Triffyn Farfog
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Triffyn Farfog, King of Dyfed (c.385) was a King of
Dyfed
from the House of Eochaid Allmuir, and father of King Aergol Lawhir
. Also known as Triffyn the Bearded, he married Gwledyr, the heiress of the British Kings of Dyfed, in the mid-5th century and inherited the kingdom.
Kingdom of Dyfed
The Kingdom of Dyfed is one of several Welsh petty kingdoms that emerged in 5th-century post-Roman Britain in south-west Wales, based on the former Irish tribal lands of the Déisi from c 350 until it was subsumed into Deheubarth in 920. In Latin, the country of the Déisi was Demetae, eventually to...
Dyfed
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...
from the House of Eochaid Allmuir, and father of King Aergol Lawhir
Aergol Lawhir
Aergol Lawhir, King of Dyfed was a King of Dyfed and son and heir of King Triffyn Farfog. Some sources claim he was born around 480. His residence court was at Lis Castell near Din Bych and may have had a second residence at Castell Argoel in Dyfed...
. Also known as Triffyn the Bearded, he married Gwledyr, the heiress of the British Kings of Dyfed, in the mid-5th century and inherited the kingdom.