- died c. 560),
better known as
Brochwel Ysgithrog, was a king of
Powys in
eastern Wales. The
unusual epithet Ysgithrog has been
translated as "of the canine...
-
poems indicate that
Taliesin also
served as
court bard to King
Brochfael Ysgithrog of
Powys and his
successor Cynan Garwyn,
either before or
during his time...
- This
would date
establishment of the town to the 500s CE
under Brochwel Ysgithrog. It is
believed the area of
Shrewsbury was
settled in the 5th century...
-
shrinking manpower and
increasing Anglian encroachment, King
Brochwel Ysgithrog may have
moved the
court from Caer
Guricon to Pengwern, the
exact site...
- (c. 500)
Pasgen ap
Cadeyrn (c. 530)
Mawgan ap
Pasgen (c. 540)
Brochwel Ysgithrog (c. 550)
Cynan Garwyn (?–610)
Selyf ap
Cynan (610–613)
Manwgan ap Selyf...
-
uncertain value. He is
thought to have been a son of his
predecessor Brochwel Ysgithrog and the
father of
Selyf Sarffgadau, who may have
succeeded him. Later...
-
married Tudglid ferch Brychan,
resulting in a
large family:
Brochwel Ysgithrog, Cadell, Ieuaf, Maig Myngfras, Mawn and Sanan. What was once
thought his...
- genealogies, he is the
father of
Cyngen (Cynan, Cincen),
father of
Brochwel Ysgithrog, but in
others Cyngen's
father is
Cadell Ddyrnllug. In De situ Brecheniauc...
- the
historical records about Elisedd, who was a
descendant of
Brochwel Ysgithrog. He
appears to have
reclaimed the
territory of
Powys after it had been...
- Monacellae,
composed in the 14th or 15th century, says that
Brochwel Ysgithrog, the 6th-century king of Powis, had a
palace at
Shrewsbury that became...
