Kingdom of Powys

Also known as Powys, Teyrnas Powys

medieval kingdom in mid-Wales

Key facts

Capital: None
Common languages: Old Welsh , Middle Welsh , Latin
Religion: Roman Catholicism
Government: Monarchy
C 6th century: Cynan Garwyn
Died span d 616: Selyf ap Cynan
Died span d 855: Cyngen ap Cadell
C 1124 1132: Maredudd ap Bleddyn
1132 1160: Madog ap Maredudd
Historical era: Middle Ages
Erection of the pillar of eliseg: c. 850
Conquest of powys by the second dynasty: before 886
Reestablishment of powys by maredudd ap

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Powys landscape near Foel The Kingdom of Powys ( Welsh pronunciation: [ˈpowɪs]; Latin: Regnum Poysiae) was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain. It very roughly covered the northern two-thirds of the modern county of Powys and part of today's English West Midlands (see map). More precisely, and based on the Romano-British tribal lands of the Ordovices in the west and the Cornovii in the east, its boundaries originally extended from the Cambrian Mountains in the west to include the modern West Midlands region of England in the east. The fertile river valleys of the Severn and Tern are found there, and this region is referred to in later Welsh literature as "the Paradise of Powys" (an epithet retained in Welsh for the modern UK county).

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