Pasgen ap Cadeyrn

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Pasgen ap Cadeyrn was an ancient king of Powys and the father of Mawgan ap Pasgen, according to the Harleian genealogies. [1] The Welsh genealogies, however, are unreliable from his father's name on. Pasgen's name also appears on the Pillar of Eliseg and as a son of Vortigern. [2] [3] In the genealogies from Jesus College MS 20, his father is Cadell Ddyrnllug and his son's name is Manogan. [3] [4] In the Harleian, he is a grandson of Cadell through Cadeyrn (Cattegirn). [1] [3]

One reading of the genealogies would put the beginning of his reign about two centuries before the death of Selyf ap Cynan, or about AD 417; [2] another would put him in the period 480–510. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Ben Guy (2018), "The earliest Welsh genealogies: textual layering and the phenomenon of 'pedigree growth'," Early Medieval Europe26 (4) 462–485, 473: Pascent map Cattegir, "Pasgen son of Cadeyrn".
  2. 1 2 Arthur Wade-Evans (1949–50), "Who was Ninian?", Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society, Ser. 3, 28: 79–91, at 86–88.
  3. 1 2 3 Peter Bartrum (1966), Early Welsh Genealogical Tracts (University of Wales Press), 12, 46, 129.
  4. 1 2 Ralegh Radford, "Vortigern", Antiquity32 (1958): 19–24, at 24.
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c. 417		Succeeded by
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