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- V. Einion, was grandfather of Maelgwn, a powerful King of great stature, whose authority extended over all Wales, other Princes being under his suzerainty. He was the greatest King of the Cymry from the time of Cunedda. His son and successor was Rhun, father of Beli, the father of Jago, who with other Welsh Princes, suffered death at the Battle of Chester, 613. Jago's son Cadvan, King of Gwent, and Over-King of the Cymry, ob. circ. 616. His epitaph at Llangaadwaladr, near Aberffraw, in Anglesea (the residence of the Kings of Gwent), is as follows:--Catamanus Rex sapientissimus opinatissimus omnium Regum. Cadvan's son Cadwallon united under himself the whole of the Cymry in their closing struggles with the Angles of Northumbria. In 629 he was blockaded in Puffin Island by Eadwine's fleet, but escaped to Ireland. Returning later, he, in company with Penda the Pagan, King of Mercia, fought Eadwine in 633, when the latter was killed at Hatfield, near Doncaster, and his army was routed. In 634 Eadwine's son Osric, King of Deira, besieged Cadwallon at York, and was slain with all his men. Northumbria then acknowledged Cadwallon's authority, until 635, when, at a great battle fought at Hexham, he was killed. He was succeeded by his son Cadwaladr, who continued the alliance with Penda until 655, when he escaped by flight from the Battle of Winwaed, at which Penda and his legions were slain. Cadwaladr ob. of plague in 664. His grandson was Rhodri, King of the Britons, 754, whose son Kynon ob., leaving only a d. and h., who m. Merbyn, King of all Wales. His son Roderick the Great succeeded him as King of all Wales in 840. He ob. 877, having divided Wales between his three sons, the eldest, Anarawd, being the Over-King, ob. 942. He was succeeded by his grandson Howell the Good, who ob. 948, leaving two sons, Jevan and Jago, who divided the Kingdom between them, both dying about the year 942. Jevan's son Howell the Bad succeeded them, but ob. s. p. [s. p. = without issue] 984, and was succeeded by his brother Cadwallon. He ob. 985 s.p., and was succeeded by Meredith, grandson of Howell the Good, who ob. s.p. 992. From him descended the noble king Llewellyn the Great, who ob. 1240; and Llewellyn, last of those Prices of Wales who descended from Cunedda, who was slain 1282.
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775 - 846 (71 years)
