Dunoding
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Kingdom of Gwynedd
Gwynedd was one petty kingdom of several Welsh successor states which emerged in 5th-century post-Roman Britain in the Early Middle Ages, and later evolved into a principality during the High Middle Ages. It was based on the former Brythonic tribal lands of the Ordovices, Gangani, and the...
in north-west Wales
Wales
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which existed between the 5th and 10th centuries. According to tradition, it was named after Dunod, a son of the founding father of Gwynedd - Cunedda Wledig - who drove the Irish
Ireland
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settlers from the area in c.460
460
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. The territory existed as a subordinate realm within Gwynedd until the line of rulers descended from Dunod expired in c.925
925
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. Following the end of the House of Dunod it was split in to the cantrefi of Eifionydd
Eifionydd
Eifionydd is an area in north-west Wales covering the south-eastern part of the Llŷn Peninsula from Porthmadog to just east of Pwllheli. The Afon Erch forms its western border. It now lies in Gwynedd....
and Ardudwy
Ardudwy
Ardudwy is an area of Gwynedd in north-west Wales, lying between Tremadog Bay and the Rhinogydd. Administratively, under the old Kingdom of Gwynedd, it was first a division of the sub kingdom of Dunoding and later a cantref in its own right...
and fully incorporated into Gwynedd. After the defeat of the kingdom of Gwynedd in 1283 and its annexation to England
England
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the two cantrefi became parts of the counties of Caernarfonshire
Caernarfonshire
Caernarfonshire , historically spelled as Caernarvonshire or Carnarvonshire in English during its existence, was one of the thirteen historic counties, a vice-county and a former administrative county of Wales....
and Meirionnydd
Meirionnydd
Meirionnydd is a coastal and mountainous region of Wales. It has been a kingdom, a cantref, a district and, as Merionethshire, a county.-Kingdom:...
respectively. It is now part of the modern county of Gwynedd
Gwynedd
Gwynedd is a county in north-west Wales, named after the old Kingdom of Gwynedd. Although the second biggest in terms of geographical area, it is also one of the most sparsely populated...
within a devolved Wales
Wales
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.
List of the rulers of Dunoding
Later medieval genealogical sources, which need treating with some caution, list the following rulers of Dunoding:- Dunod ap Cunedda (from c.450)
- Einion ap Dunod
- Dingad ab Einion
- Meurig ap Dingad
- Einion ap Meurig
- Isaag ab Einion
- Podgen Hen ab Isaag
- Poedlew ap Podgen
- Iddon ap Poedlew
- Brochfael ab Iddon
- Eigion ap Brochfael
- Iouanwal ab Eigion
- Caradog ab Iouanwal
- Bleiddud ap Caradog
- Cuhelm ap Bleidudd (c.860 - 925)