King Benlli (Welsh: Benlli Gawr) was a British king who ruled part of what is now Wales in the early 5th century. He was notorious for opposing Saint...
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amongst the peasants of Powys and became a servant of the Irish chieftain, Benlli, hoping, one day, to find an opportunity to retrieve his inheritance. His...
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Germanus. These excerpts describe Germanus of Auxerre's incident with one Benlli, an inhospitable host seemingly unrelated to Vortigern who comes to an untimely...
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probably being a person's name), Welsh name probably originally Ynys Fenlli, "Benlli's island", or possibly from Old Welsh Ynis en Lliv meaning "Island in (the)...
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they have had, thou shalt have too. The Historia Brittonum claims that Benlli Gawr was an early king of Powys, who was burned to death after acting aggressively...
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to lie Personages include King Arthur, Bedwyr, Beid(d)awg Rudd, Beli ap Benlli, Bradwen, Cynddylan, Cynddylig son of Corcnud, Cynon ap Clydno, Dehewaint...
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later reoccupied during the Dark Ages. The "iniquitous and tyrannical" king Benlli (after whom the mountain was named) probably lived there c. 450. He was...
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