Cloten of Dyfed and Brycheiniog
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Cloten was the king of Dyfed
and Brycheiniog
in southern Wales
. Already the king of Dyfed, he married Princess Ceindrech of Brycheiniog c.650, briefly uniting the two kingdoms; they would be divided again after his son's reign.
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Dyfed
Dyfed is a preserved county of Wales. It was created on 1 April 1974 under the terms of the Local Government Act 1972, and covered approximately the same geographic extent as the ancient Principality of Deheubarth, although excluding the Gower Peninsula and the area west of the River Tawe...
and Brycheiniog
Brycheiniog
Brycheiniog was a small independent petty kingdom in South Wales in the Early Middle Ages. It often acted as a buffer state between England to the east and the powerful south Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth to the west. It was conquered and pacified by the Normans between 1088 and 1095, though it...
in southern Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. Already the king of Dyfed, he married Princess Ceindrech of Brycheiniog c.650, briefly uniting the two kingdoms; they would be divided again after his son's reign.
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