Rhyddfedd Frych

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Rhyddfedd Frych or Rhuddfedel Frych, sometimes called Rhyddfedd ap Categern, may have been a late 5th-century Welsh ruler. At least one historian has suggested that he may have been the first member of the royal house of Powys to be styled as "Prince". [1]

Peter Bartrum notes that Rhuddfedel appears only in a "very artificial pedigree of Cadell Ddyrnllug" in the Hanesyn Hen and that "Nothing is known about Rhuddfedel Frych. He may perhaps be a son of Cateyrn." [2]

Rhyddfedd was said to have been succeeded by his son, either Cyngen Glodrydd [1] or Brydw ap Gwrtheyrn. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Mathews, Rupert (2012). Ceawlin: The Man Who Created England. Pen & Sword Books. ISBN   9781844689378.
  2. ↑ Bartrum, Peter C. (1993). "Rhuddfedel Frych". A Welsh Classical Dictionary: People in History and Legend up to About A.D. 1000. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales. p. 640. ISBN   9780907158738 . Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  3. ↑ Bartrum, Peter C. (1993). "Brydw ap Gwrtheyrn". A Welsh Classical Dictionary: People in History and Legend up to About A.D. 1000. Aberystwyth: National Library of Wales. p. 75. ISBN   978-0-907158-73-8 . Retrieved 31 March 2025.
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