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Kingdom of Powys

medieval kingdom in mid-Wales

25 dated entries naming Kingdom of Powys, drawn from 23 separate years between 555 CE and 1132 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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6th century

  • 555Taliesin, British poet, becomes court bard to King Brochwel of Powys (approximate date).source

7th century

  • 610Selyf ap Cynan succeeds his father Cynan Garwyn as king of Powys (Wales).source
  • 615Bangor 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).source

8th century

  • 743King Æthelbald of Mercia joins forces with Wessex and attacks Gwent and Powys in Mid Wales (approximate date).source
  • 744Wat'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).source
  • 755Elisedd ap Gwylog, king of Powys (Wales)source
  • 760Battle 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.source
  • 773Brochfael ap Elisedd, king of Powys (Wales)source
  • 790Cyngen ap Cadell, king of Powys (Wales)source

9th century

  • 808Cadell ap Brochfael, king of Powys (modern Wales), dies after a 35-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Cyngen ap Cadell.source
  • 808Cadell ap Brochfael, king of Powys (Wales)source
  • 850The 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).source
  • 854King Cyngen of Powys makes the first pilgrimage to Rome of a Welsh ruler.source
  • 855Cyngen ap Cadell, king of Powys (Wales)source
  • 877The 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).source
  • 878King 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.source
  • 881Anarawd, and his brothers Cadell and Merfyn, begin extensive military campaigns to quell resistance in Powys and Seisyllwg (approximate date).source
  • 900Merfyn ap Rhodri, king of Powys (approximate date)source

10th century

  • 942Idwal 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.source

11th century

  • 1049Rhiryd ap Bleddyn, king of Powys (d. 1088)source
  • 1051Cadwgan ap Bleddyn, Welsh prince of Powys (d. 1111)source
  • 1053Iorwerth ap Bleddyn, Welsh prince of Powys (d. 1111)source

12th century

  • 1111In 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.source
  • 1111Cadwgan ap Bleddyn, Welsh Prince of Powys, murdered (b. 1051)source
  • 1132February 9 – Maredudd ap Bleddyn, king of Powys (b. 1047)source

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