Gwynllŵg was a kingdom of mediaeval Wales and later a Norman lordship and then a cantref. It was named after Gwynllyw, its 5th century or 6th century ruler...

1020) Kings and Lords in the cantref of Gwynllwg, in Glamorgan (Gwent). Gwynllyw ap Glywys (c. 460), ruler of Gwynllwg, cantref of Glywysing Saint Cadoc (c...

kingdom was divided into three cantrefs named for his sons: Penychen, Gwynllwg, and Gorfynydd. These were typically ruled together by the head of the...

c. 450 – 500 CE) was a Welsh king and religious figure. He was King of Gwynllŵg in South Wales and is the legendary founder and patron saint of the City...

Wentloog or St Brides Wentlooge or simply St Bride's; Welsh: Llansanffraid Gwynllŵg) is a hamlet to the south west of the city of Newport in South Wales. The...

Peterstone or Peterstone Wentlooge (Welsh: Llanbedr Gwynllŵg) is a small village to the south west of the city of Newport, South Wales. Peterstone Wentlooge...

the west by Glamorganshire. Wentloog is an anglicisation of the Welsh Gwynllŵg, the name of the early kingdom and medieval cantref. It contained the following...

Hay Monmouthshire Abergavenny Caerleon Chepstow (part) Ewyas Lacy (part) Gwynllwg (Wentloog) Monmouth Usk Glamorgan Glamorgan Gower Carmarthenshire Cantref...

developed as the 5th-century Welsh kingdoms of Gwent, Brycheiniog, and Gwynllŵg. Some theories concerning King Arthur make him a leader in this area. There...

sisters-in law and their husbands: Margaret and Hugh D'Audley (lordship of Gwynllwg or Newport), and Elizabeth and Roger Damory (lordship of Usk). Faced with...

Lords of Afan, while Owain ap Caradog ap Gruffudd contented himself with Gwynllwg and founded the line of the Lords of Caerleon. The name Morgannwg is still...

Powys Wenwynwyn Arwystli Cedewain Cyfeiliog Caereinion Mechain Mochnant Gorfynydd Gwynllwg Gŵyr Penychen Senghenydd Gwrtheyrnion Elfael Maelienydd Buellt...

took in four of the Welsh cantrefi, Gorfynydd, Penychen, Senghenydd and Gwynllwg. The area later known as the Gower Peninsula was not under the Lordship...

Bedwyr is alongside Arthur and Cei in dealing with King Gwynllyw of Gwynllwg's abduction of Gwladys from her father's court in Brycheiniog. A possible...

Wentlooge (Welsh: Gwynllŵg), sometimes known as Wentloog, is a community in the southwest of the city of Newport, South Wales, in the Marshfield ward....

consistent of four Cantrefi: Gwent Uch-coed (or Uwchcoed) Gwent Is-coed Gwynllŵg, the western most cantref between the Rhymney and Usk (traditionally regarded...

1100) Bedwyr is alongside Arthur and Cai in dealing with King Gwynllyw of Gwynllwg's abduction of St. Gwladys from her father's court in Brycheiniog. Cai appears...

contented himself by ruling the former sub-kingdom and later Lordship of Gwynllwg, while the title of King of Morgannwg went to his relative Iestyn ap Gwrgant...

his brother. In 1715, Morgan inherited Rhiwperra Castle and the manor of Gwynllwg from his uncle, John Morgan and obtained the lord lieutenancy of the county...

Hay Monmouthshire Abergavenny Caerleon Chepstow (part) Ewyas Lacy (part) Gwynllwg (Wentloog) Monmouth Usk Glamorgan Lordship of Glamorgan Lordship of Gower...

six Marcher lordships – Abergavenny, Caerleon, Chepstow (or Striguil), Gwynllwg (Wentloog), Monmouth and Usk. until the Acts of Union of 1536 and 1543...

kingdom. He made donations to support Saint Brynach in Dyfed, Saint Cadoc in Gwynllwg, Saint Cybi in Anglesey, Saint Padarn in Ceredigion, and Saint Tydecho...

century Saint Gwynllyw (Woolos), the patron saint of Newport and King of Gwynllwg founded the church which would become Newport Cathedral. The church was...

the expense of the Welsh buffer kingdoms of Brycheiniog, Morgannwg and Gwynllwg. Shortly after the settlement with the king, Bernard spearheaded an invasion...

jurisdiction of Caerleon, seemingly just within the Welsh Lordship of Gwynllwg, was held by Turstin FitzRolf, standard bearer to William the Conqueror...

were led by Cynan ap Maredudd, Maelgwn ap Rhys, and Morgan ap Maredudd of Gwynllwg in Glamorgan. The rebel leaders hoped that by the end of September King...

Wales. He made donations to support saints Brynach in Dyfed, Cadoc in Gwynllwg, Cybi in Anglesey, Padarn in Ceredigion, and Tydecho in Powys. He is also...

Glywysing, lying between the rivers Taff and Thaw, the other two being Gwynllwg and Gorfynydd. According to tradition, these cantrefi were created on the...

after the death of Glywys the kingdom was divided into three cantrefi, Gwynllwg, Penychen and Gorfynydd, by his sons Gwynllyw father of Cadoc, Pawl and...

Fitzhamon seems to have seized control of the lowlands of Glamorgan and Gwynllwg sometime from around 1089 to 1094. His key strongholds were Cardiff Castle...