c.730 |
Tewdr ap Rhein |
Second son of Rhein. Brother of
Tewdos, King of Dyfed. |
c.735 |
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Elwystl ap Awst |
Rival claimant. Murdered by
Tewdr. |
c.750 |
Nowy Hen (the Old) ap Tewdr |
|
c.770 |
Gryffydd ap Nowy |
|
c.800 |
Tewdr ap Gryffydd |
|
c. 840 - al.885 |
Elisedd (Ellis) ap Tewdr |
Submitted to Alfred the Great
for aid versus Anarawd Gwynedd. |
c.890 |
Tewdr ap Elisedd |
|
c.900 |
Gryffydd ap Elisedd |
|
c.920 |
The increasing supremacy of
Deheubarth in the south of Wales forces Brycheiniog
to submit some of its
power and it effectively becomes a sub-kingdom. |
ar.920 - al.934 |
Tewdr Brycheiniog ap Gryffydd |
|
c.940 |
Gwylog ap Tewdr |
|
c.970 |
Elisedd ap Gwylog |
|
? - c.1045 |
Gryfydd ap Elisedd |
Last king of Brycheiniog. |
c.1045 |
Upon the death of Gryfydd, his
lands are divided between his three sons, as Lords of Cantref Selyf, Cantref Tewdos and
Cantref Talgarth. Effectively, they are part of the kingdom of
Deheubarth, until the
Normans conquer the south of Wales in the
twelfth
century. |
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