- sources:
Meirchion Gul,
father of
Cynfarch Cynfarch Oer (
Cynfarch the Dismal), also
known as
Cynfarch fab
Meirchion and
Cynfarch Gul,
father of
Urien Urien Rheged...
-
According to the genealogies, Urien, the king of Rheged, was the son of
Cynfarch Oer, son of
Meirchion Gul, son of Gorwst, son of Cenau, son of Coel Hen...
- Thametes, the
daughter of Lot and
sister of Gawain. Llew ap
Cynfarch (Lleu son of
Cynfarch)
shares his name with the
figure Lleu Llaw Gyffes, probably...
- – in
Welsh Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd –
shares its
dedication with "Saint"
Cynfarch,
apparently a
Celtic chieftain from
northern Britain,
related to Coel Hen...
-
Hywel Dda's 'Welsh laws'.
Cynfarch's epithet 'oer'
actually meant 'cold' but is
better translated as 'unwelcoming'.
Cynfarch was well
remembered by his...
- poem
describes a
proverb attributed to
Cynfarch fab
Meirchion of the Hen
Ogledd (Old North): "Did you hear
Cynfarch sing? 'Bid thy
shoulder upon thy horse;...
-
Kimarcus (Welsh:
Cynfarch) was a
legendary king of the
Britons according to
Geoffrey of Monmouth. He was the son of
Sisillius I. and was
succeeded by Gorboduc...
-
including Catterick. His two sons
appear at the head of two
later dynasties.
Cynfarch Oer was Urien's father.
Another son,
Elidyr Lydanwyn (the
Stout and Handsome)...
- the
modern town centre, a
small church was
established dedicated to St.
Cynfarch (alternatively Cynmarch,
Kynemark or Kingsmark), a
disciple of St. Dyfrig...
-
never failed in battle: the 300
swords of the
Cynferching (descendants of
Cynfarch Oer), the 300
shields of the
Cynwydion (descendants of Cynwyd) and the...
