British Kinglists
British King Lists
The British king lists are derived mainly from
genealogies and annals. They are not precise and use with care.
Domnonia
Constantine (c. 540)
Geraint ap Erbin (c. 700)
Dyfed
Eochaid son of Artchorp (brought the
dynasty from Ireland c. 388)
Aed the Stout son of Corath son of
Eochaid
Cyngar the Protector son of Aed ?
Tryffin son of Eochaid or Aed (Life
of Gildas)
Agricola son of Tyffyin (To Cynan
Garwen)
Vortipor the Old son of Agricola, Protector
(c. 540, Gildas)
Cyngar son of Vortipor?
Pedr son of Cyngar?
Arthur son of Pedr (Life of Padarn?)
Nowy son of Arthur (contemp. of Bishop
Dyfrig in hagiography)
Gwlyddien son of Nowy?
Cathen son of Gwlyddien?
Cadwgan son of Cathen?
Rhain son of Cathen
Tewdws son of Rhain?
Maredudd (d. 796/7)
Rhain son of Maredudd (d. 808)
Owain son of Maredudd (d. 811)
Tryffin son of Rhain (d. 814)
Gwynedd
Gwynedd as we know it is an overkingdom
which during the sixth century annexed many neighboring kingdoms.
The kings listed here were kings of all Gwynedd. Sub-kings
surely existed among the regions of Gwynedd such as Rhos and Llyn.
Cunedda son of Edern son of Padarn
Eonion the Harsh son of Cunedda
Cadwallon Lawhir son of Eonion (d.
c. 535)
Maelgwn Gwynedd son of Cadwallon (d.
547 Annals Cambriae)
(St. Einion son of Cadwallon?)
Rhun son of Maelgwn
("Owain of Mon"?, The
Battles of Gwallawg)
?
Iago son of Beli (d. 612 Annals
Cambriae)
Cadfan son of Iago (memorial stone)
Cadwallon son of Cadfan (d. 634, Bede,
Annals Cambriae)
?
Cadfael (c. 655, Historia Brittonum)
Cadwalder son of Cadwallon (d. 682
Annals Cambriae)
Idwal son of Cadwalder?
Rhodri son of Idwal d. 754
Caragog son of Meirion d. 798
Cynan son of Rhodri d. 816
Hywel son of Caradog d. 825
(Essyllt d. Cynan married Gwriad of
Man)
Merfyn son of Gwriad d. 844
Rhodri son of Merfyn d. 878
Anarawd son of Rhodri d. 916
Idwal son of Anarawd d. 942
Iago son of Idwal expelled 979
Morgannwg
Tewdrig (King and Saint)
Meurig son of Tewdrig
Arthrwys son of Meurig
Morgan son of Arthrwys (d. 665? AC)
Ithel son of Morgan ?
Rhys son of Ithel ?
Brochfael son of Rhys ?
Gwriad son of Brochfael ?
Arthfael son of Gwriad
Rhys son of Arthfael ?
Hywel son of Rhys d. 885/6
Owain son of Hywel ?
Morgan son of Owain d. 974
Powys
Vortigern?
Cadell?
Cyngen
Brochwel son of Cyngen
Cynan Garwen son of Brochwel
Selyf son of Cynan (d. 612 Annals
Cambriae)
Eiludd son of Cynan?
Beli son of Eiludd? (d. 627 Annals
Cambriae?)
Gwylog son of Beli?
Eliseg son of Gwylog (mid 8th century?)
Brochfael son of Eliseg
Cadell son of Brochfael
Cyngen son of Cadell d. c. 855
Nest daughter of Cadell married Merfyn
of Gwynedd d. 844
Rheged
Cynfarch?; Eliffer of the Great Warband?
Urien Rheged son of Cynfarch (d. 572-579)
Owain son of Urien; Gwrgi and Peredur
sons of Eliffer d.580
?
Dunod son of Pabo (d. 595)
?
Royth son of Rhun son of Urien? (c.
635?)
?
Strathclyde
Coroticus (Ceredig) (c. 490)
Cinuit? (Cynwyd)
Dynfwal Hen
Clinoch?
Tudwal Tutclud
(Clydno Eden?)
Rhydderch Hael son of Tudwal c. 580-612
Beli son of Neithon
Owen son of Beli c. 642
Gwraid d. 658?
Dynfwal son of Owen d. 694
Beli son of Elffin son of Owain d.
722
Teudebur son of Beli d. 752
Dumnagual son of Teudebur 753-760
Eugein son of Dumnagual?
Riderch son of Eugein?
Dumnagual son of Riderch?
Artgal son of Dumngal d. 872
Rhun son of Artgal ?
Eochaid son of Rhun c. 878-89, deposed
889
Sources
Miller, Molly (1975) "Historicity and
the Pedigrees of the Northcountrymen" Bulletin of the
Board of Celtic Studies 26:255-280.
Miller, Molly (1978) "Date-Guessing and
Dyfed" Studia Celtica 12-13:33-61.
Pennar, Meirion (1988) Taliesin Poems Llanerch
Publishers.
Williams, Ann, Alfred P. Smyth, and D.P. Kirby.
(1991) A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain: England,
Scotland, and Wales c. 500-c. 1050. London: Seaby.
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