{"slug": "kingdom-of-powys", "label": "Kingdom of Powys", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Powys", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q769782", "qid": "Q769782", "description": "medieval kingdom in mid-Wales", "entries": 25, "years": 23, "span": [555, 1132], "span_label": ["555 CE", "1132 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 8}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Births", "count": 4}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 9}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-gwynedd", "label": "Kingdom of Gwynedd", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "seisyllwg", "label": "Seisyllwg", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-gwent", "label": "Kingdom of Gwent", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "anglo-saxons", "label": "Anglo-Saxons", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "thelbald-of-mercia", "label": "Æthelbald of Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "offa-of-mercia", "label": "Offa of Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "brycheiniog", "label": "Brycheiniog", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 555, "year_label": "555 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Taliesin, British poet, becomes court bard to King Brochwel of Powys (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1356951195#Arts_and_sciences", "title": "555", "revid": 1356951195, "section": "Events › By topic › Arts and sciences"}}, {"year": 610, "year_label": "610 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Selyf ap Cynan succeeds his father Cynan Garwyn as king of Powys (Wales).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368795500#Britain", "title": "610", "revid": 1368795500, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 615, "year_label": "615 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Bangor Massacre: The Anglo-Saxons, under King Æthelfrith of Northumbria, after defeating the Kingdom of Powys, finally reach the Irish Sea and massacre 1,200 Christian monks at their monastery, in Bangor (Wales).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364752554#Britain", "title": "615", "revid": 1364752554, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 743, "year_label": "743 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Æthelbald of Mercia joins forces with Wessex and attacks Gwent and Powys in Mid Wales (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364906425#Britain", "title": "743", "revid": 1364906425, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 744, "year_label": "744 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Wat's Dyke, a 40 mile (64 km) earthwork in present-day Wales, is constructed. The border between Mercia and Powys is set here. The date that Wat's Dyke was constructed is very uncertain, with some estimates linking the construction of the dyke to the 5th century and others to the early 9th century (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1305046877#Britain", "title": "744", "revid": 1305046877, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 755, "year_label": "755 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Elisedd ap Gwylog, king of Powys (Wales)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340847491#Deaths", "title": "755", "revid": 1340847491, "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": 773, "year_label": "773 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Brochfael ap Elisedd, king of Powys (Wales)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369635460#Deaths", "title": "773", "revid": 1369635460, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 790, "year_label": "790 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Cyngen ap Cadell, king of Powys (Wales)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848291#Births", "title": "790", "revid": 1340848291, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 808, "year_label": "808 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Cadell ap Brochfael, king of Powys (modern Wales), dies after a 35-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Cyngen ap Cadell.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848803#Britain", "title": "AD 808", "revid": 1340848803, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 808, "year_label": "808 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Cadell ap Brochfael, king of Powys (Wales)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340848803#Deaths", "title": "AD 808", "revid": 1340848803, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 850, "year_label": "850 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "The Pillar of Eliseg is erected by King Cyngen ap Cadell of Powys (Wales), as a memorial to his great-grandfather Elisedd ap Gwylog (or Eliseg) (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129147#Britain", "title": "850", "revid": 1341129147, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 854, "year_label": "854 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "King Cyngen of Powys makes the first pilgrimage to Rome of a Welsh ruler.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129142#Britain", "title": "854", "revid": 1341129142, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 855, "year_label": "855 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Cyngen ap Cadell, king of Powys (Wales)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350256482#Deaths", "title": "855", "revid": 1350256482, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 877, "year_label": "877 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Vikings invade Wales once more, and King Rhodri ap Merfyn (\"the Great\") of Gwynedd, Powys and Seisyllwg is forced to flee to Ireland (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1267071400#Britain", "title": "877", "revid": 1267071400, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 878, "year_label": "878 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Rhodri the Great of Gwynedd, Powys and Seisyllwg, returns to his kingdoms, but is killed fighting the Mercians of King Ceolwulf II. His kingdoms are divided amongst his three sons: Anarawd, Merfyn and Cadell.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1353695287#Britain", "title": "878", "revid": 1353695287, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 881, "year_label": "881 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Anarawd, and his brothers Cadell and Merfyn, begin extensive military campaigns to quell resistance in Powys and Seisyllwg (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341129955#Britain", "title": "881", "revid": 1341129955, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 900, "year_label": "900 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Merfyn ap Rhodri, king of Powys (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364042634#Deaths", "title": "900", "revid": 1364042634, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 942, "year_label": "942 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Idwal Foel, king of Gwynedd, openly rebels against the overlordship of Edmund I. He and Llywelyn ap Merfyn, king of Pows, are killed fighting the English forces.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364918673#England", "title": "942", "revid": 1364918673, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1049, "year_label": "1049 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Rhiryd ap Bleddyn, king of Powys (d. 1088)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350129777#Births", "title": "1049", "revid": 1350129777, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1051, "year_label": "1051 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Cadwgan ap Bleddyn, Welsh prince of Powys (d. 1111)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365260254#Births", "title": "1051", "revid": 1365260254, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1053, "year_label": "1053 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Iorwerth ap Bleddyn, Welsh prince of Powys (d. 1111)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350130055#Births", "title": "1053", "revid": 1350130055, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1111, "year_label": "1111 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In the vicinity of Welshpool, Iorwerth ap Bleddyn, prince of Powys, is killed through arson by his uncle Madog ap Rhiryd, allowing Cadwgan ap Bleddyn (Iorwerth's brother) to return to rule all of Powys, but soon afterwards Madog kills Cadwgan also, allowing Owain ap Cadwgan (son of Cadwgan) to become ruler of much of the kingdom.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268639#British_Isles", "title": "1111", "revid": 1365268639, "section": "Events › By place › British Isles"}}, {"year": 1111, "year_label": "1111 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Cadwgan ap Bleddyn, Welsh Prince of Powys, murdered (b. 1051)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365268639#Deaths", "title": "1111", "revid": 1365268639, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1132, "year_label": "1132 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 9", "text": "February 9 – Maredudd ap Bleddyn, king of Powys (b. 1047)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359566515#Deaths", "title": "1132", "revid": 1359566515, "section": "Deaths"}}]}