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    The Kingdom of Gwynedd (Medieval Latin: Venedotia / Norwallia / Guenedota; Middle Welsh: Guynet)[1] was a Welsh kingdom and a Roman Empire successor state...
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    Gwynedd (Welsh: [ˈɡwɨnɛð]) is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and...
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    United Kingdom). Before the Conquest of Wales, completed in 1283, Wales consisted of several independent realms, the most important being Gwynedd, Powys...
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    This is a list of the rulers of the Kingdom of Gwynedd. Many of them were also acclaimed "King of the Britons" or "Prince of Wales". Cunedda (Cunedda...
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    Maelgwn Gwynedd (Latin: Maglocunus; died c. 547) was King of Gwynedd during the early 6th century. Surviving records suggest he held a pre-eminent position...
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  • the land of Gwynedd, one of the fictional Eleven Kingdoms (portions of King Kelson's Bride take place in the rival kingdom of Torenth). Gwynedd itself is...
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  • ap Cynfeddw or Cadafael ap Cynfeddw; meaning "Cadafael, son of Cynfedd") was King of Gwynedd (reigned 634 – c. 655). He came to the throne when his predecessor...
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    after, Aberffraw, Anglesey (Wales, UK) within the borders of the then Kingdom of Gwynedd. The dynasty was founded in the 9th century by a King in Wales whose...
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    including Owain Gwynedd, Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (Llywelyn the Last) and "the dragon" Owain Glyndŵr. Cynddelw Brydydd Mawr, a court poet to Owain Gwynedd refers to...
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    kings settlement in Gwynedd during the Roman invasion of Britain and the subsequent kingdoms in Wales until after the Norman invasion of Wales and the subsequent...
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    Owain ap Gruffudd (c. 1100 – 23 or 28 November 1170) was King of Gwynedd, North Wales, from 1137 until his death in 1170, succeeding his father Gruffudd...
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    of Bangor is one of the oldest in the UK. In 973, Iago, ruler of the Kingdom of Gwynedd, was usurped by Hywel, and requested help from Edgar, King of...
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  • separate kingdoms. Gruffydd was the son of Llywelyn ap Seisyll, who had been able to rule both Kingdom of Gwynedd and Kingdom of Powys, and of Angharad...
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    most dominant of Welsh polities during this period. Contact with continental courts allowed for Gwynedd to transition from a petty kingdom into an increasingly...
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    the Anglo-Saxon kings Oswald of Northumbria and Penda of Mercia allied with Welsh Kingdom of Gwynedd, ending in Oswald's defeat, death, and dismemberment...
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    middle ages. In the post-Roman period, a number of Welsh kingdoms formed in present-day Wales, including Gwynedd, Powys, Ceredigion, Dyfed, Brycheiniog, Ergyng...
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  • Einion Yrth ap Cunedda (category Monarchs of Gwynedd)
    over the newly founded kingdom of Gwynedd. Aided by his brother Ceredig, ruler of Ceredigion, and his nephew Meirion, ruler of Meirionnydd, Einion built...
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    Aberffraw (category Former wards of Anglesey)
    site became the capital of the Kingdom of Gwynedd and a royal residence for the family of the House of Aberffraw. The name of the village is often truncated...
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    Cunedda (category Monarchs of Gwynedd)
    important early Welsh leader, and the progenitor of the Royal dynasty of Gwynedd, one of the very oldest of Western Europe. The name Cunedda (spelled Cunedag...
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  • Gwynedd is a principal area of Wales. Gwynedd may also refer to: Kingdom of Gwynedd, the ancient Kingdom and nucleus of Upper Gwynedd Perfeddwlad, also...
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    Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (category Monarchs of Gwynedd)
    Rhiwallon, as the co-rulers of kingdom of Gwynedd on his father's death in 1063, during their destruction of the kingdom of their half-brother, king Gruffydd...
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    east of the River Conwy in North Wales. It started as a minor kingdom then became a medieval cantref, and was usually part of the Kingdom of Gwynedd (later...
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    Llywelyn's coronet (category Medieval history of Wales)
    artefacts in 1284 from the ruins of the defeated Kingdom of Gwynedd. Thereafter it was taken to London and presented at the shrine of Edward the Confessor in Westminster...
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    the Middle Ages the area was part of the Kingdom of Gwynedd and native Principality of Wales, and the ruling House of Aberffraw maintained courts (Welsh:...
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  • or Gwynyth) is a Welsh feminine given name which derives from the kingdom of Gwynedd. It gained popularity, first in Wales and then across the English...
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  • before the dawn of heraldry, and these were borne by their descendants in Wales. The two principal Welsh kingdoms were those of Gwynedd, in the north,...
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  • father of Cunedda, founder of the Kingdom of Gwynedd. The coat of Padarn is one of the Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain. The coat is said to...
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    and community in Gwynedd, Wales. It is on the banks of Afon Ogwen and on the edge of Snowdonia. It is about 5 miles (8 km) south-west of Bangor. The settlement's...
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  • ab Owain Gwynedd (c. 1145 – 1203) was king of Gwynedd from 1170 to 1195. For a time he ruled jointly with his brothers Maelgwn ab Owain Gwynedd and Rhodri...
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    Deiniol (redirect from Daniel of Bangor)
    Saint Deiniol (died 572) was traditionally the first Bishop of Bangor in the Kingdom of Gwynedd, Wales. The present Bangor Cathedral, dedicated to Deiniol...
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