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The kings of Dumnonia were the rulers of the large Brythonic kingdom of Dumnonia in the south-west of Great Britain during the Sub-Roman and early medieval periods.. A list of Dumnonian kings is one of the hardest of the major Dark Age kingdoms to accurately compile, as it is confused by Arthurian legend, complicated by strong associations with the kings of Wales and Brittany, and obscured by ...
Dumnonia is the Latinised name for a Brythonic kingdom that existed in Sub-Roman Britain between the late 4th ... the last recorded king of the rump state of Dumnonia ...
Pages in category "Monarchs of Dumnonia" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Traditionally, Erbin was a King of Dumnonia, the son of Constantine Corneu and the father of Geraint. [2] He was the brother of Saint Digain, founder of the church at Llangernyw. [3] Erbin succeeded his father as King of Dumnonia around 443. Erbin chiefly appears in Geraint and Enid, one of the Three Welsh Romances of the Mabinogion.
Geraint (/ ˈ ɡ ɛr aɪ n t / GHERR-eyent; died 710), known in Latin as Gerontius, was a king of Dumnonia who ruled in the early 8th century. During his reign, it is believed that Dumnonia came repeatedly into conflict with the neighbouring Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex.
Some authors have Peredur, son of Cado ap Gerren, ruling as king in the fl. 7th century, descended from a different line of Dumnonian kings from Gerren Llyngesic. [3] This is as given in the Dumnonian king-list derived from Jesus College, Oxford, MS 20. [4]
Kings of Dumnonia The Dumnonii or Dumnones were a British tribe who inhabited Dumnonia , the area now known as Cornwall and Devon (and some areas of present-day Dorset and Somerset ) in the further parts of the South West peninsula of Britain, from at least the Iron Age up to the early Saxon period.
Lists of ancient kings are organized by region and peoples, and include kings recorded in ancient history (3000 BC – 1700 AD) and in mythology. Southern Europe [ edit ]