{"slug": "brycheiniog", "label": "Brycheiniog", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brycheiniog", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q954585", "qid": "Q954585", "description": "small kingdom in mid Wales", "entries": 9, "years": 9, "span": [650, 934], "span_label": ["650 CE", "934 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-gwent", "label": "Kingdom of Gwent", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "thelfld", "label": "Æthelflæd", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "military-alliance", "label": "Military alliance", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "scandinavian-york", "label": "Scandinavian York", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "constantine-ii-of-scotland", "label": "Constantine II of Scotland", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "glywysing", "label": "Glywysing", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "alfred-the-great", "label": "Alfred the Great", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thelred-of-mercia", "label": "Æthelred of Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edward-the-elder", "label": "Edward the Elder", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "anglo-saxons", "label": "Anglo-Saxons", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 650, "year_label": "650 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "King Cloten of Dyfed (Southern Wales) marries Princess Ceindrech of Brycheiniog, and unites the two kingdoms (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804422#Britain", "title": "650", "revid": 1340804422, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 740, "year_label": "740 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Rhain ap Cadwgan, king of Dyfed and Brycheiniog", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352534655#Deaths", "title": "740", "revid": 1352534655, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 760, "year_label": "760 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Hereford: The Welsh kingdoms of Brycheiniog, Gwent and Powys defeat the Mercians under King Offa at Hereford. They free themselves from the influence of the Anglo-Saxons.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1358120145#Britain", "title": "760", "revid": 1358120145, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 848, "year_label": "848 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The armies of Brycheiniog and Gwent clash in the battle of Ffinnant (Wales). King Ithel of Gwent is killed in the fighting (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129160#Britain", "title": "848", "revid": 1341129160, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 885, "year_label": "885 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Kings Hyfaidd of Dyfed, Elisedd of Brycheiniog and Hywel of Glywysing, being harassed by the armies of King Anarawd in Wales, seek the protection of Alfred the Great, and submit to his overlordship. Anarawd seeks an alliance with King Guthred of York.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366655145#Britain", "title": "885", "revid": 1366655145, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 896, "year_label": "896 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "A Viking pirate army under Hastein (a son of Ragnar Lodbrok) ravages the Welsh kingdoms of Brycheiniog and Gwent (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1346094345#Britain", "title": "896", "revid": 1346094345, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 916, "year_label": "916 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": null, "text": "Lady Æthelflæd, daughter of the late King Alfred the Great and the widow of Earl Æthelred of Mercia, sends an army into Brycheiniog to avenge the murder of the Mercian abbot Ecbryht and his companions. They seize and burn the royal fort of King Tewdr of Brycheiniog at Llangorse Lake (Wales), and take the queen and thirty-three others captive.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352766259#Britain", "title": "916", "revid": 1352766259, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 917, "year_label": "917 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Lady Æthelflæd of Mercia cements an alliance with King Constantine II of Scotland against Norse York. She captures the fortress at Derby (belonging to the Five Boroughs of the Danelaw), while her brother, King Edward the Elder, takes Towcester. Æthelflæd's armies also ravage Brycheiniog (Wales) in revenge for killing the Mercian abbot Ecbryht (see 916).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468140#Britain", "title": "917", "revid": 1364468140, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 934, "year_label": "934 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Tewdwr of Brycheiniog attends the court of King Æthelstan and signs the English Land Charters. Kings Hywel Dda of Deheubarth, Idwal Foel of Gwynedd and Morgan Mwynfawr (\"the Old\") of Morgannwg are compelled to accompany Æthelstan on his campaign against King Constantine II of Scotland.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341512094#England", "title": "934", "revid": 1341512094, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}]}