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...

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...

Germanus. These excerpts describe Germanus of Auxerre's incident with one Benlli, an inhospitable host seemingly unrelated to Vortigern who comes to an untimely...

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)...

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...

to lie Personages include King Arthur, Bedwyr, Beid(d)awg Rudd, Beli ap Benlli, Bradwen, Cynddylan, Cynddylig son of Corcnud, Cynon ap Clydno, Dehewaint...

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...